81. CNN.com - Study: New Drug Combats Age-related Blindness - Nov. 15, 2003 CNN http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/conditions/11/15/blindness.reut/index.html

International Edition MEMBER SERVICES The Web CNN.com Home Page World U.S. Weather ... Autos SERVICES Video E-mail Newsletters Your E-mail Alerts RSS ... Contact Us SEARCH Web CNN.com Study: New drug combats age-related blindness Story Tools HEALTH LIBRARY Health Library YOUR E-MAIL ALERTS Medical Research or Create your own Manage alerts What is this? LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) - An experimental drug that blocks abnormal blood vessel growth in the eye is an effective treatment for the leading cause of age-related blindness, according to research unveiled Saturday. Macugen, a drug being developed by Pfizer Inc. and Eyetech Pharmaceuticals Inc., was 27 percent more effective than placebo at limiting vision loss in patients with the "wet" form of macular degeneration in a late-stage trial, said Dr. Carmen Puliafito, director of Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Miami and the study's lead investigator. In macular degeneration, the central and most important area of the retina the macula deteriorates. The more common "dry" form results in gradual vision loss. In the more serious, wet form of the disease, vision loss occurs quickly as blood vessels leak and form a mound. The mound later contracts, leaving a scar that blocks vision. This form of macular degeneration afflicts an estimated 1.2 million Americans and the incidence is expected to rise as baby boomers age.

82. Color Blindness Problem Set Color blindness Problem Set. This problem set is based on a question receivedfrom a woman Redgreen color blindness is an X-linked, recessive trait. http://www.biology.arizona.edu/human_bio/problem_sets/color_blindness/color_blin

Color Blindness Problem Set This problem set is based on a question received from a woman named Audrei. Audrei is red-green color blind and so are other members of her family. She wanted to know if we could help her understand how she inherited her color blindness. Audrei's family There are 7 children in Audrei's family, three girls and four boys. Two of the girls, Audrei and Liz, are red-green color blind. Caroline has normal color vision. Only two of the boys have been tested. Paul is color blind and David has normal color perception. Andrew and Jason, who have not been tested, may or may not have normal color perception. Barbara, the mother of the seven children, has normal color vision, but Sidney, the father, has the red-green color perception defect. Audrei also has a half brother Stephan. Audrei and Stephen have the same mother, but a different father. Stephan is also red green color blind. Red-green color blindness Red-green color blindness is an X-linked, recessive trait. In this problem set we will establish the pedigree of Audrei's family and see how the color perception defect is passed on from one generation to the next, but first let's look at a brief introduction to sex-linked inheritance. For more complete information about sex-linked inheritance review the Sex-linked Inheritance Problem Set in the Mendelian Genetics section.

83. CANINE SUPPORT TEAMS A California based nonprofit organization that provides specially trained dogs to people with disabilities other than blindness. http://www.caninesupportteams.org

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84. Vision Impairment (part 1), NCBDDD, CDC In the United States, for example, we use the term legal blindness to indicate CDC studied the causes of low vision and blindness in 3 to 10-year old http://www.cdc.gov/node.do/id/0900f3ec8000773b

NCBDDD Home Vision Impairment What Is Vision Impairment? How Common Is It? ... Click here to contact the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities. What is vision impairment? Vision impairment means that a person's eyesight cannot be corrected to a "normal" level. Vision impairment may be caused by a loss of visual acuity, where the eye does not see objects as clearly as usual. It may also be caused by a loss of visual field, where the eye cannot see as wide an area as usual without moving the eyes or turning the head. There are different ways of describing how severe a person's vision loss is. The World Health Organization defines "low vision" as visual acuity between 20/70 and 20/400, with the best possible correction, or a visual field of 20 degrees or less. "Blindness" is defined as a visual acuity worse than 20/400, with the best possible correction, or a visual field of 10 degrees or less. Someone with a visual acuity of 20/70 can see at 20 feet what someone with normal sight can see at 70 feet. Someone with a visual acuity of 20/400 can see at 20 feet what someone with normal sight can see at 400 feet. A normal visual field is about 160-170 degrees horizontally. Vision impairment severity may be categorized differently for certain purposes. In the United States, for example, we use the term "legal blindness" to indicate that a person is eligible for certain education or federal programs. Legal blindness is defined as a visual acuity of 20/200 or worse, with the best possible correction, or a visual field of 20 degrees or less.

