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New Treatment for Adults 'Lazy Eye' Tuesday, March 04, 2008 - Ehud Rattner Home >> Headlines >> Medicine   
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According to researchers from the United States and China, new evidence from laboratory studies and a pilot clinical trial confirms the promise of a simple treatment for amblyopia, or “lazy eye.” The treatment – which involves a very simple visual task – was effective on 20-year-old subjects. Amblyopia was considered mostly irreversible after age 8. Many amblyopes, especially in developing countries, are diagnosed too late for conventional... (source: usc.edu)
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SIR, I WANT TO KNOW WHETHER THEIR ARE ANY TREATMENT FOR AMBLYOPIA OF ONE EYE |
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Dear Doctor I am 48 years old and would like to know if this treatment could be effective in patients at my age range. |
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I\\\'m 56 years old with corrected 20/20 vision in the right eye and 20/100 in the left eye with amblyopia. I\\\'m unable to work my position as a locomotive engineer which requires 20/40 in each eye. I\\\'m willing to try anything to correct the left eye. Do you know of a treatment that will get me within guidelines? thanks.......Tim M. Kelley |
