
NGO brings eye care to 500 indigenous people in Amazonas
Jul 22, 2024SocialWith Eyer, doctors of the Amazon have diagnosed diseases such as diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, AMD and asteroid hyalosis, among others.

Phelcom maximizes customer experience with agile and personalized support
Jul 22, 2024CompanyThe customer support department offers flexible training schedules, detailed educational materials and fast, customized service to guarantee a complete experience with Phelcom products.
Phelcom donates Eyer for ROP screening in Uganda, Africa
Jul 3, 2024CompanyDr. Iddi Ndyabawe, an ophthalmologist and ROP specialist in Uganda, has been using Eyer since 2023
A Siblings Love: the inspiring history behind Phelcom
Mar 11, 2024CompanyEyer, the company’s first equipment, is a result of co-founder Diego Lencione’s genuine interest in helping his brother Welber and other’s with sight problems.
5 practical tips on how to get patients into your office
Sep 24, 2021MarketAttracting patients is one of the most important issues on the agenda of office and clinic managers. After all, any business needs customers to exist. Including the healthcare services. In recent years, the rise of internet has strongly changed the consumer-business...
Study reports increased myopia by up to four times among children in China
Sep 9, 2021InnovationWith the pandemic and the need for social isolation, children around the world began to stay longer at home. A daily life with longer time in front of screens and less outdoor activities in leisure moments. The “new normal", experienced a year and a half ago, is...
Robotics in health: meet three promising fields
Aug 26, 2021MarketThe use of robotics in health has grown increasingly in recent years. By 2025, global investment in this sector is expected to increase approximately 20%, according to a report from Zion Market Research. The technology generates several advantages for doctors and...
Study identifies ocular syphilis with Optical Coherence Tomography
Aug 5, 2021InnovationOcular syphilis is a manifestation of syphilis that can arise when the disease is not treated properly. This stage occurs years after infection and has a challenging diagnosis. Despite directing lesions, we call the treponema palidum (etiological agent of the disease)...
How retinography helps diagnosing and monitoring choroidal nevus
Jul 10, 2021InnovationThe choroidal nevus is a dark spot that occurs at the eye fundus and is only detectable through routine examinations such as retinal mapping. Usually, treatment only includes an yearly follow-up. There are also skin nevi, which dermatologists follow-up with...
Optogenetic therapy partly recovers the vision of patient blind by retinitis pigmentosa
Jul 7, 2021InnovationA patient with retinitis pigmentosa was able to recover part of the vision after undergoing optogenetic therapy and light stimulation. For the first time, this technique has achieved partial recovery of visual function, according to clinical trial researchers. The...
How federated learning in medicine can generate assertive diagnoses
Jun 30, 2021UncategorizedArtificial Intelligence (AI), through machine learning technique, uses huge amounts of data to find disease patterns and provide more accurate diagnoses without human intervention. However, reaching clinical-level accuracy demands analyzing a great volume of...
Study reports cases of rejection of corneal transplant after covid-19 vaccine
Jun 15, 2021UncategorizedSince the beginning of the pandemic, several researches have investigated how the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) can affect the eyes. A recent study has described two cases of patients who have suffered corneal transplant rejection after being immunized against...
Eyes and covid-19: reports of rare infection that may affect the eyes of patients
Jun 2, 2021UncategorizedSeveral countries are investigating if covid-19 potentiates infections by other pathogens, such as fungi. In Brazil, a study by the Federal University of São Paulo (Unifesp) analyzed the first two cases of Candida auris in a hospital in Salvador (BA), in December....
How do solutions from healthtechs improve access to healthcare?
May 21, 2021Undoubtedly, one of the trends in health technology in 2021 is the consolidation of healthtechs. These startups have spread widely in recent years. Since 2014, they sum up US$ 430 million in investments, according to the survey Healthtech Report Brazil 2020....
How do solutions from healthtechs improve access to healthcare?
May 21, 2021UncategorizedUndoubtedly, one of the trends in health technology in 2021 is the consolidation of healthtechs. These startups have spread widely in recent years. Since 2014, they sum up US$ 430 million in investments, according to the survey Healthtech Report Brazil 2020....
Genetic treatment is a long hope of vision recovery
May 4, 2021UncategorizedImagine losing sight in childhood and regaining it partially after many years? This happened to a patient who received an experimental genetic treatment aimed to recover the vision of patients with Leber Congenital Amaurosis (LCA) and severe visual impairment. The...
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