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From Science Daily: Rates of blindness and impaired eyesight have plummeted over the past 20 years in the developed world. But macular degeneration has replaced cataract as the leading cause

From Medical News Today: Scientists and parents have worked together to identify a new genetic disease that causes neurologic, muscle, eye and liver problems in children. The discovery was unusually

Fewer than 1 in 10 U.S. Women Know That Women Are at Greater Risk of Permanent Vision Loss Than Men – According to New National Survey CHICAGO (March 20, 2014)

From Medical News Today: Researchers at All India Institute of Medical Sciences and Ambedkar Centre for Biomedical Research India have proposed a new mechanism of glaucoma which suggests that diabetes can occur in the

Prevent Blindness Elects Kate Renwick-Espinosa of VSP Global to National Board of Directors CHICAGO (March 17, 2014) – Prevent Blindness, the nation’s oldest volunteer eye health and safety organization, has

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Stanford University School of Medicine researchers have developed two inexpensive adapters that enable a smartphone to capture high-resolution images from the front and back of

Prevent Blindness Announces the Third Annual Focus on Eye Health National Summit CHICAGO (March 3, 2014) – Prevent Blindness and its partners announce the third annual Focus on Eye Health

Prevent Blindness to Present 2014 Person of Vision Award, Will Honor Bob Shyer and Henry Shyer of Zyloware Eyewear   CHICAGO (Feb. 27, 2014)–Prevent Blindness, the nation's leading volunteer eye

Prevent Blindness Provides Information on Protecting Vision in the Workplace CHICAGO (Feb. 21, 2014) – The use of digital devices, including personal computers, tablets and cell phones, continues to increase.