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FDA OKs 1st implantable telescope to fight seniors’ cause of blindness
July 8, 2010 /
U.S. health officials have approved a first-of-its-kind technology to counter a leading cause of blindness in older adults — a tiny telescope implanted inside the eye.
The Implantable Miniature Telescope aims to help in the end stages of incurable age-related macular degeneration, a creeping loss of central vision that blocks reading, watching TV, eventually even recognizing faces.
Full Story: http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-07-08-macular-degeneration_N.htm
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