Footballer Michael Owen on sight loss: 'I'd swap eyes with my son if I could'
The father and son on getting to grips with a degenerative eye condition. Source link
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Madhya Pradesh Budget | Polls in sight, focus on women, jobs and tribal welfare; no new taxes
Madhya Pradesh Finance Minister Jagdish Devda presents the State Budget 2023-24 in the Assembly, in Bhopal on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is also seen. | Photo Credit: PTI The Shivraj Singh Chouhan government in Madhya Pradesh has kept its last Budget of the outgoing Assembly a youth-and women-centric … Read more
Keep vapes out of sight of children in shops, say councils
“It is not right that stores are able to prominently display vaping paraphernalia for all to see, such as in a shop window, often in bright, colourful packaging that can appeal to children,” said councillor David Fothergill, chairman of the LGA’s Community Wellbeing Board. Source link
Squash Spotted Lanternflies On Sight, Experts Urge
Aug. 25, 2022 – If you see one, squash it. Stomp on it until it’s dead. This is the advice agricultural organizations across the Northeast United States are giving when it comes to the spotted lanternfly, an invasive species that has spread rapidly across the country, including into dense urban centers like Philadelphia and New … Read more
Sharp Sight Eye Hospitals and Logy.AI launch AI-based cataract screening solution – ET HealthWorld
New Delhi: Sharp Sight Eye Hospitals in collaboration with Logy.AI envisions has introduced AI-based screening solution to identify cataracts on the spot with 92 per cent accuracy. The AI-based screening solution is present as a simple chatbot on WhatsApp, so that it can be used for mass screening. It wouldn’t require anyone to download any … Read more
Macular Degeneration Can Rob You of Sight: Know the Signs
SUNDAY, Feb. 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Early diagnosis and care can often stop the progression of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), which is the leading cause of vision loss in older Americans, the American Society of Retina Specialists (ASRS) says. As part of AMD Awareness Month in February, the society urges people to pay attention … Read more
‘Judo gives me strength to deal with sight loss’
A Coleraine judo club is one of the first in Northern Ireland to offer training for visually impaired participants. Stephanie Stewart was born blind because of an undeveloped optic nerve. She started to attend once lockdown restrictions around sport began to ease. “I’ve learnt a lot about how to break your fall and fall safely, … Read more
You Have a Sixth Sense You Probably Aren’t Using Yet
July 8, 2021 — Humans have a sixth sense that most of us aren’t using, but could learn to. Some people who are blind have already figured out how to tap into this, in much the same way dolphins navigate underwater and bats find their way in pitch darkness. And it is only a … Read more
Gene Therapy Helps Blind Man Regain Some Sight
MONDAY, May 24, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Doctors for the first time have used a form of gene therapy to restore partial vision in a blind person, according to findings announced Monday. The research team genetically altered retinal ganglion cells to become light-sensitive in a man whose vision was destroyed by retinitis pigmentosa, a genetic … Read more
Algae proteins partially restore man’s sight
The patient was completely blind before the treatment – now he can see and count objects on a table. Source link