Serious Readers Blog

Light could give an early clue to autism
Tuesday 28 August 2018
We are only just beginning to understand the pivotal role light plays in well-being, and how it can be used in therapy and medical diagnosis.
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Light could give an early clue to autism

28 Aug 2018
Bats see red over Dutch street lights
Thursday 23 August 2018
In an environmental coup, the Dutch town of Nieuwkoop has installed street lights throughout the town to protect its rare species of bats. And the end result is streets bathed in red at night.
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Bats see red over Dutch street lights

23 Aug 2018
Gene Therapy and Eye Conditions – latest news
Thursday 16 August 2018
In December 2017 the American Federal Drug Adminstration (FDA) licensed the first every therapy to treat a genetic disease causing blindness – Luxturna from Spark Technologies - at a cost of $425,000 per eye.
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Gene Therapy and Eye Conditions – latest news

16 Aug 2018
Glaucoma discovery may also help with Alzheimer’s and Parkinsons
Tuesday 14 August 2018
A Canadian team have discovered a new signal for the presence of Glaucoma which may also serve as an early indication of other diseases.
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Glaucoma discovery may also help with Alzheimer’s and Parkinsons

14 Aug 2018
A community approach to eye health?
Thursday 09 August 2018
Have you heard of microbiomes? They’ve been all the rage in research land for the last 10 years – and their discovery has opened a whole new avenue of potential therapies to combat ill health.
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A community approach to eye health?

9 Aug 2018
Feeling Bookish? Scotland has the answer….
Monday 06 August 2018
Running from 11-27 August, this year’s Edinburgh Book Festival promises to be a cracker.
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Feeling Bookish? Scotland has the answer….

6 Aug 2018
Could an orange a day keep AMD at bay?
Monday 30 July 2018
Following a 15 year study, Australian researchers have observed that those who ate oranges regularly were less likely to develop age related Macular Degeneration (AMD) than their non-orange eating peers.
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Could an orange a day keep AMD at bay?

30 Jul 2018
How dim lighting may affect consumers’ shopping habits
Thursday 26 July 2018
A recent study by researchers from Nanyang University, Singapore and North-western University in the United States found that dim lighting may influence consumers to purchase products that they feel will give them more pleasure rather than functional bene
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How dim lighting may affect consumers’ shopping habits

26 Jul 2018
Eye drop sales rocket due to digital eyestrain
Monday 23 July 2018
Blurry near-field vision is commonly associated with ageing, but recently released research shows young Japanese people are now suffering as much as their adult counterparts – and experts say it is due to staring at small hand-held devices.
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Eye drop sales rocket due to digital eyestrain

23 Jul 2018
US authorise autonomous AI to diagnose eye disease
Thursday 19 July 2018
It would seem that clinical diagnosis by machine is no longer a far-off vision of future health care, with the recent announcement that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved marketing of artificial intelligence (AI) to detect a form of ey
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US authorise autonomous AI to diagnose eye disease

19 Jul 2018
New implant for wet AMD gives positive early results
Thursday 12 July 2018
Scientists have thought for some time that stem cell therapy could provide an answer to various forms of age-related sight loss, but recent trials have largely proved unsuccessful.
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New implant for wet AMD gives positive early results

12 Jul 2018
How the caveman in us all could affect our eyesight
Monday 09 July 2018
Research from the Brain Imaging Centre at Goethe University has revealed that we see better at dawn and dusk – times when our distant ancestors would have been most at risk from predators in the shadows.
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How the caveman in us all could affect our eyesight

9 Jul 2018