UK's Brown denies he is steadily going blind

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Wednesday dismissed reports that he is slowly going blind, as a longtime critic in his governing Labour Party urged him to stand down as leader to save the party from a mauling at the next general election.

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BABIES born to mothers who take methadone during pregnancy have developed a range of visual problems, according to a report by medical experts in Glasgow.

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Unable to see their designs or those produced by others, blind architects get more in touch with their other senses. As one says: 'There is this great palette of textures.'

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Zinc fingers are essential components of proteins used by living cells to turn genes on and off.

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Several teams of scientists and engineers have been trying for years to produce a practical retinal prosthesis for people afflicted by a progressive loss of photoreceptor cells.

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It looks like nearsightedness is on the rise in the United States.

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BIONIC Vision Australia has nabbed the lion's share of $50 million in federal government funding to develop a bionic eye.

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As the body ages so do the eyes and people start needing glasses for reading and driving. But now a new technique has come on the market which promises not only to restore our sight but also to make it better than before and get us seeing in high definition.

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Patients are having their eyes fitted with an artificial lens that allows them to see in high definition.

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An Irish eye surgeon has said an "unprecedented" rise in the number of cases of an eye condition could be directly related to people staring at the sun at a holy shrine.

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Macular degeneration is on a long list of problems set to get worse as Australia's population ages, but a new treatment could prevent it.

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scientists say gene therapy may be on the edge of a resurgence.

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NASA technology that allows the Hubble telescope to focus on distant stars now offers LASIK eye surgery patients customized options for fine-tuned night vision, superior image contrast and sight even beyond 20/20.

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The boy relied on a cane and adults to guide him, and, unable to see blackboard writing, sat in back with a teacher's aide, large-type computer screen and materials in Braille.

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Some doctors' views about several popular "myths" regarding eye health are provided in this article.

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Gene therapy can be particularly effective in treating inherited sight problems in children, fresh trials show.

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A chip inside the eye that can help blind people see again is moving closer to reality as researchers at MIT work on a retinal implant that can bypass damaged cells and directly offer visual input to the brain.

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MIAMI - A 60-YEAR-OLD US grandmother, blind for nearly a decade, has recovered her sight after surgeons implanted a tooth in her eye as a base to hold a tiny plastic lens, her doctors said on Wednesday.

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"The flying eye hospital has visited 75 countries and saved the sight of tens of millions of people."

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Efforts to bring some of the most cutting-edge technologies to Wayne State University classrooms could violate the rights of blind students, lawyer and Board of Governors Chairman Richard Bernstein said today.

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A British serviceman blinded in combat will become the first UK patient to be fitted with revolutionary technology that enables users to see with their tongue.

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Malcolm Darby, 70, has worn thick 'jam jar' glasses his whole life now has perfect vision following a massive stroke, it has emerged.

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A blind man who complained to police about cars parking on a pavement was arrested when he threatened to let down the vehicles' tyres.

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Scientists genetically "reprogrammed" human skin cells to possess the same properties as those that make up the retina.

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A 10-year-old girl from Germany has had quite a normal life despite the fact that she was born with only half her brain. Even more surprising, she has almost perfect vision in one of her eyes.

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The Federal Government believes a significant number of Australians have the eye disease glaucoma, but are unaware of it.

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