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 among the elderly.
The finding, published in the journal Nature Medicine, may allow doctors to halt the inflammation early on, potentially saving patients from blindness.
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.
Mahadeb Prajapati, 17, was among the 34 participants from Bengal - with varying degrees of visual and orthopaedic disabilities - who won 38 gold, 32 silver and eight bronze medals between themselves. The tally is second only to Maharashtra's.
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Age Limit: Candidates age should be 15 to 24 years as on 01-07-2017 i.e. candidates should not be born earlier than 02-07-1993 and not later than 01-07-2002. Upper age relaxation is applicable by 5 years for SC/ ST, 3 years for OBC candidates and 10 years for PH persons (10 years for unreserved category (UR) and 13 years for OBC).
George Abraham – blind visionary, belter of boundaries and veteran of the impossible.
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 compilation of data from last year shows that only 25,713 transplant procedures were conducted. In order to manage the problem, there is an urgent need to perform 100,000 transplant surgeries every year.
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 commissioner for persons with disabilities in association with the state commissioner for persons with disabilities at the South Goa collectorate premises on Thursday.
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 that the image commonly used to represent a condition called age-related macular degeneration(AMD), which affects more than 600,000 people in the UK, did not provide a realistic representation of people's experiences.
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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 home in on target cells and prevent vision loss in mice with a human form of Leber congenital amaurosis.
The condition is one of the most common causes of blindness in children, according to the National Institutes of Health, affecting two to three of every 100,000 newborns.
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 health organizations and initiatives.
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 their shirts.
It is detrimental to their overall identity to assume that if a vision-impaired person says he is going to work, they must be going to the Royal National Institute for the Blind [RNIB] or the Center for the Blind.
People with varying capabilities of sight are able to lead lives that don’t revolve around blindness.
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 is her eldest son who takes care of her when he is not working as a milkman. The family lives in a tiny brick hut, with their three cows stationed in the small courtyard outside.
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-year-old is not only living his dream but is all set to travel to Oxford University on a Rhodes scholarship.
The government, on World Diabetes Day, has announced new initiatives to streamline the management of non-communicable diseases in the State.
The old lady is smiling broadly, although one eye is bandaged. She’s excited about going home.
“I work every day, weeding fields and picking fruits. I must be able to see to keep working. I was so worried that I would fall after sunset because my vision was bad. At the eye camp, the doctor said I had a matured cataract, and then brought me to Madurai, to the main hospital,” she says.
“If it were not free, I would have never been able to afford the operation!”
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