According to a report in Archives of Ophthalmology, black patients have a higher risk of death from a cardiac disease if they suffer from high pressure in the eyes or have been diagnosed with glaucoma at some point. The study was conducted by Suh-Yuh Wu, M.A., of Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, and other colleagues, and focused mainly on black patients.

A study published in the April Journal of AAPOS (American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Babies) has indicated that babies with an eye-alignment disorder called infantile esotropia have delays in motor development milestones, but development “catches up” after corrective surgery. Before surgery, infants with esotropia had delays in both sensorimotor and gross motor development. However, post-surgery, infants had no delays in developmental milestones and they actually had a faster rate of sensorimotor development, suggesting that correcting their binocular vision helped their development to “catch up” to that of normal infants.

According to the recommendations published in the Journal of Perinatal Medicine, the formula for infant feed should contain DHA omega-3 and AA omega-6 to ensure the proper development of the eyes and brain. Breastfeeding is still the preferred feeding option, since breast milk already contains DHA and AA. The recommendation is for children who are not being breast-fed for some reason.

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Bausch & Lomb, the manufacturer of the crystalens intraocular lens (IOL) for cataracts, has decided to donate 100 pairs of these lenses, which are generally not covered by private insurance or Medicare. This is the only intraocular lens that uses the eye muscles to focus in much the same way as the natural lens does.