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New prostaglandin derivative for glaucoma treatment
A hydrogen sulphide-releasing derivative of latanoprost acid (ACS 67) was synthesized and tested in vivo to evaluate its activity on reduction of intraocular pressure and tolerability. Glutathione (GSH) and cGMP content were also measured in the aqueous humour. The increased reduction of intraocular pressure, with a marked increase of GSH and cGMP and the related potential neuroprotective properties, make this compound interesting for the treatment of glaucoma.
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How To Measure Your Eye Pressure At Home And Change the World Too!
I'd like to share my thoughts and experiences with you. I believe that monitoring my eye pressure closely has been invaluable for me. I also monitor a lot of other things, but intraocular pressure is still considered the most important risk factor in glaucoma. And I believe intraocular pressure is misunderstood. Therefore, we, the community of glaucoma patients, have two important opportunities in regard to monitoring our intraocular pressure right now.
- First, we can improve the management of our own glaucoma and give ourselves better odds for maintaining good vision. On this blog I discuss many examples of how monitoring my own eye pressure closely has helped with the management of my glaucoma. This has been a good thing for me, so I'm enthusiastic about sharing my experiences. In fact, my experiences with monitoring my own eye pressure led me to get involved in intraocular pressure research and I am now collaborating with one of the most respected scientists in this field.
- Second, by doing closer monitoring of our eye pressure and then sharing that data, we might be paving the way to insights that benefit many other glaucoma patients. One example is the discussion about how Weight Lifting Lowers My Eye Pressure and another is my Postural Changes and Eye Pressure. The best example may be the connection between stress and intraocular pressure. Those of us who are doing high-frequency intraocular pressure monitoring in conjunction with the research projects FitEyes.com is promoting are helping advance medicine's understanding of eye pressure.
Some Free Publicity for a Company That Sells Online Visual Field Tests
This information was released on PR Wire. I hesitate to give the company free publicity for a product they are selling, but in this case I think it is worthwhile for FitEyes.com readers to know about this.
VisionRx GlaucomaCheckTM Is the First Patented, Clinical-Grade Online Glaucoma Visual Field Test
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Some Free Publicity for a Company That Sells Online Visual Field Tests
This information was released on PR Wire. I hesitate to give the company free publicity for a product they are selling, but in this case I think it is worthwhile for FitEyes.com readers to know about this.
VisionRx GlaucomaCheckTM Is the First Patented, Clinical-Grade Online Glaucoma Visual Field Test
Now that you know what they are offering, let me tell you the limitations before you read the whole press release.
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Stress Negatively Changes Brain Structure, Serene Impulse Positively Changes It
Research has shown that stress can physically reshape the brain, causing both extensive and long-lasting damage to the human brain. Brain cells can shrink and the connections between neurons can decrease. In short, stress causes big changes to the human nervous system. In 2008, new knowledge regarding the effects of short-term stress were measured at University of California, Irvine, and breakthrough research on the effects of long-term, chronic stress were conducted at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
Ioptima glaucoma treatment shows sustained success
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Best Tonometers For Home Use Self-Tonometry
In my experience the best tonometers for home use (a.k.a., self-tonometry) are the Reichert AT555 and the Tiolat iCare. Of these the Reichert is much easier to use.
Today, miller13 said,
Had the proview: it never worked :(
I say that's no surprise! Thanks for reporting your experience.
miller13 also asked some questions about which tonometers are suitable for self-tonometry.
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What foods are bad for your eyes and whats good for your eyes.
Just wondering what foods are bad for your eyes? Everybody says carrots are good for your eyes.
I hope watermelon is good for your eyes cause I just ate a lot....
World Epidemic of Blindness to Reality Because of Myopic Perceptions
Considering current events, including the health care crisis and the global financial crisis, I found Dr. Roberto Kaplan's talk from a few years ago to be very relevant. Here is a summary of his talk I found somewhere (and I have since lost the source). I love the quote because I think it says a lot about how many world leaders are approaching solutions to our current problems -- very short sighted.
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