85. BLIND PRESS - Thomas A. Gonzales Author/Publisher With Macular Degeneration "Spe A selfhelp book for people experiencing vision loss, especially due to Macular Degeneration. This blind writer/publisher also has made this a valuable resource for people coping with other losses. Blind Press. http://maxpages.com/blindpress

Home Wall Of Fog Mr Macular Degenerate Contact and Ordering Info ... Graphics Gallery! Graphics Gallery and Search Animated GIFs Photos Icons Clip Art BLIND PRESS Thomas A. Gonzales Author/Publisher with Macular Degeneration "Specializing in" LARGE PRINT BOOKS" "Never in my wildest imagination did I conceive the idea that I might become visually impaired or blind" - Thomas A. Gonzales Books Currently Available "Wall of Fog: Struggle With Blindness" (Self-help book) NEW RELEASE **: Mr. Macular Degenerate (Book of Humorous True Blind Stories) "Wall of Fog: Struggle With Blindness" is a true story about Macular Degeneration...and how to cope with it. At the age of 50, I developed Macular Degeneration . Within six weeks, my eyes hemorrhaged and I became legally blind. Laser surgery did not help. I experienced traumatic behavorial changes. I was motivated to write "Wall of Fog" because I am a survivor. I believe that my personal experience of becoming blind or severally visually impaired will help someone gain insight in their own particular way. The emphasis of this book is Macular Degeneration "Wall of Fog: Struggle with Blindness" is in Large Print or is also available on Cassette.

86. Division Of Parasitic Diseases - Onchocerciasis / River Blindness Onchocerciasis / River blindness (Onkough-sir-KY-A-sis). Fact Sheet Onchocerciasis /River Travel Information Onchocerciasis / River blindness http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/onchocerciasis/default.htm

Alphabetical Listing Travel Onchocerciasis / River Blindness (On-kough-sir-KY-A-sis) Onchocerciasis / River Blindness Filariasis Onchocerciasis / River Blindness Onchocerciasis / River Blindness Top Home Professional Info Public Info ... CDC Health Topics A-Z This page last reviewed September 27, 2004 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Infectious Diseases Division of Parasitic Diseases

87. The Eye And Its Parts Includes what to do when meeting a person with vision impairment, the signs of vision loss, legal blindness, braille and other health related links. http://www.99main.com/~charlief/Blindness.htm

The Eye Information About Vision Loss and Blindness The Eye and its Parts 12 Signs of Vision Loss Myths About Vision Loss Eye Conditions and Disorders ... E - Mail Me Drawings of the Eye Cross section drawing of the eye - (side view) with major parts labeled. Cross section drawing of the eye - (rear view). Cut-away view of the eye in its socket showing the: bony socket, orbital muscles, eyelids and eyelashes. The lacrimal system - (tear ducts) produce tears to clean, moisten and lubricate the eyes and then drains the excess fluid into the nose. Our Eyes and brain divide what we see into a right and left half. In the drawing above, light gray represents the left half; dark gray represents the right half. The eyes invert the image and the left side of what we see ends up in the right side of our brain and visa versa. This all works out because the right side of our brain controls the left side of our bodies and visa versa. Anterior Chamber The space between the cornea and iris filled with Aqueous Humor. Aqueous Humor A water like fluid, produced by the ciliary body, it fills the front of the eye between the lens and cornea and provides the cornea and lens with oxygen and nutrients. It drains back into the blood stream through the canals of schlemm.

88. Color Blindness: More Prevalent Among Males Research and articles about the sense of vision. Learn more about how humans see,how the eye works, color blindness, and more. http://www.hhmi.org/senses/b130.html

It's All in the Brain Breaking the Code of Color How Do We See Colors? Red, Green, and Blue Cones Color Blindness: More Prevalent Among Males Judging a Color How We See Things That Move The Quivering Bundles That Let Us Hear Locating a Mouse By Its Sound ... HHMI Home Breaking the Code of Color: Color Blindness: More Prevalent Among Males color blindness , but it affects only .4 percent of women. The fact that color blindness is so much more prevalent among men implies that, like hemophilia, it is carried on the X chromosome, of which men have only one copy. (As in hemophilia, women are protected because they have two X chromosomes; a normal gene on one chromosome can often make up for a defective gene on the other.) Nathans himself is not color-blind. Before using his own DNA, he thoroughly tested his color vision to ensure that it was normal. Nevertheless, one of his initial findings presented a puzzle: Lying head to tail along his X chromosome were not just the two genes for the red and green receptors, but also an extra copy of the green receptor gene. Here was the explanation for the prevalence of color blindness, he realized. Because the DNA sequences of the red and green receptor genes are so similar, and because they lie head to tail, it is easy for mistakes to occur during the development of egg and sperm, as genetic material is replicated and exchanged between chromosomes.

