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This article or section does not cite its references or sources. You can help Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. This article is about the visual condition. For the novel, see Blindness (novel). Blindness is the condition of lacking visual perception due to physiological or psychological factors. Various scales have been developed to describe the extent of vision loss and define "blindness"[1]. Total blindness is the complete lack of form and light perception and is clinicall ...
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- India to beat blindness elimination target by 2015: Health Minister
The Earth Times - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 06:44 EST
- Health Tip: Causes of Blindness
MedicineNet - Fri, 23 Feb 2007 07:00 EST
- Blindness From Smoking Terrifies Teens, But Few Realize The Two Are Linked
ScienceDaily - Wed, 14 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Teens not aware of smoking, blindness link
The Earth Times - Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:49 EST
- Teens, adults unaware smoking raises blindness risk
Reuters - Tue, 06 Feb 2007 12:14 EST
- Teens, adults unaware smoking raises blindness risk
Reuters - Tue, 06 Feb 2007 12:14 EST
- Blindness From Smoking Terrifies Teens, But Few Realize The Two Are Linked
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 09 Feb 2007 01:00 EST
- Young people unaware that smoking causes blindness
The Earth Times - Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:05 EST
- Brain 'can beat early blindness'
BBC - Sat, 17 Feb 2007 12:33 EST
- Highmark Inc. Grant Supports Blindness Prevention For Children
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Spring Is Time For Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) Awareness
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Face blindness disorder is more than skin deep
CNN - Tue, 06 Feb 2007 12:30 EST
- Culturally Specific Diabetes Management Helps Low-Income Patients
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 19 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- March Is Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) Awareness Month; Experts Say Early Detection Is The Key To Saving Eyesight
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 15 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Young smokers 'risking' blindness
BBC - Tue, 06 Feb 2007 07:14 EST
- Cats help in battle against human blindness
MSNBC - Sun, 25 Feb 2007 06:12 EST
- High-dose Progesterone Treatment Reduces Preterm Delivery Risk
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 10 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Preterm Delivery Risk Reduced By High-Dose Progesterone Treatment
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 09 Feb 2007 07:00 EST
- Grants From Leading Eye Research Foundation Surpass $9M In 2006
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 02 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Nanotechnology Can Improve Health Care In Developing Countries
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 30 Jan 2007 11:00 EST
- Emergency care key for high pressure in brain
Reuters - Fri, 26 Jan 2007 08:05 EST
- Chicken Blindness Gene Could Hold Key To Many Human Diseases
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 20 Dec 2006 08:00 EST
- Stem cell transplant for eye repair raises concern
The Earth Times - Wed, 17 Jan 2007 07:34 EST
- High Levels Of Blindness In Southern Sudan Following Years Of War
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 28 Dec 2006 10:00 EST
- JRRD Releases Single-Topic Issue Focused On Vision Rehabilitation
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 12 Jan 2007 03:00 EST
- Vision Following Extended Congenital Blindness: New Study Challenges 'Critical Period' In ...
