Blindness
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Face blindness: Neurological disorder triggered by COVID; What is it?
Health | Mar 31, 2023, 10:26 AM ISTSome individuals with long COVID exposure are facing trouble while identifying people, including their loved ones. Reports suggest people can develop face blindness due to long COVID.
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Air pollution linked to higher risk of blindness: Study
Science | Nov 26, 2019, 01:44 PM ISTThe findings were based on 111,370 participants of the UK Biobank study cohort, who underwent eye tests from 2006 to 2010 at sites across Britain. The participants underwent a test to measure intraocular pressure, and a laser scan of the retina to measure thickness of their eye's macula, the central area of the retina.
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High dose of Vitamin B3 can cause blindness
Health | Oct 31, 2019, 10:50 AM ISTResearchers have found that severe vision loss from a self-prescribed high dose of over-the-counter(OTC) niacin is linked to injury of a specific cell type in a patient's eye.
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India achieves target of 25% reduction in visual impairment
India | Oct 10, 2019, 03:29 PM ISTThe current survey shows a reduction of 47.1 per cent in blindness, 52.6 per cent in moderate severe visual impairment (MSVI) and 51.9 per cent in visual impairment (VI) compared to the baseline levels.
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63% blindness cases in India is caused by cataract, say experts
Lifestyle | Sep 03, 2017, 03:13 PM ISTNearly 20 per cent of children with blindness is because of the steroid.
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Aaj Ka Viral: Could using your smartphone at night cause blindness ?
News | Jul 08, 2017, 09:15 PM IST