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Pioneering Eye Surgery Network Receives 2008 Gates Award for Global Health |
In recognition of its groundbreaking work to prevent debilitating blindness and provide affordable, world-class eye care to the poor, the Aravind Eye Care System, based in Tamil Nadu, India, has won... |
General |
20/Jul/2012 |
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Helping blocks for handicap |
The visually-challenged commuters travelling on Western Railway (WR)will soon find it easy to locate compartment meant for handicaps, asthe administration has decided to fix special chequered blocks... |
General |
20/Jul/2012 |
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Packaging innovations from Drupa 2008 |
Drupa 2008, the largest printing equipment exhibition in the world, had new products for the pharmaceutical industry on show from FAG, Xerox, Amcor Flexibles and AVT.
Switzerland-based FAG Graphic... |
Product and Technology |
20/Jul/2012 |
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Scientists invent bionic eyeball to cure blindness |
German scientists have invented a wireless bionic eyeball that canrestore vision to patients who have become blind due to retina damageor disease.
The new prosthetic device caps 12 years of research... |
Product and Technology |
20/Jul/2012 |
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Plan Seeks More Access for Disabled |
The Bush administration is about to propose far-reaching new rules thatwould give people with disabilities greater access to tens of thousandsof courtrooms, swimming pools, golf courses, stadiums,... |
Product and Technology |
20/Jul/2012 |
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Visually impaired people in the Civil Services |
Working ona query received on Eyeway helpdesk, Mr Pranay Gadodia approached the UnionPublic Service Commission (UPSC) on behalf of Eyeway looking for specificinformation pertaining to visually... |
Education and Employment |
20/Jul/2012 |
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Chandigarh docs find safer cataract-glaucoma treatment |
A team of ophthalmologists from Chandigarh has evolveda way to concurrently treat two eye diseases - cataract and glaucoma -without post operative complications. And that's great news for acountry... |
Medical |
20/Jul/2012 |
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Retina transplants show promise in patients with retinal degeneration |
Preliminary research shows encouraging results with transplantation of retinal cells in patients with blindness caused by retinitis pigmentosa (RP) and age-related macular degeneration (AMD),... |
Medical |
20/Jul/2012 |
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Volleyball goes the braille way in Chennai |
It's an annual event the visually challenged look forward to in Chennai - a volleyball tournament exclusively for them. This year, it was a fight between fifteen teams from all over south India.
In... |
Adventure and Sports |
20/Jul/2012 |
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Opening new portals for the blind |
For blind students, surfing the Web or taking detailed notes in physics and calculus classes can require cumbersome and expensive learning aids. Two new technologies, however, promise to greatly... |
Product and Technology |
20/Jul/2012 |
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