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Enhanced Vision, the leading developer of low vision devices, is having a monthly drawing on their website for a chance to win PEBBLE! Pebble’s small lightweight design makes it the perfect companion whether you’re travelling or at home. Easily read labels, prescriptions, price tags, menus, bus schedules and so much more with this ultra-portable video […]
Below is a testimonial from Tresca Pennington, she was the lucky winner of the monthly Pebble drawing for June 2010! In 1998, at 16 years old, I recall of one fateful ophthalmologist visit – the good doctor’s words, “progressive vision loss due to Stargardt’s Disease…legally blind already…and low vision devices”. Back then, A DEVICE sounded […]
A famous local artist, Virginia Doyle, has graciously lent her work to Benetech/Bookshare for display on conference room and hall walls. The unique aspect of this display is that in 2002, Virginia was diagnosed with macular degeneration, a medical condition of the eye that makes it difficult or impossible to read or recognize faces. This […]
WVU mascot uses technology that keeps him focused When Derek Fincham was 2 months old, his parents noticed something wrong with his vision. His eyes were crossed and constantly moved back and forth. An eye specialist diagnosed his problem as ocular albinism, the absence of pigment in the eyes, which causes a variety of problems. […]
As reported by Medical News Today, UC Irvine scientists have created an eight-layer, early stage retina from human embryonic stem cells, the first three-dimensional tissue structure to be made from stem cells. It also marks the first step toward the development of transplant-ready retinas to treat eye disorders such as retinitis pigmentosa and macular degeneration […]
New equipment helps vision impaired Daniel Giles/TimesDaily Library Director Teresa Newton demonstrates the new Merlin reader that was purchased by the Lawrenceburg Lions Club to help vision-impaired residents. When Stanley Wilson heard the Lions Club District Governor stress the importance of the club being known for its community work he knew exactly what to do. […]
A few years back the government funded a clinical study of two drugs — one very expensive and the other not so much — to treat a leading cause of blindness. But the problems along the way should give everyone pause about how hard it will really be to figure out which medicines and treatments are better values, the idea behind so-called comparative effectiveness research.
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What is a cataract? A cataract is a clouding of the lens in the eye that affects vision. Most cataracts are related to aging. Cataracts are very common in older people. By age 80, more than half of all Americans either have a cataract or have had cataract surgery. A cataract can occur in either […]
