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Johns Hopkins Scientists Solve 30-Year Biological Mystery of Night Blindness
SciTechDaily· 3 days agoJohns Hopkins scientists identified how the G90D mutation in the rhodopsin gene causes night ...
Tori Ortiz crowned Elks Rodeo Queen Friday night at Unocal Event Center
Santa Maria Times· 47 minutes agoTori Ortiz, representing VTC, was crowned queen Friday night at the Santa Maria Elks Rodeo before a sell-out crowd at the Unocal Event Center. Ortiz, flanked by candidates ...
Blind Girls Aloud fan slams inaccessible ticket site
BBC via AOL· 5 days agoGeorge Plumridge has retinitis pigmentosa and night blindness, and said the Ticketmaster website was "really inaccessible" and despite having all the...
Which Chicago is the real one? Crime scenes or flower beds?
Chicago Sun-Times· 1 day agoTuesday night, I was sitting in a coffee shop, talking to a former Chicago cop about what it feels...
With ‘Molly Sweeney,’ a Visionary Playwright, Brian Friel, Focuses on Blindness and Learning To See
The New York Sun· 5 days agoThroughout the play, its three characters — Molly, who has been blind she was 10 months old; her...
Gene therapy offers huge potential for combating disease, doctors say
United Press International via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoResearchers are engineering ways to alter genes or swap flawed ones with healthy replacements,...
Blind sufferer says sleep disorder is 'worse than sight loss'
BBC News· 2 days agoA blind woman who suffers with a common sleep disorder has described it as "worse than sight loss"....
9 Bonkers Facts About the Human Body That’ll Make You Look at Yourself Differently
MediaFeed via AOL· 13 hours agoThe human body is just plain weird man. If we knew about all the (hopefully) perfectly orchestrated...
APD releases program to protect and recover at-risk citizens
The Abilene Reporter-News via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThe program targets individuals with "conditions like Alzheimer’s, dementia, autism, blindness, and...
5 bad habits that harm eyesight
Rolling Out· 4 days agoWhile some vision problems are unavoidable due to genetics or age, many issues can be prevented by adopting healthier habits.