NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A contact lens that gradually dispenses a steady stream of medication to the eye could ease treatment for glaucoma and other eye ailments if it advances through animal and ...

According to the World Health Organization, glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness in the world. While there is no cure for the condition – which sees a build-up of pressure in the eyeball ...

Researchers have developed a contact lens that has a drug polymer in the periphery dispensing the drug for glaucoma, providing a more effective treatment. Contact lens that delivers drug for glaucoma ...

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The Dalai Lama is examined by a doctor at The 'Eye Q' Centre for Excellence for Glaucoma Hospital in New Delhi on November 29, 2013. Image credit: STRDEL/AFP/Getty Images Glaucoma is a leading cause ...

Eyedrops are a simple way to get medicine to the surface of the eye, but taking drops several times a day can be onerous for patients. A startup company in Cambridge, MA, has developed an alternative: ...

A contact lens designed to deliver medication gradually to the eye could improve outcomes for patients with conditions requiring treatment with eye drops, which are often imprecise and difficult to ...

A novel contact lens-based system, which uses a strategically placed drug polymer film to deliver medication gradually to the eye, is at least as effective, and possibly more so, as daily latanoprost ...

Researchers are one step closer to an eye drop-free reality with the development of a drug-eluting contact lens designed for prolonged delivery of latanoprost, a common drug used for the treatment of ...

BOSTON (Dec. 9, 2013) – For nearly half a century, contact lenses have been proposed as a means of ocular drug delivery that may someday replace eye drops, but achieving controlled drug release has ...