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Vision Loss</category><description>Study is first to reveal a particular type of lipid, or fat, thought to only exist in the skin, now lives in your eye and might play a major role in deterring the eye disease</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/deter.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/deter.php</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2018 14:40:22 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>International Clinical Trial Study of AMD Progression</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>Clinical study led by the National Eye Institute (NEI), part of the National Institutes of Health, to learn more about the natural history of early age-related macular degeneration (AMD)</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/nei-nih.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/nei-nih.php</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2018 12:02:32 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>People Who Experience Dry Eye Soon to Have Drug-Free Solution</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>A new device that stimulates nerves in the nose offers the first natural solution to dry eye, a common eye condition</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/neurostimulator.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/neurostimulator.php</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2017 10:35:11 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Do Blind People Express Emotions the Same Way as Sighted People</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>Research on facial expression of emotions in blind people in an attempt to answer an oft-debated question: are these expressions innate or acquired</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/expressions.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/expressions.php</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Jul 2017 07:26:58 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Visually-Impaired Children Experience Egg Hunt with Eggs That Beep</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>ATF creates beeping eggs so vision impaired children can experience an Easter egg hunt</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/beeping-eggs.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/beeping-eggs.php</guid><pubDate>Sat, 15 Apr 2017 10:20:09 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>US Prevalence of Blindness and Visual Impairment Expected to Increase</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>Aging U.S. Baby Boomer population will contribute to expected doubling of prevalence of visual impairment and blindness in the next 35 years</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/vi.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/vi.php</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2016 05:31:28 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Clearly Campaign - Helping the World to See</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>Poor vision is the largest unaddressed disability in the world, despite advancements across healthcare, digital and technology</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/clearly.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/clearly.php</guid><pubDate>Sun, 10 Apr 2016 10:43:34 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Stem Cell Advances Target Vision Loss and Blindness</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>Stem cell research offers new hope for treating vision loss, from cornea repair to retinal regeneration for age-related macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/scvl.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/scvl.php</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2015 11:53:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Understanding Heterochromia: Causes and Types Explained</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>Comprehensive insights into heterochromia: types, causes, diagnosis, and implications for ocular health</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/heterochromia.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/heterochromia.php</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2015 09:44:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Eye Parasites: How to Recognize Symptoms</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>Information regarding Demodex parasites, small mites found at the roots of eyelashes that can cause a range of eye conditions</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/demodex.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/demodex.php</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2015 08:25:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Wet Macular Degeneration: Symptoms &amp; Treatment Options</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>Discover how wet macular degeneration affects central vision, its risk factors, diagnostic methods, and available treatment options for vision preservation</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/md.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/md.php</guid><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2015 09:02:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Guide to Microphthalmia, Anophthalmia and Coloboma</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>Informative summary of microphthalmia, anophthalmia and coloboma: causes, diagnosis, treatment, outcomes for congenital eye conditions</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/microphthalmia.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/microphthalmia.php</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2015 10:12:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Brain Adaption to Restoration of Eyesight</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>Rewiring of senses that occurs in brains of long term blind means that visual restoration may never be complete</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/adaption.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/adaption.php</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2015 14:16:12 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Blind and Visually Impaired Simulations Has Negative Effects</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>Using simulation has negative effects on perception of the visually impaired</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/simulations.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/simulations.php</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2015 12:45:29 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Macular Dystrophy: Types, Causes, Treatments</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>Information regarding Macular dystrophy, a form of rare genetic eye disorder that causes loss of vision</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/macular-dystrophy.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/macular-dystrophy.php</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2014 14:15:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Reading Glasses May Soon be a Thing of the Past</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>Implantable eye devices that improve vision up close could soon be a viable alternative for aging eyes</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/kamra.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/kamra.php</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2014 11:24:23 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Buying Contact Lenses Without Prescription Illegal</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>FDA classifies contact lenses as medical devices and purchasing them, even decorative colored lens, without a prescription is illegal</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/contacts.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/contacts.php</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2014 15:55:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Choroideremia: Information and Affect on Vision</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>Choroideremia is a rare and inherited disorder that causes progressive loss of vision due to degeneration of the choroid and retina</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/choroideremia.