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Popular weight loss drugs may play a factor in vision loss, review shows
07 Feb 2025 01:45 GMT
… may have an impact on vision loss and other eye complications because … paracentral acute middle maculopathy.
The vision loss was irreversible in eight of … and ophthalmologist if they experience vision loss or a change in vision …
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Novel drug approved for diabetes-related vision loss
06 Feb 2025 17:08 GMT
The monoclonal antibody treatment is now approved in the US for both diabetic macular oedema and wet, or neovascular age-related macular degeneration.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Genentech’s Susvimo ® (ranibizumab injection) 100 …
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£100k lottery grant offers boost for sight loss services in Scotland
06 Feb 2025 13:39 GMT
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A sight loss organisation’s services in … earmarked to support the sight loss charity’s work from … Lottery funding helps to fund sight loss charity the Macular Society… challenging for people with a sight loss condition, so funding like …
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Ozempic is suspected in more cases of sudden vision loss
06 Feb 2025 13:21 GMT
Scientists remain puzzled as to why some individuals taking popular weight loss and diabetes medications such as Ozempic and Wegovy develop complications with their eyesight, highlighting that we still have a lot to learn about this relatively new class of …
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Vision Loss Risks in Orbital Cavernous Venous Malformation Surgery
06 Feb 2025 12:24 GMT
… to identify risk factors for vision loss associated with the excision of … a higher risk of postoperative vision loss. Poor visual prognosis was associated … the most frequent cause of vision loss.
Investigators concluded the several risk …
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Sight loss charity seeks sponsors to celebrate anniversary
06 Feb 2025 09:24 GMT
… Country are affected by sight loss and sight conditions such … supporting people living with sight loss since 1875. From teaching … Staffordshire to live well with sight loss. “Our yearlong programme … providing support to the sight loss community for another 150 …
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Moran researchers probe potential role of Ozempic, other weight-loss drugs in vision loss
05 Feb 2025 03:25 GMT
… , if they have a sudden loss of vision, they should stop taking the …
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Hong Kong Marathon: blind runner who ‘had no purpose’ after sight loss targets sub-3-hours
05 Feb 2025 03:19 GMT
After losing 95 per cent of his sight in just over one week at the age of 21, Lee Chun-fai locked himself away from the world for two years.
Depressed, isolated and with “no concept of time”, Lee had “no purpose at all”. “I would eat when I wanted and …
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Retrospective Study Reveals Geographic Atrophy Can Cause Significant Vision Loss Within 36 Months
03 Feb 2025 21:16 GMT
… its substantial impact on vision loss over time.
The study … a significantly faster rate of vision loss.
• The worst … 1–21.3).
Severe Vision Loss at 36-Month Follow- … disease burden, with:
• Substantial vision loss within 36 months.
• Older …
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DVLA fines of up to £1,000 if you do not tell them about these eye conditions
07 Feb 2025 02:12 GMT
… include: Visual field defects Monocular vision Loss of an eye Cataracts (if …