Md. doctor: Kidney transplant record achieved Jul 9, 2009
Learn about Reversing/Stabilizing Keratoconus with New KC Webinar. One of Worth Magazine's top 100 charities - the National Kidney Foundation. (Yahoo News)
'Stealth' Herpes Simplex Inflammation Impacts Corneal Transplants Jul 3, 2009
Doctors knew transplants were more likely to fail in people with HSV than in patients with other disorders, such as keratoconus, an abnormal steepening of the cornea ... 9, 2008) Keratoconus is an eye disorder that causes corneal tissue to become abnormally thin and the central area to protrude in a cone shape, distorting vision. (Science Daily)
Clue to normal-tension glaucoma; herpes infection and corneal transplants Jul 1, 2009
Doctors knew transplants were more likely to fail in people with HSV than in patients with other disorders, such as keratoconus, an abnormal steepening of the cornea. This higher failure rate occurred even when HSV infection did not appear to be active in patients. (EurekAlert!)
Stem Cells Cultured On Contact Lens Restore Sight In Patients With Blinding Corneal Disease Jun 6, 2009
9, 2008) Keratoconus is an eye disorder that causes corneal tissue to become abnormally thin and the central area to protrude in a cone shape, distorting vision. The cornea is the clear tissue that covers the. (Science Daily)
Running blind Jun 3, 2009
Annually, employees from the bank contribute personal pledges to a Keratoconus Fund to help patients undergoing eye surgery at the Tun Hussein Onn Eye Hospital. Julian Wynter, chairman of the SCTF, says, Henry and Joseph are true inspirations. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
UH optometrists make custom contact lenses for long-underserved patients May 14, 2009
" In patients with the eye disease keratoconus, Marsack said, the cornea thins and bulges forward, reducing its ability to focus light. "Let's say at night you're on the road, and you're looking at a stoplight ... Keratoconus subjects who have highly aberrated eyes may perceive that same spot with a huge flare shooting through it; the stoplight simply is not well focused by the optics of the eye, which leads to blur," Marsack said. In later stages of the disease, a corneal transplant may be a... (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Transplanting hope Apr 10, 2009
A resident of Great Falls who grew up in Havre, English suffers from keratoconus that causes coning of the cornea. The coning, that English first discovered five years ago while reading a book, makes his vision "very blurred, almost to the point of being useless in the right eye," he said. (Havre Daily News, MT)
In double transplant, left hand works first Apr 7, 2009
Learn about Reversing/Stabilizing Keratoconus with New KC Webinar. Featured. (Yahoo News -- Politics)
Working Toward Artificial Corneas Feb 19, 2009
Keratoconus is a degenerative disorder of the eye affecting around one person in every thousand ... Meek's group has been able to map the orientation and thickness of collagen in corneas both with and without keratoconus ... They found that the cornea has a highly specific fibrous collagen arrangement that is lost in keratoconus. (Science Daily)
