Prevent Blindness Urges Consumers to Use Contact Lenses Safely, Consult an Eyecare Professional Before Wearing
Prevent Blindness Warns Public About the Dangers of Misusing Contact Lenses and the Potential for Damage to the Eyes CHICAGO, Sept. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- An estimated 45 million people in the United States wear contact lenses, according to the Centers for Disease Control and... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - September 27, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Prevent Blindness Joins 2023 World Sight Day Initiative to "Love Your Eyes at Work," Calling on Employers, Insurers and Policy Makers to Help Improve Access to Eyecare
Prevent Blindness to Kick Off World Sight Day Activities with a Reception on Capitol Hill, and Hold Series of Vision Screening and Eye Health Education Events with Prevent Blindness Affiliates Across the Country to Promote the Theme, "Love Your Eyes at Work" CHICAGO, Sept. 18, 2023... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - September 18, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: SVY CSR Source Type: news
Prevent Blindness Declares Third Annual Inflammatory Eye Disease Awareness Week as Sept. 18 - 24
Prevent Blindness Offers Information on Inflammatory Eye Diseases, Including a New Video, Fact Sheets and Social Media Graphics, to Educate Public on Ways to Protect Vision and Prevent Unnecessary Vision Loss CHICAGO, Sept. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Prevent Blindness, the nation's... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - September 15, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: FVT NPT Source Type: news
Award-Winning Actress, Dancer & amp; Director Debbie Allen Joins Prevent Blindness and Regeneron to Launch the Gr8 Eye Movement and Raise Awareness of Serious Retinal Diseases
New survey shows that 95% of adults at risk for certain retinal diseases know a little or nothing about them. Debbie Allen hopes her story will help raise awareness and encourage those at risk to regularly prioritize their eye health. CHICAGO, Sept. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - September 8, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: SVY PDT PER Source Type: news
Older people may have common eye condition that causes blindness without realising - study
In new research, half of those diagnosed with glaucoma were unaware of having it. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - September 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
‘Navalny’ Team And National Geographic Launch Documentary Project On Pelletier Family, Who Went On World Tour After Their Kids Faced Oncoming Blindness
The Oscar-winning team behind Navalny is embarking on its next project, a National Geographic documentary under the working title Blink of an Eye. It will focus on the Pelletier family, “a happy, adventurous family of six,” who decided to go on a world tour after learning three of their children…#nationalgeographic #navalny #danielroher #edmundstenson #mrc #fishbowlfilms #fishbowl #melaniemiller #dianebecker #academyawards (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New Data from Prevent Blindness Shows More than 32,000 Sports-related Eye Injuries were Treated Last Year, an almost 20 Percent Increase Over the Previous Year
Prevent Blindness Declares September as Sports Eye Safety Month to Educate Public on the Risk of Significant Eye Injuries and the Need for the Proper Sports Eye Protection CHICAGO, Aug. 29, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- New annual data from Prevent Blindness, the nation's leading eye health... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - August 29, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
The invisible 800-pound gorilla: expertise can increase inattentional blindness - Robson SG, Tangen JM.
People can fail to notice objects and events in their visual environment when their attention is engaged elsewhere. This phenomenon is known as inattentional blindness, and its consequences can be costly for important real-world decisions. However, not not... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 28, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news
Investigating the probability of potential actions performed by drivers experiencing daytime sun glare-induced blindness - Koloushani M, Kaya MB, Karaer A, Ozguven EE.
There has been extensive visual-disability-focused safety research resulting from various factors/conditions that have a significant impact on a driver's ability to maneuver safely. One such critical condition among the major environmental issues that cont... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 26, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news
Nigeria: The Climate-Health Nexus - Time to Build Evidence for Global Health Action
[Nigeria Health Watch] Editor's note: In the run-up to COP 28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) later this year, Nigeria Health Watch, interviewed Simon Bland, Chief Executive Officer of the Global Institute for Disease Elimination (GLIDE), a partnership between the President of the UAE and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. GLIDE works to progress disease elimination and eradication in endemic countries, with a particular focus on malaria, polio, lymphatic filariasis, and river blindness. Simon Bland shares his (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 24, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Climate Environment Health and Medicine Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
US FDA Approves Higher Dose Regeneron Eye Disease Drug Eylea US FDA Approves Higher Dose Regeneron Eye Disease Drug Eylea
US FDA approved a higher-dose version of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals ' drug Eylea for treatment of a disease that is a leading cause of blindness among the elderly, the company said in a statement.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - August 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Ophthalmology News Source Type: news
A New Technique Uses a Patient ’ s Own Stem Cells to Restore Their Vision
One moment during the summer of 2020, Nick Kharufeh was enjoying an Independence Day party with his family in California. The next, he couldn’t see out of his left eye.
Kharufeh, now 26, was struck in the face by a malfunctioning firework, causing severe damage to and blindness in his left eye—damage his doctors said they could do little about. “I thought my life was over,” says Kharufeh, who until the accident had been training to become a pilot.
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Only a few months later, however, Kharufeh’s mother learned about an experimental trial in Bosto...
Source: TIME: Health - August 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized embargoed study healthscienceclimate Innovation Source Type: news
NCCVEH at Prevent Blindness Names '23 Champion for Children's Vision Award Recipient as Danielle Crull, owner of A Child's Eyes, and The Truffles the Kitty Organization
The National Center for Children's Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness has named Danielle Crull, ABOM, owner of A Child's Eyes, and The Truffles the Kitty Organization, as Recipient of the 9th Annual Bonnie Strickland Champion for Children's Vision Award. CHICAGO, Aug. 16, 2023... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - August 16, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: AWD CHI Source Type: news
Researching intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW): overcoming gender blindness by improving methodology in compliance with measurement standards - S ánchez-Prada A, Delgado-Alvarez C, Bosch-Fiol E, Ferrer-Pérez VA.
Intimate Partner Violence Against Women (IPVAW) has been defined as a violation of human rights and a serious public health problem rooted in social inequality between women and men. Nevertheless, a significant amount of scientific literature on the topic ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 15, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news
How do drivers mitigate the effects of naturalistic visual complexity? On attentional strategies and their implications under a change blindness protocol - Kondyli V, Bhatt M, Levin D, Suchan J.
How do the limits of high-level visual processing affect human performance in naturalistic, dynamic settings of (multimodal) interaction where observers can draw on experience to strategically adapt attention to familiar forms of complexity? In this backdr... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 12, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news
