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 Blind Information - January 9, 2009
| June 25, 2006 - Topics blindIt was taboo at first but eventually Neemuch, a small town in Madhya Pradesh, became the eye donor capitol of India. According to BBC reports, more than 3,000 people in India have had their vision restored thanks to donations from Neemuch | | A new study by U.S. researchers concludes that a boom in gastric bypass surgery could lead to an increase in vitamin A deficiency among patients that raise their risk for blindness. The U.S. researchers studied the medical histories of patients who were nearly blind or had very poor eyesight but no family history of blindness | | A 30 year joint study by Indian, US and German scientists has led to the identification of three new cataract-causing inheritable genes, found to be confined to Indian families. According to a report by Press Trust of India, scientists at the Centre for Genetic Disorders of Guru Nanak Dev University, India, in association with researchers from the National Institute of Health, US and the Institute of Human Genetics in Berlin have discovered three genes causing Fan-Shaped, Cerulean and Sutural cataracts | |
Josephine Roque - All Headline News Contributor UK (AHN)-Cigarettes may soon carry a warning adding blindness as one of the consequences of smoking | | New York, NY (AHN)-Bausch and Lomb Inc., says a report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control backed the decision by the company to recall its ReNu with MoistureLoc contact lens solution, which has been linked to dozens of cases of a serious eye infection that can lead to blindness | |
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