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Vitamin A Deficiency: Here's How It Affects Your Eye Health
According to the World Health Organisation, night blindness is one of the first signs of vitamin A deficiency. When left untreated, vitamin A deficiency can contribute to blindness by making the cornea very dry, thus damaging the retina and cornea.
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Lab-Grown Retinas May Restore Vision to People With Damaged Eyes
Researchers have developed a method for producing retina-like organoids that could aid in reconnection even after separation.
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Solar Eclipse 2022: Know Date, Time And How To Watch Surya Grahan Safely
Solar Eclipse 2022: "If you watch the solar eclipse with naked eyes it can damage your eyes by damaging your retina, resulting in solar retinopathy, which may cause loss of vision," says expert.
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Poor Diet Increases Risk Of Vision Loss In Later Life
Researchers have found that people eating a diet high in red and processed meat, fried food, refined grains and high-fat dairy products may be three times more likely to develop an eye condition that damages the retina and affects a person's central vision.
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Diabetic Retinopathy: Follow These Steps To Prevent Vision Loss From Diabetes
One severe complication of diabetes which can affect the eyes is called diabetic retinopathy. It can damage the retina and cause poor vision. If left untreated it can even result in complete vision loss. Read here to understand some prevention methods to avoid diabetic retinopathy.
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Solar Eclipse 2019 Today: What The Internet Is Telling You And What You Should Actually Believe
Solar eclipse 2019: It is absolutely right when you are suggested that you should not look at a solar eclipse directly. But, there is no scientific reason behind solar eclipse being harmful for pregnant women. More myths busted, facts revealed, right here!
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The Solar Eclipse Burned A Crescent Wound On A Woman's Retina. She Wasn't Wearing Proper Glasses
Like so many others, 26-year-old Nia Payne wanted to view of August's historic solar eclipse but didn't have a pair of protective glasses. She walked outside on Staten Island and glanced at the sun - 70 percent was covered - for about six seconds before deciding she needed eye protection.
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The Gene Responsible For Vision Loss In Middle Age Discovered
According to researchers, chemical changes in the eye can lead to blindness in middle-age. Their findings aid understanding of a genetic condition that causes sight loss for one in 3,000 people in the UK.
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Fish Eyes May Prove to Be a Potential Cure for Blindness
A new study from Vanderbilt University in the US has found a potential cure for blindness by researching on zebra fish.
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Green lasers can harm the eyes
Laser pointers can be more dangerous in green than in red. A woman damaged her eye after looking directly at a green laser pointer for seconds.
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Vitamin A Deficiency: Here's How It Affects Your Eye Health
According to the World Health Organisation, night blindness is one of the first signs of vitamin A deficiency. When left untreated, vitamin A deficiency can contribute to blindness by making the cornea very dry, thus damaging the retina and cornea.
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Lab-Grown Retinas May Restore Vision to People With Damaged Eyes
Researchers have developed a method for producing retina-like organoids that could aid in reconnection even after separation.
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Solar Eclipse 2022: Know Date, Time And How To Watch Surya Grahan Safely
Solar Eclipse 2022: "If you watch the solar eclipse with naked eyes it can damage your eyes by damaging your retina, resulting in solar retinopathy, which may cause loss of vision," says expert.
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Poor Diet Increases Risk Of Vision Loss In Later Life
Researchers have found that people eating a diet high in red and processed meat, fried food, refined grains and high-fat dairy products may be three times more likely to develop an eye condition that damages the retina and affects a person's central vision.
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Diabetic Retinopathy: Follow These Steps To Prevent Vision Loss From Diabetes
One severe complication of diabetes which can affect the eyes is called diabetic retinopathy. It can damage the retina and cause poor vision. If left untreated it can even result in complete vision loss. Read here to understand some prevention methods to avoid diabetic retinopathy.
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Solar Eclipse 2019 Today: What The Internet Is Telling You And What You Should Actually Believe
Solar eclipse 2019: It is absolutely right when you are suggested that you should not look at a solar eclipse directly. But, there is no scientific reason behind solar eclipse being harmful for pregnant women. More myths busted, facts revealed, right here!
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The Solar Eclipse Burned A Crescent Wound On A Woman's Retina. She Wasn't Wearing Proper Glasses
Like so many others, 26-year-old Nia Payne wanted to view of August's historic solar eclipse but didn't have a pair of protective glasses. She walked outside on Staten Island and glanced at the sun - 70 percent was covered - for about six seconds before deciding she needed eye protection.
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The Gene Responsible For Vision Loss In Middle Age Discovered
According to researchers, chemical changes in the eye can lead to blindness in middle-age. Their findings aid understanding of a genetic condition that causes sight loss for one in 3,000 people in the UK.
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Fish Eyes May Prove to Be a Potential Cure for Blindness
A new study from Vanderbilt University in the US has found a potential cure for blindness by researching on zebra fish.
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Green lasers can harm the eyes
Laser pointers can be more dangerous in green than in red. A woman damaged her eye after looking directly at a green laser pointer for seconds.