ScienceDaily - Mon, 08 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
- High Levels Of Blindness In Southern Sudan Following Years Of War
ScienceDaily - Tue, 19 Dec 2006 04:00 EST
- Genetics And Lifestyle Interact To Increase Risk For Age-Related Blindness
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 10 Jan 2007 02:00 EST
- Genetics And Lifestyle Interact To Increase Risk For Age-related Blindness
ScienceDaily - Tue, 09 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
- Diabetes vision loss can be averted
The Earth Times - Fri, 05 Jan 2007 05:24 EST
- Experiments Show How Increased Pressure In The Eye Leads To Blindness In Glaucoma
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 10 Dec 2006 09:00 EST
- Newly Identified Strains Of Chlamydia Trachomatis Could Produce New Diseases
ScienceDaily - Tue, 02 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
- New Genetic Test Predicts Risk Of Metastasis In Patients With Deadly Eye Cancer
ScienceDaily - Thu, 28 Dec 2006 04:00 EST
- Macular Vision Loss In Diabetics Slowed By Drug Treatment
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 19 Dec 2006 10:00 EST
- Drug Treatment Slows Macular Vision Loss In Diabetics
ScienceDaily - Fri, 15 Dec 2006 04:00 EST
- Major Visual Disorders In People Over 40 May Be Costing The US Economy Billions
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 15 Dec 2006 09:00 EST
- Research Suggests New Treatment Approaches For Glaucoma
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 11 Dec 2006 08:00 EST
- Doctors turn to aborted fetus to save boy's life
MSNBC - Tue, 12 Dec 2006 01:01 EST
- Genetics A Key Factor In Premature Infants' Devastating Eye Disease
ScienceDaily - Mon, 27 Nov 2006 04:00 EST
- Gene Linked To Aggressive 'Wet' Age-related Macular Degeneration
ScienceDaily - Mon, 27 Nov 2006 04:00 EST
- Genetics A Key Factor In Premature Infants' Devastating Eye Disease
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 26 Nov 2006 03:00 EST
- Gene Linked To Aggressive 'Wet' Age-Related Macular Degeneration
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 28 Nov 2006 02:00 EST
- Genetics A Key Factor In Premature Infants' Devastating Eye Disease
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 25 Nov 2006 04:00 EST
- Newly Identified Strains Of Chlamydia Trachomatis Could Produce New Diseases
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 21 Nov 2006 02:00 EST
- UCLA Surgeons First To Biopsy Tumor Tissue From Living Eye
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 21 Nov 2006 10:00 EST
- Retina Stem Cells May Restore Sight
WebMD - Wed, 08 Nov 2006 05:42 EST
- Reward For Fight Against River Blindness
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 11 Nov 2006 07:00 EST
- Proven Stem Cell Cures Being Thwarted By Politics, Says International Advocate For The Blind
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 08 Nov 2006 08:00 EST
- Active life may help elderly keep their eyesight
Reuters - Tue, 31 Oct 2006 12:14 EST
- Active life may help elderly keep their eyesight
Reuters - Tue, 31 Oct 2006 03:43 EST
- Breakthrough Discovery In Genetics Of Childhood Blindness By MUHC Researcher Has Major Implications
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 07 Oct 2006 11:00 EST
- TargeGen Initiates Phase I Clinical Trial Of Topical AMD Drug TG100801
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 02 Nov 2006 08:00 EST
- Light-sensitive Photoswitches Could Restore Sight To Those With Macular Degeneration
ScienceDaily - Wed, 01 Nov 2006 04:00 EST
- Protein find could be key to treating eye disorder
Reuters - Wed, 18 Oct 2006 05:39 EST
- Protein find could be key to treating eye disorder
Reuters - Wed, 18 Oct 2006 10:13 EST
- Protein find could be key to treating eye disorder
Reuters - Wed, 18 Oct 2006 10:42 EST
- Lucentis effective for common cause of blindness
Reuters - Thu, 05 Oct 2006 01:58 EST
- Lowering The Cost Of Preserving Vision
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 08 Oct 2006 10:00 EST
- Eye injections curb macular degeneration
MSNBC - Thu, 05 Oct 2006 06:52 EST
- Eye injections curb macular degeneration
Reuters - Thu, 05 Oct 2006 02:22 EST
- Eye injections curb macular degeneration: study
Reuters - Wed, 04 Oct 2006 11:03 EST
- Two U.S. scientists win Nobel for "gene silencing"
Reuters - Mon, 02 Oct 2006 01:38 EST