89. BUBL LINK: Blindness Subjects blindness, eyes, health care, health promotion DeweyClass 362.1977 Subjects blindness, deafblindness, deafness, special education http://bubl.ac.uk/link/b/blindness.htm

BUBL LINK Catalogue of Internet Resources Home Search Subject Menus Countries ... Z Blindness Titles Descriptions Betsie: BBC Education Text to Speech Internet Enhancer Blind Readers Page Blindness Resource Centre Braille It ... Topica: Health Comments: bubl@bubl.ac.uk Betsie: BBC Education Text to Speech Internet Enhancer Betsie is software (a Perl script) which is intended to make it easier for people using text to speech systems for Web browsing. It rearranges the content of Web pages, renders text in a large, clear font, makes all frames horizontal, removes all table related tags, removes Javascript, and carries out numerous other operations. Most BBC pages are accessible via Betsie, but results from other pages are less reliable. Author: BBC Subjects: blindness, speech processing DeweyClass: Resource type: service, software Blind Readers Page Listing of information sources for the blind which offer material in a range of formats such as Braille, recorded cassettes, large print, and electronic texts. Also features links to national organisations, adaptive computer technology suppliers, government agencies, information on guide dogs and mobility, audio books, tactile maps and graphics, and greeting cards. Author: Graczyk, William

90. About.com Search - Find It Now! blindness is the loss of vision, not correctable with lenses. blindness can bepartial, with loss of only part of the vision. It can also be complete, http://search.about.com/fullsearch.htm?terms=blindness&IAM=URL_blindness

91. BBC NEWS | Health | River Blindness 'breakthrough' River blindness, which affects about 17 million people, could be wiped out with antibiotics, say scientists. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/779698.stm

CATEGORIES TV RADIO COMMUNICATE ... INDEX SEARCH You are in: Health News Front Page World UK ... Programmes SERVICES Daily E-mail News Ticker Mobile/PDAs Text Only ... Help EDITIONS Change to World Wednesday, 7 June, 2000, 00:07 GMT 01:07 UK River blindness 'breakthrough' River blindness cannot currently be fully treated Scientists say they may have made a major breakthrough in the battle against river blindness, a disease affecting 17 million people. Antibiotics could provide a cheap, safe and effective way of wiping out the disease, which is caused by a parasitic worm. Scientists from the United Kingdom, Cameroon and Germany, say their experiments show that using antibiotics to kill bacteria living on the parasite, also kills the parasite itself. This is an important step in finding a cheap, safe and effective way of curing the infection Professor Alexander Trees, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine River blindness, or Onchocerciasis, causes severe itching, disfiguring lesions and lesions of the eye that can cause blindness. It is most prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa, though the World Health Organisation says it will have stamped out the disease in West Africa by 2002.

92. ADJUSTMENT TO BLINDNESS AND VISUAL IMPAIRMENT ADJUSTMENT TO blindness AND VISUAL IMPAIRMENT. by Robert Leslie Newman. This website is devoted to changing what it means to be blind through the promotion http://www.whitsacre.info/vip/

ADJUSTMENT TO BLINDNESS AND VISUAL IMPAIRMENT by Robert Leslie Newman This web site is devoted to changing what it means to be blind through the promotion of the human potential to successfully adjust to and live with blindness and visual impairment. It is meant for the blind, the visually impaired, professionals involved with this population such as vocational rehabilitation counselors or therapists, teachers and educators of the blind and visually impaired, families and friends interested in adjustment to vision loss, all those interested in peer counseling and blindness, individuals looking for blindness related information or guidance or suggestions or materials or adaptive equipment or consumer groups or etc. Toward this goal, THOUGHT PROVOKER, a web based discussion forum on blindness and visual impairment is presented and available for reading and being responded too. Additionally featured are short stories highlighting the successful adjustment to blindness through the development of a positive attitude and philosophical foundation, to the acquisition of alternative techniques in order to function independently. Finally, there are links to other sites that also promote a positive approach to blindness and visual impairment.

