blindness

Mom blames healthcare system after her son went blind from diet comprised of french fries and Pringles https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/mom-blames-healthcare-system-her-204000918.html Surprising to see this in a developed country. If the doctor knew the kid was not eating right, then perhaps a...

Mom blames healthcare system after her son went blind from diet comprised of french fries and Pringles Of course if you are going to feed your children crap, just make sure they get plenty of vitamins.. I see it as a simple case of child abuse..

http://self-healing.org/meir-schneider/ I recently learned of this fellow, Meir Schneider, who supposedly cured himself of blindness by intensive use of the Bates Method, a regimen of eye exercises popularized by the supposed quack William H. Bates in the late 1800's. Bates authored several...

I noted several reports today in the popular press of an association between self-reported regular aspirin use and neovascular macular degeneration. The report seems to contradict other work that has not found any association, and appears to be flawed in several other ways. However, it enters...

It looks like blindness might be curable in the near future. In fact, some experimental treatments have already been successful in partially restoring vision. Burst of Technology Helps Blind to See What a wonderful era. :)

Paterson’s Office Is Not Amused by ‘Saturday Night Live’ Skit I didn't actually see this myself, but from the way it's described it seems like the SNL skit mocking David Paterson, Governor of New York, who happens to be blind, was in rather poor taste. Personally, I don't find find it funny...

Okay, Alan Alda did this bit on this TV show yesterday... in it, it was about how the human brain works. This italian guy was trying to make the point that the brain can be re-configured to behave differently. They had this girl blindfolded for 100 hrs. Totally. It turned out that the...