River Blindness

Science Briefs – Edition 45

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What's Inside

  • Vision impairments correlate with dementia.
  • Glaucoma surgery does not result in blindness.
  • Climate change linked to blindness.

Science Briefs – Edition 25

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What's Inside

  • Gene therapy for blindness now covered in Canada.
  • Common home test for AMD found to be inaccurate.
  • Pan American helath organization working to eliminate river blindness.
  • And, about a dozen stories about the science, medicine and preventing blindness from the entire world.

Science Briefs – Edition 24

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What's Inside

  • River blindness effects in rural areas.
  • Symptoms of Diabetic Retinopathy that you should know.
  • Smokers twice as like to develop AMD and vision loss.
  • And, about 20 stories about the science and medicine related to blindness.

Science Briefs – Edition 23

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What’s Inside

  • Cape Coast teaching hospital cures more than 1000 from cataracts.
  • First non-human primate found to have Usher Syndrome.
  • Nigeria ends treatment for river blindness in four states.
  • FDA approves new treatment for blindness in older people.
  • And, about 18 articles about science, medicine and preventing blindness from all over the world.