Focusing on patient education, patient preferences, and system-based changes to broaden eye care delivery is Dr. Andrew Williams’ passion. The Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Pittsburgh talked […]
So much of our society is centered around food and drink. But swallowing issues can prevent some people from participating and enjoying this important life activity. In The Eye & […]
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You know how people say, “You had to be there?” That is the case with The Eye & Ear Foundation’s November 19 webinar, “Imaging for Retinal Diseases.” It is one […]
Think of it like a kidney stone, but in your mouth. When material builds up over time, the salt in the saliva glands calcify and form a stone in the […]
Dr. Jose-Alain Sahel’s optogenetics breakthrough has been featured on CNN. This new kind of gene therapy has allowed a 58-year-old man with retinitis pigmentosa to see objects after 40 years […]
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For three years, Mission of Mercy Pittsburgh has hosted a two-day clinic providing free dental care to the underserved members of the community. This year, free vision care was also […]
If you’re one of 140 million worldwide contact lens wearers, you likely know how dangerous water can be when handling contact lenses. But do you know why? In The Eye […]
A novel computational platform developed by researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine identifies top-performing viral vectors that could deliver gene therapies to the retina with maximum efficiency […]
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Nearly 50 million Americans have tinnitus. Of those, 99% can be classified as subjective tinnitus, according to the American Tinnitus Association. This is described as when someone hears a sound […]
The Eye & Ear Foundation’s October 1, 2021 webinar, “Dry Eye: The Problems, The Solutions, The Future,” was one of the most well attended. This is no surprise, considering that […]
The Eye & Ear Foundation hosted a lunch and learn webinar where Philip Perez, MD and Thanos Tzounopoulos, PhD presented on advancements in tinnitus treatment and research taking place within […]
The Eye & Ear Foundation hosted a lunch and learn webinar, given by Deepinder Dhaliwal, MD, L.Ac and Shivalingappa (Shiva) Swamynathan, PhD on research and treatment advances for dry eyes. […]
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Berlin, 15 September 2021. Today the first Science Breakthroughs of the Year Awards are announced by the Falling Walls Foundation in Berlin. The Science Breakthroughs are awarded in 10 categories, […]
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Have you ever had an eye infection? A case of dry eye? Horrible allergies? If you are like most people, at some point in your life, you have had to […]
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Learning that your baby or child has hearing loss is a frightening scenario for any parent to imagine. In the United States, hearing loss is present in every 3 per […]