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Virgin Atlantic launches accessible entertainment for customers with sight loss |
Virgin Atlantic has announced the launch of its fully accessible inflight entertainment system for customers with sight loss. The technology will be offered throughout its fleet serving destinations... |
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30/Nov/2017 |
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ROP can be prevented easily, says expert |
‘500 kids go blind in India every year due to late detection’
Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) can be prevented very easily, but 500 children go blind because of it every year.
November 17 is... |
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30/Nov/2017 |
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India to celebrate International Day of Persons with Disabilities with awards function in New Delhi |
President Ram Nath Kovind will confer the "National Award for Divyangjan, 2017" at a function organized by Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan) under the Ministry of... |
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29/Nov/2017 |
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Samsung made an app that adjusts its TVs for color blindness |
Samsung has launched an app that makes watching TV a more vibrant experience for people with color vision deficiency (CVD) -- the inability to distinguish certain shades of color (also known as color... |
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29/Nov/2017 |
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Enzyme that triggers most common form of vision loss identified |
Indian-origin researchers have identified an enzyme that serves as a critical trigger for the damaging inflammation that ultimately leads to macular degeneration, the leading cause of vision loss... |
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28/Nov/2017 |
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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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