A University of Missouri-Columbia veterinary ophthalmologist has been developing a microchip implant that restores sight to blind cats and hopefully to humans as well. Preliminary results in clinical human trials have been encouraging, with 30 people implanted so far.

Dr. Kristina Narfstrom is fine-tuning the technique with Abyssinian and Persian cats affected with the hereditary retinal blinding disease similar to retinitis pigmentosa, an incurable genetic disease in humans that usually leads to blindness

Most people associate Botox with the vanity of someone using it to erase facial wrinkles. But the injectable drug now has a more practical use: Easing the pain of severe writer's cramp.

Writer's cramp, which occurs either during writing or other manual tasks, is described as painful and is manifested by involuntary, spasmodic muscle contractions of the fingers, hand, or arm, according to a press release issued on Wednesday

Scientists from the Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute suggested that a drug generally used to slow the loss of central vision has shown promise for treating blindness in diabetes.

Researchers have injected the drug, ranibuzumab, into eyes of 10 people losing their sight from macular edema, one of many complications of diabetes and a first stage of diabetic retinopathy

ollowing the recent outbreak of the E. coli bacteria, fast food chain Taco Bell announced will no longer serve green onions at its 5,800 restaurants nationwide.

Taco Bell said it made the decision after samples of green onions from its restaurants were found to contain traces of the bacteria, which caused dozens of patrons to fall ill and forced the chain to temporarily close nine of its restaurants

Researchers say that the prevalence of type 2 diabetes in China is rising at such a large rate it tops more than that of the United States, Europe, and Japan combined.

According to a new report the type 2 diabetes drug market in China will reach $1.3 billion in 2010 as the medicinal market in the country rises between now and 2010. The report also finds that the increasing economic power in China is allowing more patients afford Western branded drugs