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/choroideremia.php</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2014 09:46:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>My Eyesight Seems Worse as I Age - Should I See a Doctor</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>American Academy of Ophthalmology explains common eye symptoms for senior adults in support of healthy aging month</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/worse.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/worse.php</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2014 20:35:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Eye Floaters and Flashes of Light - Causes and Risks</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>Eye floaters and flashes of light can signal retinal tears or detachment, with research showing 1 in 7 patients with these symptoms has a serious retinal issue</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/flashes-of-light.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/flashes-of-light.php</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2014 10:16:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Retinitis Pigmentosa: Inherited Eye Diseases</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>Information regarding Retinitis Pigmentosa a group of inherited diseases that cause retinal degeneration in the eyes that causes gradual decline in vision</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/rp.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/rp.php</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2014 09:48:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Drug Restores Vision to Patients with Leber Congenital Amaurosis</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>New oral medication showing significant progress by improving visual function of blind patients with Leber Congenital Amaurosis (LCA)</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/qlt091001.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/qlt091001.php</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2014 08:26:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Cause of Eye Mobility Disorder Revealed</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>Researchers worked on a developmental study to find the point at which normal development of eye muscle innervations departs from the mutants</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/cmd-cause.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/cmd-cause.php</guid><pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2014 11:21:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Driving with Hemianopia: Failure to Detect Pedestrians</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>Information and reseach results regarding the affect of hemianopia on driving ability and your field of vision</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/hemianopia.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/hemianopia.php</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2014 10:25:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Hope for People Blinded by Incurable Eye Disorders</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>New device offers hope to people blinded due to incurable eye disorders - retinal implant system research provides positive results for people with genetic eye disease</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/blinded.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/blinded.php</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Nov 2013 10:06:14 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>New Telescopic Contact Lenses Could Improve Sight for Macular Degeneration Patients</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>New slim telescopic contact lens can switch between normal and magnified vision could offer AMD patients an unobtrusive way to enhance their vision</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/amd-contacts.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/amd-contacts.php</guid><pubDate>Thu, 27 Jun 2013 12:11:43 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Effective Gene Therapy to Restore Eyesight</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>Researchers have developed a method for inserting genes into eye cells that could help restore sight to patients with blinding diseases like retinitis pigmentosa and macular degeneration</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/restoring-sight.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/restoring-sight.php</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 17:27:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Children and Vision Disability Issues</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>Information regarding various eye sight problems a child may develop over time or from birth</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/vision-problems.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/vision-problems.php</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 09:55:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Learning to Live with Vision Loss as We Age</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>Information pertaining to aging and loss of vision including cataracts, age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/eye-sight.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/eye-sight.php</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 13:50:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Alternative Vision for Blind Uses Sound Instead of Eyesight</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>Blind using photographic and sound equipment can describe objects and identify letters and words enabling blind to decode visual information within sounds and perceive complex images of people words and objects</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/sound-sight.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/sound-sight.php</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 13:32:50 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Learning a New Sense by Helping Blind See with Their Fingers</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>Devices that translate video to mechanical stimulation based on active sensing common to vision and touch may provide intuitive sensory aid for the blind</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/sense.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/sense.php</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 10:26:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Dry Eyes? Have Your Optometrist Check for Eyelid Sensitivity</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>Optometrist test called esthesiometry can measure the sensitivity of your eyelid margins sensitivity to touch</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/esthesiometry.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/esthesiometry.php</guid><pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2012 12:42:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Common and Age-Related Vision Problems</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>Information regarding common vision issues including refractive errors, nearsightedness, farsightedness, astigmatism and presbyopia</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/issues.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/issues.php</guid><pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 15:10:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>What to Expect at an Eye Examination</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>Information regarding getting your eyes checked by an ophthalmologist, or optometrist, includes types of eye exam tests performed</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/eye-exam.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/eye-exam.php</guid><pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2012 10:15:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Blindsight Used in Everyday Life Scenarios</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>Finding indicates blindsight can be used in everyday life of patients with hemianopia by cerebrovascular disorder and possibility patients with visual impairment can recover hidden visual function by rehabilitation</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/blindsight.