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Artificial Eye Implant Developed from Rare Coral Becomes Part of Body
December 9, 2011 - Scripps in the NewsRon Remsberg received a Bio-Eye, an artificial eye that is designed to look and move like a real eye. The porous coral it’s made of allows blood vessels to grow into the implant. Learn more about how Scripps is transforming medicine. Read More
Looking at the Facts About Cataracts
March 19, 2008 - Wellness, Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jollaby Matthew Kirk, M.D., Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla It’s a fact: Aging isn’t kind to your eyes. Just when you get used to your reading glasses and bifocals, another potential vision problem may be waiting in the wings: cataracts. A cataract affects the lens in your eye that focuses light on the retina. In a normal eye, light passes through the clear lens to the retina, where it becomes ne... Read More
New Treatments Show Promise for Macular Degeneration
March 4, 2008 - News, Scripps Memorial Hospital La JollaBy Anne M. Hanneken, M.D., Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla One of the most promising new treatments for a leading cause of blindness may also be one of the most surprising. A chemotherapy medication commonly used to treat colon cancer is one of the medications being used to treat one type of macular degeneration, an eye disease that is the primary cause of blindness in patients over age 55. ... Read More