Dangerous make-up

A warning against indiscriminate selling and buying in a new fad: herbal drugs

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

Babies in the dark

Leaving a light on in a sleeping baby's room may actually be harmful

Cigarette smoke may lead to cataract

Long commuting in metros can harm eyes

Fighting for a cause

K N Narayana Pillai, 75, is an ordinary citizen who has been suffering because of pollution from an industrial unit operating beside his house. …

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