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/blindsight.php</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2012 12:04:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Dry Eye Sufferers May Find Relief with Caffeine</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>Caffeine intake can significantly increase the ability to produce tears and could improve treatment of dry eye syndrome</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/dryeye.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/dryeye.php</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 05:58:58 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Inflammasome IL-18 Controls AMD Development</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>Trinity researchers discover how inflammasome IL-18 regulates age-related macular degeneration, revealing new therapeutic potential for preventing vision loss</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/inflammasome.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/inflammasome.php</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 08:15:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Regular Eye Exams Encouraged for Adults Over 50</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>Recommendation that all adults over age 50 schedule an eye examination because the incidence of Age-Related Macular Degeneration and other vision problems is increasing</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/eye-exams.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/eye-exams.php</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 11:28:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Glasses-Off Technology May Eliminate Need for Reading Glasses</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>Glasses-Off technology offers a solution to eliminate need for reading glasses, improving near-vision and offering a better quality of life for seniors</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/glassesoff.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/glassesoff.php</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 10:34:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Halos and Starbursts After LASIK Eye Surgery</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>Most LASIK complications are short-term and cause only mild discomfort and the results of your laser eye surgery can provide freedom from glasses and contacts for years</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/starbursts.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/starbursts.php</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:41:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Correcting Keratoconus in Down Syndrome Patients</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>Non-invasive Holcomb C3-R procedure stabilizes vision for those seeking a non-surgical solution for degenerative eye disease including people with Down syndrome afflicted with Keratoconus</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/keratoconus.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/keratoconus.php</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:49:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Detecting Lazy Eye (Amblyopia) in Children</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>A simple screening exam with a handheld scanning device may enable pediatricians to identify lazy eye in children as young as two years of age</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/lazy-eyes.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/lazy-eyes.php</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 11:12:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Progress to Reverse Blindness Reported</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>May lead to therapies to reverse blindness caused by common retinal diseases such as macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/blindness.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/blindness.php</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:23:24 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Dry Eye Disease: Cellular Cause</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>New research suggests natural killer cells promote inflammatory responses in dry eyes at both the ocular surface and the eye-draining lymph nodes</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/cellular-cause.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/cellular-cause.php</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 16:59:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Blind People Possess the Ability to Echolocate</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>Some blind people have the ability to utter clicks and to use echolocation, the returning echoes from those clicks, to sense their surroundings</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/echolocate.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/echolocate.php</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 10:08:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>CD59 Gene Therapy Shows Promise for Macular Degeneration</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>CD59 gene therapy approach reduces uncontrolled blood vessel growth and cell death in age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of vision loss in seniors</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/gene-therapy.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/gene-therapy.php</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2011 18:00:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Dry Eye Can be Caused by Drop in Temperature</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>Temperatures less than 30 degrees Celsius on the eye and eyelid could be the cause for the onset or worsening of the disorder</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/dry-eye.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/dry-eye.php</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 15:40:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Eye Surgeon Restores Vision with Iris Implant</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>Procedure was a success with vision being transformed from legal blindness to being able to drive without glasses</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/restoring-vision.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/restoring-vision.php</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 14:15:51 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Albinism: Health, Vision and General Information</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>Information regarding Albinism, a congenital disorder characterized by complete or partial absence of pigment in skin, hair and eyes due to absence or defect of tyrosinase, a copper-containing enzyme involved in production of melanin</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/albinism.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/albinism.php</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:56:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Geographic Atrophy: Molecular Cause &amp; Treatment Hope</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>Researchers identified the molecular mechanism behind geographic atrophy, the leading cause of untreatable blindness, and developed two promising preventive therapies</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/geographic-atrophy.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/geographic-atrophy.php</guid><pubDate>Sun, 06 Feb 2011 13:42:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Optometry and Vision Development Latest Research</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>Features the latest in eye and vision care research that was presented at the annual meeting</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/optometry-research.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/optometry-research.php</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2010 10:56:11 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Researchers Achieve Extensive Regeneration in Nerve Connecting Eye to Brain</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>Findings bring scientists closer to restoring vision loss due to optic nerve damage</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/eye-brain.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/eye-brain.php</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 19:12:45 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Multifocal Contact Lenses May Reduce Night Driving Vision</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>Wearing multifocal contact lenses resulted in significantly slower driving speeds at night</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/multifocal-lenses.