Antioxidant Treatment Effective to Treat Blindness in Very Premature Infants

Premature babies frequently have underdeveloped circulation in the eyes, which leads to blindness. A new study shows that treatment with an antioxidant compound can help the most premature infants- those born at less than 28 weeks of pregnancy. Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is the second most common cause of childhood blindness in the United States,… [Continue Reading]