Why Do Humans Blink So Often?
Research finds blinking plays a pivotal role in processing visual information thus adding to a growing body of evidence revising conventional views of vision (Source: Disabled World)
Source: Disabled World - April 15, 2024 Category: Disability Tags: Blindness and Vision Loss Source Type: news
Blindness warning as expert shares key 10 signs your eyesight is getting worse
Most of us will experience some effects of worsening eyesight as we get older, an optometrist warned. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - April 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Popular hand sanitizer and aloe brands recalled over common ingredient that FDA warns could cause comas and blindness
Roughly 40 lots of Aruba Aloe Hand Sanitizer Gel Alcohol 80 percent and Aruba Aloe Alcoholada Gel hand sanitizer gel have been recalled because they were found to contain methanol. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Characteristics of hospitalized pediatric patients following traumatic open globe injuries; a cross-sectional study - Peyman A, Dehghani A, Hoghooghi A, Sheykhi K, Khoshhali M, Abounoori M, Khosrropour H, Pourazizi M.
This study aimed to evaluate the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of pediatric patients hospitalized with open globe injuries (OGI). ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Famous and Well Known People With Color Blindness
A list of famous and well known people who had, or have, color blindness - also known as color vision deficiency (CVD) (Source: Disabled World)
Source: Disabled World - April 5, 2024 Category: Disability Tags: Famous Disabled People Source Type: news
OCGN Stock Alert: Why Is Ocugen Up 20% Today?
Biotechnology firm Ocugen (NASDAQ:OCGN) — which specializes in developing gene therapies to address blindness diseases — saw its shares move higher on an encouraging clinical development. An advisory committee responsible for overseeing safety matters approved Ocugen to use a medium dosage of its…#ocugen #dsmb #peterchang #dsmbchair #ocgn #amd #joshenomoto (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Is It Safe to Fly During a Solar Eclipse?
Ahead of the solar eclipse passing through the U.S. on April 8, many people may be wondering if it is safe to take a flight during the event. TIME headed straight to the experts for an answer, which was resoundingly positive.
“Yes, absolutely. There’s no reason not to [fly],” Paul Bryans, a project scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, tells TIME. A solar eclipse happens when the moon blocks the light from the sun. In terms of being on board an aircraft, this doesn’t make the sun any more of a threat than it is on regular days. “There’s nothing dangerous about a s...
Source: TIME: Science - April 4, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Anna Gordon Tags: Uncategorized News Desk Solar Eclipse 2024 Source Type: news
They Can ’t See the Total Solar Eclipse, but LightSound Will Help Them Hear It
A device called LightSound is being distributed to help the blind and visually impaired experience this year ’s event. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 29, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Robyn Ross Tags: Blindness Eclipses Computers and the Internet Engineering and Engineers Inventions and Patents Space and Astronomy Harvard University Source Type: news
Prevent Blindness Provides Free Resources as Part of April's Women's Eye Health and Safety Month to Educate Women on Necessary Steps to Help Save Sight
As more women than men have eye disease and unique vision issues, Prevent Blindness provides free resources including webpages, fact sheets and expert videos to help prevent unnecessary vision loss in women. CHICAGO, March 27, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Prevent Blindness, the nation's... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - March 27, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: WOM Source Type: news
How to Safely Watch the Total Eclipse
The first solar eclipse I had a chance to witness I in fact didn’t witness at all. It was July 20, 1963, and I was attending Camp Comet in Waynesboro, Pa. The camp’s owners and counselors—not to mention, our parents—wanted nothing to do with the prospect of 150 literally wide-eyed boys staring directly at the sun as the moon partly obscured it. So they kept us inside our geodesic-dome-shaped bunks and draped blankets over the windows until the danger had passed.
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From a safety perspective, that, in fact, was not a bad precaution. That’s because t...
Source: TIME: Health - March 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized Eclipse healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
The fight to cure South Sudan ’s mysterious neurological disorder
Nodding syndrome is a distressing disease that stunts growth, harms brains and sparks convulsions. Though its cause is still unknown, there is now hope that epilepsy drugs can help afflicted childrenThe other children move away, frightened, when the convulsions start. Tabo takes a long, guttural breath before slumping on to the ground unconscious, her entire body shaking. The 17-year-old ’s mother, Penina Monyo Gulu Biro, gently holds the girl while the attack lasts.A minute or two later, Tabo (pictured above) sits up again, tears rolling down her cheeks. “She cries because she’s sad to be like this,” says Biro.An ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 25, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Florence Miettaux in Mvolo and Maridi Tags: Global development Global health South Sudan Africa World news Rivers Environment Infectious diseases Medical research Science Children Society Blindness and visual impairment Disability Source Type: news
Why Seeing Eye Dogs Are So Expensive To Breed And Train
Guide dogs from The Seeing Eye are specially bred, trained, and matched with people with blindness and low vision all over the ...#seeingeye (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Too much time staring at mobile phones is putting children at risk of blindness, top eye surgeons warn
British children as young as four are wearing special contact lenses with doctors increasingly seeing teenagers with the worst possible score for short-sightedness. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Nigeria: Despite Severity, 90 Percent of People With Glaucoma Undiagnosed - Official
[Premium Times] The blindness and visual impairment survey revealed that 1.1 to 1.4 million adults in Nigeria have glaucoma. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 14, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
Nigeria: Despite Severity, 90% of People With Glaucoma Undiagnosed - Official
[Premium Times] The blindness and visual impairment survey revealed that 1.1 to 1.4 million adults in Nigeria have glaucoma. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 14, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