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/multifocal-lenses.php</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 09:37:07 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Vision Correction Options for Seniors</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>From age 40 our eyes gradually lose ability to focus on close-up objects a condition called presbyopia</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/presbyopia.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/presbyopia.php</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 10:38:57 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Lazy Eye: Is Photoscreening the Best Way to Catch Amblyopia</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>Photoscreening for lazy eye (Amblyopia) was used as earlier studies indicated problems with using eye charts to screen children younger than age 3 and children with disabilities</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/lazy-eye.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/lazy-eye.php</guid><pubDate>Sat, 02 Oct 2010 17:32:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Lazy Eye (Amblyopia): Causes and Treatment</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>Information on Amblyopia, or lazy eye, an eye condition noted by reduced vision not correctable by glasses or contact lenses</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/amblyopia.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/amblyopia.php</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 08:31:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Discovery of Gene May Provide Treatment for Nearsightedness</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>Study links myopia to RASGRF1 gene, offering new hope for gene therapies to address vision loss, especially in high-risk or aging populations</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/near-sighted-gene.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/near-sighted-gene.php</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Sep 2010 10:59:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Protecting Blind Pedestrians from Silent Cars</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>Protecting blind pedestrians and others from the danger posed by silent vehicle technology</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/silent-cars-pedestrians.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/silent-cars-pedestrians.php</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 12:48:35 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Optic Neuritis: Symptoms, Causes, Treatment</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>The main symptom of optic neuritis is loss of vision, something that occurs within one or two days and varies from a small area of blurring to complete blindness</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/optic-neuritis.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/optic-neuritis.php</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 07:20:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Retinopathy of Prematurity - 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Vision Loss</category><description>Commitment to improving the lives of those with disabilities, wonder joins board of nonprofit dedicated to helping blind and disabled</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/stevie-wonder.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/stevie-wonder.php</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:15:10 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>New Insights into Inherited Eye Retinal Disease</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>Newly recognized class of disease known as ciliopathies has caught the attention of the medical community</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/eye-ciliopathies.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/eye-ciliopathies.php</guid><pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 13:16:45 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Quit Smoking and Save Your Vision</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>Determines whether age influences the effects of smoking on age-related macular degeneration (AMD) risk</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/smoking-eyesight.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/smoking-eyesight.php</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 09:09:10 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Children with Congenital Blindness See with Single Shot of Gene Therapy</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>Gene therapy improves vision in children and adults with Lebers congenital amaurosis (LCA)</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/gene-therapy-blind.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/gene-therapy-blind.php</guid><pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:10:49 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Research Center to Improve Quality of Life for Blind and Visually Impaired</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>Worlds largest ocular research center to improve quality of life for blind and visually impaired</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/ocular-research-center.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/ocular-research-center.php</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:16:19 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Eye Stye: Cures and Causes of Styes on the Eyelid</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>Information regarding the causes of an internal or external eye stye on the eyelid, including treatment methods on how to get rid of a stye</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/eye-sty.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/eye-sty.php</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:18:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Glassy Eyes: Causes, Treatment, Prevention</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>Glassy eyes can be defined as a fixed staring and wide eyed appearance with the eyes appearing shiny, glazed over, or out of focus</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/glassy-eyes.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/glassy-eyes.php</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:07:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Louis Braille: Historical Perspectives</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>The history of Louis Braille, who became blind at the age of three and wanted to read, so invented Braille for the visually impaired</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/louis-braille.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/louis-braille.php</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:37:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Is Being Visually Impaired the Same as Legally Blind</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>Legally blind means that your vision is 5% and less or that your visual impairments are so severe that the percentage of actual vision also fits in this category</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/visually-impaired-blind.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/visually-impaired-blind.php</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 17:45:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Facts about Blindness</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>Things Americans should know about blindness that will make us a stronger society</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/blindness-facts.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/blindness-facts.php</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 08:25:55 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>New Method Identifies Preterm Infants at Risk of Eye Disease</title><category>Blindness - Vision Loss</category><description>Weekly weight development might replace the need for considerably more expensive ophthalmological examinations</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/preterm-eye-disease.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/vision/preterm-eye-disease.php</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:12:41 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item></channel></rss>