A Serious Blog
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New App adjusts TV for Colour-Blindness
March 15, 2018Samsung have launched an App which they claim will colour correct a connected TV according to your unique ability to see the colour visual spectrum.Read more… -
Eyesight the focus of a new evolutionary theory
March 12, 2018In a fascinating new twist in the evolutionary tale, American Scientists now say that the development of eyes led vertebrates out of the sea, rather than the development of legs.Read more… -
Researchers trial contact lenses designed to slow vision loss
March 05, 2018A team from Australia's Queensland University of Technology (QUT) have developed contact lenses designed specifically to slow the development of myopia.Read more… -
US Scientists discover new trigger for Macular Degeneration
February 22, 2018In a major advance in the understanding of Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD), researchers at the University of Virginia (UVA) have identified one of the very first events that triggers the overdrive of inflammation which ultimately leads to the condiRead more… -
Cataract surgery could prolong your Life
January 31, 2018A 20-year study of over 74,000 American women with cataracts has shown a 60 percent lower risk of death among the women who had their cataracts removed.Read more… -
What price restored eyesight? US firm says $850,000…
January 29, 2018One of the most expensive drugs ever sold has just been approved for sale in the US by the Federal Drug Administration (FDA).Read more… -
Poor eyesight to blame for nearly 3,000 road casualties every year claims road charity
January 22, 2018Road Safety charity Brake is calling on the government to change the law on driver vision. In 2011 alone, nearly 6,000 drivers had their licences revoked by the DVLA for failing to meet the minimum eyesight standards, and Brake maintain that poor vision iRead more… -
Eyesight? Some say it’s a fishy business
January 18, 2018Newly published research claims that eating oily fish may protect older people against deterioration of cells in the eye, and act as a barrier to loss of sight.Read more… -
Could drinking tea lower your risk of Glaucoma?
December 27, 2017A study from the University of California recently published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology has shown a possible link between tea consumption and risk of glaucoma.Read more… -
Study confirms poverty and vision problems go hand-in-hand
December 21, 2017A recent study of 190 countries and territories dating back to 2010 shows that low levels of socio-economic development correlate directly to high levels of visual impairment.Read more…