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

Traffic pollution may lead to vision loss: Study

Prolonged exposure to nitrogen dioxide and carbon monoxide can increase risk of age-related macular degeneration that can cause irreversible …

Cataract blindness hits women more than men in India

Women are 69% more likely to develop cataract — clouding of the normally clear lens of the eye — than men

Ebola survivors can lose their eyesight. What we're doing to prevent it

Translating lessons learnt during the outbreak in West Africa into improved vision health is an ongoing necessity in Congo

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 …

This paper mill in Punjab is causing cancer, loss of vision

Residents allege that the Kuantum pulp and paper mill in Saila Khurd, the only industry in the block for 30 years, is responsible for their …

Better looking

Smoke gets in your eyes - and forms cataracts

The oxidising property of cigarette and chulha smoke is one of the factors being linked by researchers to the formation of eye cataract.

Lenses favourite

Show the way, ALF

Sugary eyes tell it all

Chameleon effect

Looking through the eyes

Aye for an eye

Transplanting light-sensitive cells of aborted human foetuses into retinas of blind adults can enable them to see again

Blinded by smoke

Colours in sight

Electric eyes

Transmitting images directly to the retina may one day help the blind 'see'

Sharp picture

A technique used by astronomers is being used to produce better contact lenses

Cultured eyes

Watch those flies

BURKINA FASO

No blurry vision

Hunt on for cataract gene

INDIA

Bad company

One defective eye can spoil the other. Early detection and treatment helps