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Steroid Restores Vision When Veins in Eye Become Blocked
People with retinal vein occlusion may regain some sight, researchers say

Gene Therapy Offers Hope Against Inherited Blindness
Injection under retina may allow increased light sensitivity, research suggests

Gene Found for Age-Related Cataract
Could help advance understanding of this vision-robbing disease

Humans Can Develop Bat-Like Echolocation
Acoustic signaling using tongue clicks could aid the blind, study shows

Retinal Gene Is Linked to Childhood Blindness
Discovery might someday yield therapies to restore sight, experts suggest

Protein Might One Day Prevent Blindness
Researchers find it prolongs lives of key vision cells in mice

Age-Related Eye Disease on the Increase
Women face twice the risk of losing sight that men do during senior years

Brain Disease Causes More Vision Loss in Blacks
Intracranial hypertension left patients almost 5 times more likely to become legally blind

Biannual Antibiotics May Cut Major Cause of Blindness in Africa
Ocular strain of chlamydia responds well to expanded treatment, report says

Coffee Protects Against Blinding Eyelid Disorder
Caffeine may limit the problem in the same way it eases Parkinson's, experts say