Spooky Eye Superstitions and the Science Behind Them
It’s that time of the year again when everywhere you turn you catch a glance of a witch or a toothy jack-o-lantern. Focus sat down ...
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A Father’s Mission Leads to App to Detect Eye Disease in Baby Pictures
The father of a patient at Mass. Eye and Ear leads a team to develop a smartphone app called “White Eye Detector,” which spots signs ...
Fighting to Compete On and Off the Ice
After battling tongue cancer, Mass. Eye and Ear patient Jessica Dupuis shared her journey to getting back on the ice at our 10th Annual Sense-ation! ...
SuperVision: A Smart App to Help People with Low Vision Search Their Surroundings
SuperVision Search, created by a team at Schepens Eye Research Institute of Massachusetts Eye and Ear, uses artificial intelligence to identify words in real-world environments. Have ...
A Cochlear Implant for the Nose
Proof-of-concept research may accelerate the development of smell restoration technology. Estimated to occur in five percent of the population, anosmia is a phenomenon that reduces and/or ...
Breakthrough Drug-Eluting Lens Provides Sustained Drug Delivery in Preclinical Model
Novel lens modulates release of drug levels to hard-to-reach tissues at the back of the eye Researchers at Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Boston Children’s Hospital ...
4 Ways to Prepare for Your Child’s Surgery
Child life specialists at Mass. Eye and Ear offer advice on how to reduce anxiety around your child’s surgery. Pediatric surgery can be anxiety-producing for ...
Does My Baby Need Tongue-Tie Surgery for Breastfeeding?
A new study from the Pediatric Airway, Voice and Swallowing Center at Massachusetts Eye and Ear raises questions on the minds of parents struggling with ...
What You Should Know When Choosing Sunscreen
From an early age, we have been taught to apply sunscreen when spending time outdoors, but does the sun protection factor (SPF) on the bottle ...
Swimmer’s Ear – Not Just For Swimmers
Swimmer’s ear may be a common summer diagnosis, but many people do not know what it truly entails. Focus sat down with ear surgeon Dr. ...
Sights Set on Summer at Camp Harbor View
Children receive vision screenings, eye health education from Mass. Eye and Ear at Camp Harbor View each summer. In July and August, staff from departments ...
Scarless Thyroid Surgery
Surgeons at Mass. Eye and Ear offer minimally invasive thyroidectomy surgeries that result in no postoperative scars. The adverse effects of a neck scar, a de ...
