The World Bank released two studies Sunday linking cash payments to Malawian and Tanzanian youths with "significantly lower" rates of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. …
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The 18th International AIDS Conference opened here on Sunday to UN pleas and activists' clamour for countries not to backtrack in the 29-year war on acquired immune deficiency syndrome. …
» More: World AIDS conference opens to demo, call for funds

Italian doctors reported long-term success on Wednesday with a technique of fixing burn-related eye damage using corneas grown from stem cells. …
» More: Stem-cell corneas last up to a decade: study

Reuters – Implantable lenses could be a safer alternative to laser surgery for moderately nearsighted people, a British review of earlier research suggests. …
» More: Are implantable lenses safer than laser surgery? (Reuters)

Reuters – Aging Asians appear to be as vulnerable to age-related vision loss as their white counterparts, a new review and analysis of the medical literature shows. …
» More: Asians risk of age-related blindness equals whites (Reuters)

Reuters – For each cigarette a pregnant woman lights up each day, she raises her baby’s risk of strabismus by 5 percent, new research suggests. …
» More: Smoking in pregnancy may up risk of “cross-eyed” baby (Reuters)

Reuters – Children with a particular variation of strabismus — commonly referred to as “cross-eyes” — appear highly likely to develop nearsightedness by adulthood, according to a new study. …
» More: Most kids with form of ‘cross-eyes’ become nearsighted (Reuters)

HealthDay – WEDNESDAY, March 24 (HealthDay News) — A team of researchers has
created special contact lenses for glaucoma patients that come loaded with
vitamin E, using a design that could essentially lengthen the amount of
time a medication bathes an afflicted eye. …
» More: New Contact Lenses Could Improve Glaucoma Treatment (HealthDay)

HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — The term glaucoma includes a host of eye
conditions that damage the optic nerve, which carries information about
what you see to the brain. …
» More: Health Tip: Recognizing Signs of Glaucoma (HealthDay)

HealthDay – WEDNESDAY, March 3 (HealthDay News) — Early signs of glaucoma
can be detected in the brain, according to a new study that may trigger a
major change in how the disease is treated. …
» More: Glaucoma Begins in Mid-Brain, Not in Eye, Research Shows (HealthDay)