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Laser 'cure' for blindness tested - BBC Health News 6th July 2009
A ground-breaking laser treatment could prevent millions of older people from going blind, experts believe.
The technique helps reverse the effects of age-related macular degeneration - the leading cause of blindness in over 60s in the western world.
New laser eye surgery technique could prevent age-related sight loss - The Times 6th July 2009
New techniques in laser eye surgery could prevent millions of people from losing their sight, one of the country’s leading surgeons has said.
Professor John Marshall, a senior ophthalmologist at King’s College, London, has developed a short pulse laser technique which can delay the onset of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the leading cause of sight loss in Britain.
Blindness treatment could stop millions from losing their eyesight - Daily Mail 6th July 2009
A revolutionary laser treatment could save the sight of millions, British experts claim.
The process is said to stop the onset of age-related macular degeneration, one of the commonest forms of blindness, which leaves victims unable to read, drive or live independently.
Hope for blindness cure with laser breakthrough - The Observer 5th July 2009
Pulses of light clean key membrane to prevent the onset of macular degeneration
Skin damaged by too much sun can be healed with laser therapy - Daily Mail 21st October 2008
Skin that has been damaged by too much exposure to the sun can be healed by increasing its sensitivity to light and treating it with laser therapy, according to a new study.
Researchers at the University of Michigan conducted tests on 24 adults aged 54 to 84, whose forearm skin showed significant sun damage. They were treated with a topical ointment that increases sensitivity to light and then given laser therapy.
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