93. Prosopagnosia: My Favorite Word The condition of prosopagnosia, or face blindness, from the perspective of a person who suffers from it. http://home.earthlink.net/~blankface/prosopagnosia.shtml

PROSOPAGNOSIA Prosopagnosia The top 10 questions to ask a person with prosopagnosia What is prosopagnosia How did you get prosopagnosia ... REALLY Additionally, many recent news stories prompted me to write an essay on a topic near and dear to my heart, and to the hearts of all people with prosopagnosia everywhere. That essay, "Are Uniforms Helpful or Hurtful to Learning?" can be found here prosopagnosia Prosopagnosia significant prosopagnosiac prosopagnosia but the catch is that for those people who aquire prosopagnosia prosopagnosia prosopagnosiac the bottom half of question 9 I am able to remember the BIG prosopagnosia prosopagnosia question number 9 prosopagnosia REALLY unable prosopagnosia I have a close friend who gave me a very good book entitled Touching the Rock prosopagnosia prosopagnosia prosopagnosiacs prosopagnosia prosopagnosia poetry page UPDATE prosopagnosia prosopagnosia prosopagnosia Information about all of the above lists can be found at this web page at this link Prosopagnosia this link Many people have created web sites which describe their personal experiences of living with prosopagnosia here Additional resources and web sites may be found by searching Altavista If you wish to contact me, do not hesitate to

94. Fact Sheet On Colour Vision Defects (colour Blindness) - The IEE Defective colour vision, commonly known as colour blindness, Â Although actualcolourblindness (the perception of the world in shades of grey) is rare, http://www.iee.org/Policy/Areas/Health/cvdintro.cfm

@import "/styles/dropdown.css"; Login or Register Shop Help A-Z ... Home Search: The IEE About the IEE Membership Business Partners ... Free Downloads Health and Safety IEE - Colour Vision Defects FactSheet - Introduction Defective colour vision, commonly known as colour blindness , is a serious issue which affects the life and work of approximately 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women.  Although actual colour-blindness (the perception of the world in shades of grey) is rare, individuals with defective colour vision to any extent may experience problems in certain careers.  Individuals in the electrical and electronics industries, in particular, may need good colour vision to identify the colour coding of cables, wires, resistors and capacitors. This fact sheet published by the Policy Department, explains how defective colour vision arises and answers some of the common questions asked by those who suffer from it, as well as those asked by employers.   To view the document in pdf form  click here Back to Health and Safety Briefings last updated 16/7/04 The Institution of Electrical Engineers is a not for profit organisation, registered as a charity in the UK.

95. Friends Of The Congressional Glaucoma Caucus Foundation (877) 611-4232 Nonpartisan organization whose purpose is to educate their communities about the risks of glaucoma and other blindness-causing eye diseases and to provide diagnostic screening opportunities for high risk glaucoma population groups in their home districts across the nation. http://www.glaucomacongress.org

Home Join Our Email List Home Glaucoma Screenings ... Related Links The Friends of the Congressional Glaucoma Caucus Foundation, Inc. (FCGCF) is dedicated to supporting the activities of the Congressional Glaucoma Caucus, a group of United States Congress members who are dedicated to helping all Americans fight the scourge of glaucoma and other eye diseases. FCGCF provides diagnostic screenings opportunities for high risk glaucoma population groups in their home districts across the nation. In support of the 81 members and former members of the Congressional Glaucoma Caucus, FCGCF arranges and provides screenings for glaucoma and other eye diseases throughout the United States at no cost to screening participants. From April 2001 to September 2004 we have screened approximately 36,000 individuals and have held over 1400 screenings nationwide. Of those screened, approximately 33% were referred for further vision related medical treatment, and of those referred, 15% displayed signs consistent with glaucoma. It is well known that for the vast majority of individuals with glaucoma, the chances of preserving their sight is significantly improved if diagnosed and treated early enough. FCGCF targets groups of people at high risk of developing glaucoma or other eye disease, such as African Americans and Hispanics over the age of 40. We also target geographic areas, where adequate eye care is unavailable. FCGCF utilizes mobile facilities, complete with the most up-to-date screening equipment, so that we can travel to high risk areas.

