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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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New laser treatment could prevent eyesight loss
Source: abc.net.au

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.

A Resurgence for Gene Therapy
Source: The New York Times

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

Vision of the Future: Custom Corneas
Source: Discovery.com

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.

Gene Therapy Restores Sight
Source: The New York Times

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.

Eye Health: Doctors Explain the Truth Behind 11 Popular Eye Myths
Source: ABC News

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

Eye gene therapy boost for young
Source: BBC News

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

Microchip in the Eye Seeks to Restore Vision
Source: Wired News

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.

Tooth helps recover sight
Source: Straits Times Interactive - SINGAPORE

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.

World's Only Flying Eye Hospital
Source: BBC News

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

Lawyer: Push for e-reader could violate blind students' rights
Source: The Detroit Free Press

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.

Blinded soldier will learn to see with his tongue
Source: Guardian Unlimited

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.

Stroke gives 'blind as bat' 70-year-old perfect vision
Source: Telegraph

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

Blind man arrested over protest
Source: BBC News

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

Hope for blind after scientists turn skin into eye cells
Source: Telegraph

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

Girl Functions Fine With Half a Brain
Source: Live Science

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.

150,000 Aussies 'may have glaucoma'
Source: abc.net.au

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

Gene Therapy Creates a New Fovea
Source: Technology Review

Twelve months after receiving an experimental gene therapy for a rare, inherited form of blindness, a patient discovered that she could read an illuminated clock in the family car for the first time in her life.

Eye drops 'may reverse glaucoma'
Source: BBC News

A new type of medicated eye drop may be able to reverse symptoms of glaucoma, an Italian study has suggested.

Ancient roles helped eyesight evolve
Source: abc.net.au

A new study claims male and female brains have evolved differently to meet differing ancient survival needs.

Virginia, the Blind Dog
Source: Boing Boing

One of my dogs, Virginia, went blind late last year. I knew it was coming; she has glaucoma, and lost sight in one of her eyes a while before. We'd been keeping the other eye alive with lots and lots of medicine, but the vet told us it was just a matter of time.

Government's care Assault On Seniors
Source: Wall Street Journal

Would President Obama have denied his elderly grandmother who he said he loved pain killers; surgery; medical procedures; and Rx drugs and had her counseled 3 x per day explaining how it's better to end her life or would he be willing to do the same along with all the seniors in  …

Scientists reveal secret of girl with 'all seeing eye'
Source: PhysOrg.com

Scientists have discovered how a 10-year-old girl born with half a brain is able to see normally through one eye. The youngster, from Germany, has both fields of vision in one eye and is the only known case of its kind in the world.

Hope for blindness cure with laser breakthrough
Source: Guardian Unlimited

Millions of people could have their eyesight saved thanks to ground-breaking laser treatment that has the potential to eradicate the most common cause of blindness.

Bionic eye deal boosts locals
Source: Australian News Network

THE Rudd government's $50.7 million bionic eye program could push Australian scientists to the front of the race to develop artificial sight for humans.

Stem cell lenses give sight to sore eyes
Source: abc.net.au

Australian scientists have found they can restore the sight of people with one damaged eye using contact lenses coated with stem cells from their healthy eye.

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