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Boys swim against tide, beat disability |
Calcutta: A teenager who sells ghugni with his father at Bally station has helped Bengal secure the second spot in the just-concluded National Para-Swimming Championships in Udaipur, Rajasthan.... |
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28/Nov/2017 |
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Say aye to eyes! |
Every fifth blind person in the world is an Indian. Of the 15 million blind people in India, 1.1 million suffer from corneal blindness. And, 25,000 new cases are added to this backlog annually. A... |
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27/Nov/2017 |
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Disabled people raise grievances |
MARGAO: Nearly 100 grievances against inaccessible government offices and washrooms, lack of parking facilities, etc, dominated the daylong mobile court jointly organized by the Centre's chief... |
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27/Nov/2017 |
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Images used to educate public about leading cause of blindness not realistic, says study |
Images used to educate the public about vision loss due to the leading causes of blindness are not fit for purpose, according to a new study from City, University of London.
The researchers found... |
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27/Nov/2017 |
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New gene-delivery system can stop hereditary blindness, says study |
According to a new study, a new gene-delivery system for an inherited form of blindness shows promise. Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have developed gene-carrying nanoparticles that... |
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24/Nov/2017 |
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Q&A: What needs to be done to eliminate river blindness in Africa |
They are two diseases with two different parasites. So for decades, river blindness and lymphatic filariasis have been combatted separately, through different treatment campaigns and by different... |
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24/Nov/2017 |
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How Blind People In Bethlehem-Palestine, Work And Are Independent |
There often seems to be a misconception that the only thing blind people do is…be blind.
They don’t just sit at home decked out their blind garb, hovelled up their pyjamas and dropping curry down... |
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23/Nov/2017 |
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How A Unique Medical Mission Is Making India Cataract-Free |
For the last three years, 52-year-old Taradevi from Hansi (in Haryana’s Hisar district) has been suffering from severe visual impairment due to cataracts.
Her husband is physically challenged, so it... |
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23/Nov/2017 |
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BEING THE LIGHT IS BETTER THAN SEEING ONE |
Rahul Bajaj looks at his blindness as an asset and not a liability. His determination brought rich dividends as he emerged from his hometown in Nagpur to become a lawyer. Working in Delhi now, the 23... |
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23/Nov/2017 |
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Govt announces new initiatives to manage non-communicable diseases |
Scheme to detect and follow up diabetic retinopathy launched
The government, on World Diabetes Day, has announced new initiatives to streamline the management of non-communicable diseases in the... |
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22/Nov/2017 |
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