96. CBS News | Feds Eye Viagra-Blindness Reports | May 27, 2005 10:00:04 Feds Eye Viagrablindness Reports. Feds Eye Viagra-blindness Reports (Page1 of 2) WASHINGTON, May 26, 2005. Feds Eye Viagra-Vision Reports http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/05/26/eveningnews/main698124.shtml

SEARCH: CBSNews.com The Web document.write('') Home U.S. World Politics ... FREE CBS News Video ET The Early Show CBS Evening News 48 Hours 60 Minutes ... Section Front E-mail This Story Printable Version Feds Eye Viagra-Blindness Reports (Page 1 of 2) WASHINGTON, May 26, 2005 Feds Eye Viagra-Vision Reports Jimmy Grant attributes his loss of vision to Viagra, and is suing Pfizer. (Photo: CBS) "I've pretty much accepted that my eyesight is not going to come back. But I've also pretty much accepted that Viagra done it." Jimmy Grant (CBS) Federal health investigators are looking into reports that some men who used Viagra may have suffered a new and very serious side effect blindness. Twenty-three million men worldwide have used Viagra. A very small number of them are going blind after taking normal doses. And CBS News has learned from the FDA that it is urgently meeting about it with experts and Pfizer. Jimmy Grant started using Viagra in 1998, when he was 57. At first, he felt pressure in his temples and saw color changes in his vision. "I noticed the symptoms probably within 45 minutes to an hour," he told

97. VoilaTechnology Provider of assistive technology and services for people suffering from macular degeneration and blindness. http://www.mainaccess.com/

98. Disability Visualisation Tool - Alpha Squared Solutions Ltd. Allows people to see websites the way people with various visual impairments do. Currently it covers varying degrees of colour blindness, diabetic retinopathy, cataracts, macular degeneration and glaucoma. http://www.a2solutions.co.uk/visualise.htm

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99. Deaf-Blindness Information However deafblindness does mean that the combination of impairments of both (Facts about Deaf-blindness, Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind http://www.as.wvu.edu/~scidis/deaf-blindness.html

Deaf-Blindness Information Web Page Webmaster Ed Keller Table of Contents: Introduction General Strategies Introduction People who are deaf-blind have problems of communication, mobility and other daily living skills that are unique and make independent living more dificult to achieve. It can be a dark, silent and isolating world. The term "deaf-blind" doesn't necessarily mean total lack of hearing and vision. Some people who are deaf-blind are partially "hearing and visually impaired." They may have enough hearing to understand speech, especially when using a hearing aid, and may have some usable vision with or without corrective lenses. "Legal blindness" is defined as the ability to see at a distance of 20 feet what a normally sighted person can see at 200 feet , or to have peripheral vision that is restricted to 20 degrees or less (like tunnel vision). However deaf-blindness does mean that the combination of impairments of both senses interferes with the ability of a person to function effectively in the "hearing-sighted" world. ( Facts about Deaf-Blindness , Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adult (HKNC).)

100. On His Blindness Investigaci³n de ceguera en la obra l­rica de Borges, anexando algunos poemas del autor. http://www.ucm.es/info/especulo/numero21/ceguera.html

"On his Blindness": Borges, Milton y la ceguera Brenda Sánchez Departamento de Letras Facultad de Filosofía y Letras Universidad Nacional del Cuyo la_berenda@hotmail.com Mendoza - Argentina Localice en este documento El hecho central de mi vida ha sido la existencia de las palabras y la posibilidad de entretejer y transformar las palabras en poesía. Borges, Jorge Luis. La poesía -manifestó [Borges] alguna vez- tiene una entrañable amistad con la ceguera. Alifano, Roberto. E l tema de la presente investigación es la ceguera en la obra lírica de Jorge Luis Borges. Nuestro corpus está constituido por cinco sonetos: “ On his blindness ” (OHB1) de El oro de los tigres El ciego I ” (EC1) y “ El ciego II ” (EC2) publicados en dos volúmenes, El oro de los tigres y La rosa profunda Un ciego ” (UC) de La rosa profunda On his blindness ” (OHB2) de Los conjurados Consideraremos solo parcialmente el “ Poema de los dones ” (PD) de El hacedor (1960) y “ Elogio de la sombra ” (ES) de Elogio de la Sombra (1969), ya que, por razones métricas, temáticas y estilísticas creemos que los sonetos forman un todo homogéneo y que, si bien estos dos poemas antes mencionados comparten núcleos temáticos, son más las divergencias que las convergencias que presentan con el resto de los textos del corpus. Todos los poemas sobre la ceguera fueron compuestos a partir de 1955, es decir, que no incluimos en este análisis ningún texto de sus primeros tres volúmenes poéticos.

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