The Eyes Can Be The Portal To A Person’s Health, Australia

A study that will use a simple eye test to save the lives and limbs of diabetics is one of seven QUT projects funded in the latest round of National Health and Medical Research Council grants.Research Professor Nathan Efron will use a breakthrough technique to develop the use of an optical instrument capable of looking at the cornea - the clear window at the front of the eye - under high magnification to assess a painful condition known as diabetic neuropathy. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Diabetes on September 28th, 2007