October 25, 2015 Revolutionary treatments for hearing loss Hearing loss is an epidemic in the U.S., with over 40 million sufferers.
October 25, 2015 Researchers regrow corneas using adult human stem cells Boston researchers have successfully regrown human corneal tissue – a feat that could potentially restore vision in the blind.
October 25, 2015 Program teaches martial arts to visually impaired A Long Island, New York, man with degenerative eye disease is using his skill as a second-degree black belt nijitsu sensei to teach martial arts to others with visual impairment, My Fox NY reported.
October 25, 2015 Destined for glasses? Firstborn kids more likely nearsighted Firstborn children may have a slightly higher risk of becoming nearsighted later in life, compared with later-born siblings, new research suggests
October 25, 2015 Allergens from cats and cockroaches may increase glaucoma risk Exposure to cats and cockroaches may increase the risk for glaucoma, but contact with dogs could guard against the common eye disease, suggests a study in the American Journal of Ophthalmology.
October 24, 2015 Eat right to protect your sight Did you know that macular degeneration is the leading cause of legal blindness in people over 55 in the U.S.? In the next ten years, the population of baby boomers over 55 will be six times greater than it was in 1990. In a mere decade, macular degeneration may reach epidemic proportions.
October 24, 2015 Boy, 9, fulfilling vision bucket list as he goes blind Seeing tiny snails and examining chalk under a microscope might seem like small things, but to a Texas boy losing his eyesight they're bucket list material—along with more standard big-ticket items like seeing the Grand Canyon and Antarctica—of things he wants to see before he goes blind.
October 24, 2015 Extreme dry eyes can be treated with new, bigger contact lenses People suffering from extreme cases of dry eyes can now be prescribed new, innovative wide-diameter contact lenses by an optometrist
October 24, 2015 High-tech items giving deaf-blind access to Internet A new pilot program called iCanConnect helps to provide low-income deaf-blind individuals with the most up-to-date telecommunications devices for free and special training to use them.
October 24, 2015 Novel vision-saving surgery helped Olympic bobsledder Steven Holcomb realize his dreams Olympian Steven Holcomb led the U.S. bobsledding team to a bronze medal in the two-man bobsled competition on Tuesday – the country’s first medal in the event since 1952.
