blindness 1 6

Tag: "blindness" at medical news

Glaucoma Could Cause Vision Loss In 60 Million People By 2010

...ility. Glaucoma, that accounts for 12% of global blindness arises due to raised intra-ocular pressure and consequent nerve damage. In some cases, the disease may be seen in cases of normal eye pressure as well. Lack of proper awareness about the disease and the availability of a reliable screening test to ...

Indian National in Saudi Jail will be released soon

...oner had been nailed on charges of causing partial blindness to a Saudi national. // This case has been in the International media glare for quite a while. Naushad’s release was decided after the victim, the Saudi National pardoned him for the injury caused. This happened during the visit of Saudi King, Abd...

Millions Of Diabetic And Glaucoma Patients Risk Blindness

...ics and 250,000 early-stage glaucoma patients risk blindness due to lack of proper awareness according to a report published by the Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB).// In an attempt to prevent such a disaster, a campaign called 'Open Your Eyes' has been launched in the UK. Apart from the above-m...

Diabetes May Be Cured In 10 Days

...h develop 20 to 30 years later, conditions such as blindness and kidney failure.’ The trials are taking place at a new 1.2 million pounds facility funded by the Diabetes Research and Wellness Foundation (DRWF) based within the Oxford Center for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism. Edited IAS...

Gene Linked To Type 2 Diabetes Identified

...lead to various complications like kidney failure, blindness and nerve and blood vessel damage. But type 2 Diabetes in particular is seen in people who are obese. Struan F.A. Grant and Kari Stefansson led the research team and they studied a number of genetic markers in 1185 type 2 diabetes patients and 93...

Intake of a healthy and balanced diet: miracle for old people.

...on or AMD is the most common cause of irreversible blindness in developed countries.The Dutch scientists took information from more than 4,100 healthy older adults in a middle-class suburb of Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The study started in the early 1990s. Back then, none of the participants had AMD. All ...

Increased Risk Of Losing Sight In Obese People.

...ased blood pressure and cancer but its relation to blindness is something people are not aware off. The resea...g awareness among the public that obesity leads to blindness and that the commoner should be aware of its risk factors. <br...

Colorblind Individuals have expanded color vision

Deuteranamolous patients suffer from color blindness due to X-chromosome variations, which make them un...in X-chromosome linked variants they have an color blindness to differentiate different colors and these sensitivities are altered in deuteranomalous colorblind ...

Low turnover by Diabetics for free annual checkup

...uch as amputation, kidney failure, heart diseases, blindness and other complications. Diabetes occurs due to non-metabolisation of food products (glucose) occurs, which may be due to shortage or insufficient functioning of insulin required for food products/glucose. More than 170 million people worldwide are...

Impotence drug such as Viagra may cause Vision Loss

...rs should be sent to doctors regarding the risk of blindness due to impotence drugs. Earlier this year drug mak...ck box warning regarding the risks of drug-induced blindness for the three phosphodiesterase 5 (PDE5) inhibitors that are prescribed for the treatment of erectil...

Vitamin A supplementation inadequate in India: Need for effective strategies

...n A deficiency is the leading cause of preventable blindness in children. In addition, it raises the risk of di...ere infections. In pregnant women, it causes night blindness and may increase the risk of maternal mortality. "India has a lot of catching up to do even with ot...

Vitamin filled nutrition candy for School children

...k of Vitamin A on the other hand not only leads to blindness in severe cases but also impairs the immune system. Women and children are the most affected and these deficiencies damage health, impair work capacity, impact reproduction and reduce intelligence. Vitamin and mineral deficiency will cost the Indian...

Cataract incidence high among people on a high carbohydrate diet.

...aser surgery.// But they are also a major cause of blindness worldwide is left untreated. According to a recent study at ARS Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Centre on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, women who ate an average of 200 to 268 grams of carbohydrates every day were more than twice as li...

Good News For Cataract Patients

...octor Bakshi. There are 10 to 12 million cases of blindness in India every year. Of these, a whopping eight million are due to cataract, said Agarwal adding that his innovation is not patented. He hoped that doctors across the world would use this technique for safety and speedy recovery of patients. Current...

Understanding The Relationship With Diet And Cataract

...e-related cataract is the world's leading cause of blindness that affects millions of people over 40 years of age. Latest research shows that Taking vitamin E supplements, as well as a higher intake of the B vitamins riboflavin and thiamine // , could slow cataract progression. Although surgical correction i...

Enzyme Responsible For Congenital Blindness

... enzyme in the vision cycle that causes congenital blindness in children. The researchers’ study regarding the ...these patients, by gene therapy should correct the blindness in these children, as was observed in mice and dogs with RPE65 mutations, said the researchers. This...

A Drop a day Can Keep Glaucoma At Bay

...g to the article, glaucoma is the leading cause of blindness in the black community, and as a group, blacks are three-times more likely than whites to develop the disease. Researchers say the therapeutic benefit of medication does not imply that every patient with glaucoma requires treatment. Factors such as ...

Hyaluronic Acid – A Boon To The Problem Of Premature Infant

...l palsy, mental retardation, chronic lung disease, blindness and hearing loss by invention of new ways to prevent brain damage and improve the overall function. Source: Indo-Asian News Service Medindia on Premature Babies: Premature Babies More Likely If Women Have Higher Protein Albumin In Urine. More...

Monkeys offer genetic clues to adult blindness

...macular degeneration and humans// could help treat blindness in older adults, reports science portal www.eureka...lated macular degeneration is the leading cause of blindness in older adults, yet researchers are still in the dark about many factors that cause this incurable ...

PUFA reduces risk of cataract

...e. Age-related cataract is one of leading cause of blindness in the world today. Besides the physical handicap, cataract also represents enormous economic burden, both to the patient and to the country in terms of the operative procedures it requires. The association between dietary fat intake and cataract ex...

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8