- Two U.S. scientists win Nobel for "gene silencing"
Reuters - Mon, 02 Oct 2006 01:38 EST
- Two U.S. scientists win Nobel for "gene silencing"
Reuters - Mon, 02 Oct 2006 05:02 EST
- Two U.S. scientists win Nobel for "gene silencing"
Reuters - Mon, 02 Oct 2006 05:02 EST
- Two U.S. scientists win Nobel for "gene silencing"
Reuters - Mon, 02 Oct 2006 05:02 EST
- Two U.S. scientists win Nobel for 'gene silencing'
Reuters - Mon, 02 Oct 2006 08:01 EST
- Two U.S. scientists win Nobel for "gene silencing"
Reuters - Mon, 02 Oct 2006 10:07 EST
- Two U.S. scientists win Nobel for "gene silencing"
Reuters - Mon, 02 Oct 2006 10:28 EST
- Lucentis Shows Significant Vision Benefits In Pivotal Phase III Data Published In New England Journal Of Medicine
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 06 Oct 2006 07:00 EST
- To Fight Eye Disease UI Teams Up With Cubs Star, Celtics Owner
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 04 Oct 2006 01:00 EST
- Eating Spinach Could Protect Your Eyes From The Leading Cause Of Blindness In Western Society, Say Experts At The University Of Manchester
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 26 Sep 2006 07:00 EST
- Why Popeye Only Has Eyes For Spinach
ScienceDaily - Mon, 25 Sep 2006 03:00 EST
- Swiss approve Novartis drug for blindness
Reuters - Tue, 29 Aug 2006 10:04 EST
- Swiss approve Novartis drug to treat blindness
Reuters - Tue, 29 Aug 2006 01:24 EST
- Stem Cell Experiments Slow Vision Loss in Rats
Washington Post - Thu, 21 Sep 2006 04:00 EST
- Delivery Improvements Of The AMD-drug Lucentis On The Way
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 20 Sep 2006 07:00 EST
- Eliminating Blindness The Safe Way
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 14 Aug 2006 09:00 EST
- First European Approval In Switzerland For Lucentis As A Breakthrough Treatment For A Leading Cause Of Blindness In People Over Age 50
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 02 Sep 2006 10:00 EST
- Obesity doubles risk of blindness, says report
Reuters - Wed, 06 Sep 2006 04:35 EST
- Researchers Identify Dart-like Molecule In Age-related Macular Degeneration
ScienceDaily - Mon, 11 Sep 2006 03:00 EST
- Immune Responses In Trachoma
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 09 Aug 2006 09:00 EST
- Variation In 3 Genes Influences Risk Of Age-related Macular Degeneration
ScienceDaily - Thu, 07 Sep 2006 03:00 EST
- Obesity doubles risk of blindness
The Earth Times - Wed, 06 Sep 2006 04:18 EST
- Risk Of Age-related Macular Degeneration Influenced By Variation In 3 Genes
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 01 Sep 2006 06:00 EST
- Plants With Yellow Pigment May Protect Eyesight
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 15 Aug 2006 07:00 EST
- Single Gene Flaw Can Cause 'Face Blindness'
MedicineNet - Mon, 17 Jul 2006 06:00 EST
- Eating fish helps ward off common blindness
Reuters - Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:14 EST
- New camera could stop blindness
BBC - Thu, 27 Jul 2006 07:42 EST
- Onchocerciasis Treatment Reduces Prevalence And Intensity By 38 Percent
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 01 Aug 2006 11:00 EST
- Kentucky Researcher Receives Prestigious Lew R. Wasserman Award For His Research In The Field Of Age-related Macular Degeneration
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 03 Aug 2006 07:00 EST
- Onchocerciasis Treatment Reduces Prevalence And Intensity By 38%
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 29 Jul 2006 06:00 EST
- Lucentis Prevents Elderly Blindness
MedicineNet - Thu, 06 Jul 2006 06:00 EST
- Just Another Face in the Crowd, Indistinguishable Even if ItÂ’s Your Own
New York Times - Tue, 18 Jul 2006 03:00 EST
- $1.4 Million Grant Helps Professor See The Light
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 20 Jul 2006 04:00 EST
- Diabetes linked to glaucoma in women
MSNBC - Fri, 14 Jul 2006 06:05 EST
- Dietary fish oils may lower risk of eye disease
Reuters - Thu, 13 Jul 2006 03:39 EST
- Vision Loss In Seniors Linked To A Protein Associated With Alzheimer's
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 15 Jul 2006 03:00 EST
- Study: Eating Fish Helps Protect Eyesight
Washington Post - Tue, 11 Jul 2006 02:49 EST
- Diabetes linked to higher glaucoma risk for women
Reuters - Fri, 14 Jul 2006 03:26 EST
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