http://www.disabled-world.com/ Disability Community News and Information Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:48:56 EST en-us http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/starbursts.php Vision Disability How Long Do Starbursts and Halos Last After LASIK Surgery? Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:41:06 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/starbursts.php http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/glaucoma/triggers.php Glaucoma Outside temperatures, sun exposure and gender may trigger glaucoma - When it comes to whether or not you will develop exfoliation syndrome (ES), an eye condition that is a leading cause of secondary open-angle glaucoma and increased risk of cataract as well as cataract surgery complications, age, gender and where you live does matter. Sun, 01 Jan 2012 13:21:24 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/glaucoma/triggers.php http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/keratoconus.php Vision Disability Dr. Brian Boxer Wachler's Innovative Holcomb C3-R(R) Procedure Corrects Keratoconus in Patients With Down Syndrome. Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:49:57 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/keratoconus.php http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/lazy-eyes.php Vision Disability Device identifies vision loss in children as young as 2, when it's most treatable... Fri, 08 Jul 2011 11:12:52 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/lazy-eyes.php http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/glaucoma/medication-expenses.php Glaucoma In recent years, spending for glaucoma medications has increased, especially for women, persons who have only public health insurance and those with less than a high school education, according to a report published Online First by Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Thu, 16 Jun 2011 09:05:58 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/glaucoma/medication-expenses.php http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/blindness.php Vision Disability Researchers report progress using iPS cells to reverse blindness... Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:23:24 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/blindness.php http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/cellular-cause.php Vision Disability Harvard scientists see the early cellular cause of dry eye disease for the first time. Wed, 01 Jun 2011 16:59:35 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/cellular-cause.php http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/echolocate.php Vision Disability I can hear a building over there - Researchers at Western study blind people's ability to echolocate. Thu, 26 May 2011 10:08:33 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/echolocate.php http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/gene-therapy.php Vision Disability A gene therapy approach using a protein called CD59, or protectin, shows promise in slowing the signs of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), according to a new in vivo study by researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine. Sat, 30 Apr 2011 18:00:29 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/gene-therapy.php http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/dry-eye.php Vision Disability Drop in temperature may explain the increase in dry eye suffering... Thu, 03 Mar 2011 15:40:22 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/dry-eye.php http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/restoring-vision.php Vision Disability Co-inventor of the custom iris implant has performed the rare surgery to restore the vision of New Haven teen. Fri, 18 Feb 2011 14:15:51 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/restoring-vision.php http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/albinism.php Vision Disability Albinism involves a group of inherited conditions. People affected by albinism have little to no pigmentation in their hair, eyes, or skin and have inherited genes that have been altered and do not produce the average amounts of a pigment known as, 'melanin.' Approximately one in every seventeen-thousand persons in America has a form of albinism, which affects people of all racial backgrounds. Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:56:17 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/albinism.php http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/geographic-atrophy.php Vision Disability Pivotal discoveries in age-related macular degeneration - Key mechanism in geographic atrophy identified, 2 possible therapies developed. Sun, 06 Feb 2011 13:42:49 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/geographic-atrophy.php http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/glaucoma/early-detection.php Glaucoma Get an Eye Exam during Glaucoma Awareness Month and Preserve Vision. Tue, 04 Jan 2011 16:44:57 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/glaucoma/early-detection.php http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/optometry-research.php Vision Disability Latest Research Featured in Optometry & Vision Development. Tue, 28 Dec 2010 10:56:11 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/optometry-research.php http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/eye-brain.php Vision Disability Findings bring scientists closer to restoring vision loss due to optic nerve damage. Fri, 03 Dec 2010 19:12:45 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/eye-brain.php http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/multifocal-lenses.php Vision Disability A new study suggests that older adults who wear multifocal contact lenses to correct problems with near vision, a very common condition that increases with age, may have greater difficulty driving at night than their counterparts who wear glasses. Thu, 04 Nov 2010 09:37:07 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/multifocal-lenses.php http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/presbyopia.php Vision Disability Results of clinical research on new presbyopia treatments now available in Europe–and possibly available soon in the United States–were reported in today's Scientific Program of the 2010 Joint Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) and Middle East-Africa Council of Ophthalmology (MEACO). Tue, 19 Oct 2010 10:38:57 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/presbyopia.php http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/glaucoma/genetic-medicine.php Glaucoma Genetic medicine and AMD treatment; genetic screening and glaucoma - Oct. 17 AAO-MEACO Joint Meeting 2010 scientific program highlights. Sun, 17 Oct 2010 16:03:18 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/glaucoma/genetic-medicine.php http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/lazy-eye.php Vision Disability Is photoscreening the best way to catch 'lazy eye'? Iowan preschoolers' vision screening study in October's Ophthalmology journal. Sat, 02 Oct 2010 17:32:21 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/lazy-eye.php