The magic eye

Sounds almost like a sci-fi movie, but there is light in the dark for those who have lost their eyesight. A high-tech curing device is on the anvil

The never-ending itch

Giving priority to combating the threat of blindness in the world's 18 million onchocerciasis sufferers has overshadowed treatment and …

Researchers discover new biomaterial to heal detached retina

They created a biopolymer that can act as a natural vitreous substitute, a clear gelatinous substance that fills the cavity between the eye lens …

Visionary

Blind terror: 80 per cent of the world's sightless are in the developing world, and the number will double by the turn of the century. Carl …

Soon, a tear-based screening test for childhood blinding condition

Researchers at LV Prasad Eye Institute in Hyderabad have identified a few proteins that cause inflammation in the eye leading to abnormal blood …

More than a quarter of the world's population has vision impairment: WHO

The first-ever World Vision Report warns that ageing populations mean a dramatic rise in vision impairment world-wide

Punjab, Chandigarh have most senior citizens with ocular morbidities: LASI

Comprehensive studies are needed to study changing trends in eye-related problems to reduce the instances of resultant eye diseases

Iraq eliminates trachoma as a public health problem 

Becomes 50th country globally to eliminate at least one neglected tropical disease   

Visionary

Blind terror: 80 per cent of the world's sightless are in the developing world, and the number will double by the turn of the century. Carl …

Cataract top cause of blindness in India, finds survey

The condition is responsible for 66.2 per cent of blindness cases in people above 50, according to the National Blindness and Visual Impairment Survey

World Bank pledges to eliminate river blindness from Africa

Forty years after its project to fight river blindness, World Bank says the disease exists only in conflict-hit African nations

Toxic tales from God's own country

As deformity cases swell in Kerala's Kasaragod district, the silent screams of the victims fall on the deaf ears of the government

Colour clues

Blind about Braille

It's time something was done about the lack of Braille texts in India

A space of their own

A garden for blind persons that explores more than just botanical learning

In search of an eyeball

Hope of vision

Beacons for the blind

Associations lending a hand in preventing and curing blindness

AUSTRALIA

Seeing the light

Cultured eyes

Official blindness

UNITED NATIONS

Learning from camels

Electronic eye

A retinal implant based on a microchip could help treat blindness