Vision and Dental Health - News
Advanced Cell Technology, a small Massachusetts-based biotechnology company, said on Thursday it has asked for approval to...
Cataract surgery does not appear to worsen the course of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a progressive loss of vision...
A new study hints that good oral care - regular brushing and flossing and trips to the dentist -- may help aging adults keep...
How much fat you eat -- and what kind -- may affect your risk of age-related vision loss, new research shows. The researchers...
Injecting tiny polymer spheres into rats right after a spinal cord injury helped the animals recover movement and prevented...
Nine-year-old Corey Haas can ride his bike alone now, thanks to an experimental gene therapy that has boosted his fading...
Eye drops containing a prescription drug called a beta-blocker, which lowers blood pressure, can be used in pregnant women...
Nerve stem cell transplants may help slow the progression of macular degeneration, the most common cause of blindness in...
For sparkling-clean dentures, brushing may be best, the authors of a new review of the medical literature say. But because...
Poor vision is enough a hardship for the elderly. But such vision problems, when they can't be corrected, also appear to...
Are you concerned that the photorefractive keratectomy your doctor recommended to fix your eyesight won't be as effective...
People who were diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in more-recent decades may be less likely to suffer vision loss than their...
If you feel as though you drool too much, studies suggest you should seriously consider surgery to take care of it, say researchers....
Chapped lips are a common but neglected side effect of chemotherapy, according to data reported here at the ECCO-ESMO European...
Injections with a steroid improved the eyesight of more than one-quarter of patients suffering from vision-robbing blood...
The health hazards associated with chronic periodontitis (gum disease) extend way beyond the mouth. For years people have...
Patients with dry mouth caused by medications they are taking can safely use 10% hydrogen peroxide whitening strips, researchers...
Patients with dry mouth caused by medications they are taking can safely use 10% hydrogen peroxide whitening strips, researchers...
People who suffer from vision-impairing glaucoma can exercise without fear of making the condition worse, according to a...
Chewing on some sugarless gum may be a low-tech way to help new moms get their bowels moving again after a cesarean section....
Spanish doctors completed the first ever transplant of a tongue and jaw on Tuesday, surgeon Pedro Cavadas said on Friday....
People with red hair seem particularly nervous about visiting the dentist, and genetics may explain why, according to a new...
A year after receiving gene therapy for a condition that causes total blindness by age 30, three people continue to see better...
A contact lens that gradually dispenses a steady stream of medication to the eye could ease treatment for glaucoma and other...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday said silver-colored dental fillings that contain mercury are safe for patients,...
Glaucoma patients are likely to lose more of their vision if they suffer minor strokes, a three-year study in Hong Kong has...
Our modern dental woes have a lot do to with modern whole-body ills like heart disease and diabetes, according to the author...
A therapy that helps regenerate receding gum tissue seems to hold up over the long term -- and may offer patients an alternative...
In a report released Monday, US researchers say they have "compelling evidence" that three infants became infected with HIV,...
The National Institutes of Health has awarded $1.3 million to an interdisciplinary team that will investigate how people's...
