Funding from Canada, Italy, Norway and the UK may save millions of poor children and pave the way for rapid introduction of future vaccines, including AIDS, malaria and TB.
Breast feeding benefits long-term development in children. Breast-fed children are more likely to do well in measures of stereoscopic vision.
The regions of the brain that control vision and other sensory information grow dramatically in the first few months following birth, while the area that controls abstract thought experiences very little growth during the same period, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers have found.
A new computer-based technique could eliminate hours of manual adjustment associated with a popular cancer treatment.
Video games that contain high levels of action, such as Unreal Tournament, can actually improve your vision.
March is AMD Awareness Month in March, and the American Academy of Ophthalmology wants to remind people that although AMD is incurable, there are new treatments that can usually recover lost vision and prevent further vision loss from the disease.
Women who become pregnant in spring are more vulnerable to preterm birth than those who conceive in other seasons, according to researchers at the University of Pittsburgh.
An NHS trust – Primary Care Trust (PCT) – which refused to fund a drug for a former Halifax MP who is losing her sight has announced it will review its decision.
Joslin researchers discover protein that causes blood vessel leakage and swelling in eyes with diabetic retinopathy. Discovery one day could lead to new treatments for eye diseases and brain swelling caused by head injury, stroke and other conditions.
Genentech’s Lucentis, a recently approved drug to treat macular degeneration (AMD) in the elderly may increase a person’s risk of getting a stroke.