Description: Study to Examine Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Eye Disease in Preemies
Switzerland Approves New Kind of Brain Cancer Treatment
Indonesia Confirms 81st Bird Flu Death
FDA Approves Skin Patch for Alzheimer's Patients
China Suspends Sale of Leukemia Drug

Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:

Study to Examine Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Eye Disease in Preemies

U.S. researchers are about to begin a study to examine whether omega-3 fatty acids can help prevent a disease that causes eye damage in premature babies.

The condition, retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), affects about 16,000 infants in the United States each year and blinds hundreds, the Associated Press reported.

This study will investigate whether adding omega-3 fatty acids to premature babies' intravenous feedings can decrease the risk of ROP-related eye damage. The research is being led by Dr. Lois Smith, an ophthalmologist at Children's Hospital Boston.