Blindness

Treatment for cataract infection (Channel 4)

7 Sep 2008

A new treatment could significantly reduce the risk of blindness and post-operative infection in cataract patients, research has revealed.

New Hope in Sight for Cataract Patients: Coated Lenses set to Reduce Post-Op Infection (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

7 Sep 2008

Research presented at the British Pharmaceutical Conference in Manchester reveals that coating an artificial lens with antibiotics could significantly reduce the risk of post-operative infection, and even blindness, for cataract patients.

'Hallucinations are caused by a transient form of blindness' (New Kerala)

6 Sep 2008

Washington, Sept 5 : Since hallucinations are fleeting, brain glitches, they remain a big scientific mystery. But now, a scientist has moved the field forward, by introducing a new experimental approach to studying the 'experiences' as they occur.