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Prevent Blindness14
  • These words, shared with me early in my career at Prevent Blindness , were my first deep understanding of what is meant by " preventable blindness" or " avoidable sight loss. (nationalhealthcouncil.org)
  • January is Glaucoma Awareness Month and Prevent Blindness is joining with leading organizations to help educate the public about one of the leading causes of vision loss in the United States. (nationalhealthcouncil.org)
  • Prevent Blindness, at its core a public health patient advocacy organization, has been standing beside patients like Frank and so many others since our founding in 1908, and we'll continue to do so. (nationalhealthcouncil.org)
  • SAN FRANCISCO and NEW YORK - September 1, 2021 - The American Academy of Ophthalmology and Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) today announced the recipients of the Research to Prevent Blindness/American Academy of Ophthalmology Award for IRIS® Registry Research . (rpbusa.org)
  • The Prevent Blindness Focus on Eye Health Expert Series features video interviews and guest articles from leading experts in vision and eye health. (preventblindness.org)
  • Prevent Blindness president & CEO, Jeff Todd, discusses uveitis and inflammatory eye disease with uveitis expert Dr. Steven Yeh, Professor and Stanley Truhlsen Jr. Chair in Ophthalmology, Truhlsen Eye Institute, University of Nebraska Medical Center. (preventblindness.org)
  • As evidenced by new statistics from Prevent Blindness, sports and play, without appropriate eye protection, puts our youth at risk of eye injury. (preventblindness.org)
  • BOSTON, Mass. - July 8, 2010 - Lloyd Paul Aiello, M.D., Ph.D., of the Department of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School has been granted a $60,000 RPB Lew R. Wasserman Merit Award by Research to Prevent Blindness. (joslin.org)
  • How do you prevent blindness? (healthline.com)
  • All Glaucoma Community content is written by professional health writers and vetted by a team of reviewers under the expert guidance of Prevent Blindness. (responsumhealth.com)
  • However, the good news is that if detected and treated early, vision loss can be significantly lessened," said Jeff Todd, president and CEO of Prevent Blindness. (responsumhealth.com)
  • Founded in 1908, Prevent Blindness is the nation's leading volunteer eye health and safety organization dedicated to fighting blindness and saving sight. (responsumhealth.com)
  • Focused on promoting a continuum of vision care, Prevent Blindness touches the lives of millions of people each year through public and professional education, advocacy, certified vision screening and training, community and patient service programs and research. (responsumhealth.com)
  • Together with a network of affiliates, Prevent Blindness is committed to eliminating preventable blindness in America. (responsumhealth.com)
Childhood blindness4
  • In 2002, we launched the India Childhood Blindness Initiative to help ensure India's children have access to quality eye care for generations to come. (orbis.org)
  • The India Childhood Blindness Initiative and Children's Eye Centers are reaching over a million children each year. (orbis.org)
  • One in ten very premature infants - those born at less than 30 weeks gestation - are affected by retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), the leading cause of childhood blindness. (uclahealth.org)
  • If you have a family history of congenital blindness, or conditions that can lead to childhood blindness, your healthcare team may be able to provide screenings that can give you an idea of how likely you may be to pass these conditions on to your children. (healthline.com)
Avoidable blindness and visual impairment1
  • Union, Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social of avoidable blindness and visual impairment. (who.int)
Lead to blindness2
Night-blindness7
River blindness16
  • The Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DND i ) has been awarded $29.2 million to accelerate the development of innovative new drugs for patients in sub-Saharan Africa with sleeping sickness (human African trypanosomiasis - $15 million) and river blindness (onchocerciasis - $14.2 million) by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation These two parasitic diseases could be eliminated if new patient care tools are brought to bear. (dndi.org)
  • Announced today, these grants will run from 2020 until 2023 and will help deliver a single-dose cure for sleeping sickness, a terrifying and fatal disease, and greatly aid efforts to develop a short-course treatment for the millions of people at risk of river blindness in Central and West Africa. (dndi.org)
  • 'Both river blindness and sleeping sickness require innovative drugs to improve patient care or achieve elimination,' said Dr Bernard Pécoul, Executive Director of DND i . (dndi.org)
  • There has been great progress for these two diseases in recent years, with the delivery of fexinidazole , the first all-oral treatment for sleeping sickness developed by DNDi and Sanofi, and the approval in the US of moxidectin for river blindness. (dndi.org)
  • River blindness is transmitted by the bite of an infected blackfly and causes severe itching, skin lesions, and eventually blindness. (dndi.org)
  • The current approach to eliminating river blindness is based on the mass distribution of ivermectin, which has been tremendously successful in reducing disease prevalence. (dndi.org)
  • But these programs need to be repeated for 10-12 years as current treatments only kill the juvenile worms that cause river blindness, but not the adult worms, which can live more than 10 years in the human body. (dndi.org)
  • DND i aims to develop a safe, effective, affordable, and field-adapted 'macrofilaricidal' drug that can kill adult worms that cause river blindness. (dndi.org)
  • This could be used for individual patient treatment - current approaches are largely preventative targeting the larval stages only - with the potential for use as preventive chemotherapy to accelerate the elimination of river blindness in Africa in areas that are difficult to treat. (dndi.org)
  • Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, commends the government of Guatemala on being the fourth country in Latin America to receive World Health Organization (WHO) verification of the elimination of river blindness (onchocerciasis). (merck.com)
  • With this verification, four of the six countries in the Americas historically at-risk for river blindness have verified elimination of the disease. (merck.com)
  • River blindness is a debilitating disease that affects individuals and their families, as well as the larger health care system and the economy," said Kenneth C. Frazier, chairman and chief executive officer of Merck. (merck.com)
  • Until river blindness is entirely eliminated around the world, we remain committed to working with our partners in the fight against this preventable disease. (merck.com)
  • In October 1987, Merck announced it would donate the medication MECTIZAN to all who need it for as long as necessary until river blindness is eliminated as a public health problem. (merck.com)
  • The MECTIZAN Donation Program reaches more than 100 million people annually for river blindness. (merck.com)
  • Then, under the presidency of Professor Jean Langlois, the ex-Head of department of the CHU of Rouen, and thanks to Dr. Marcel Chauvet, the medical Inspector General, onchocerciasis, or "river blindness", control in Africa was elevated to high priority. (wikipedia.org)
Fighting Blindness4
  • In the UK, the £1.2 million RP Genome Project funded by sight loss charities RP Fighting Blindness and Fight for Sight, brings together leading genetic ophthalmology researcher centres in Leeds, London, Manchester and Oxford. (fightforsight.org.uk)
  • This is the first paper resulting from our programme to improve patient diagnosis by finding novel disease-causing genes through collaboration between research institutions and in partnership with RP Fighting Blindness. (fightforsight.org.uk)
  • Last year Fighting Blindness Canada launched its Vision Care Pathways (VCP) online tool, a set of resources and guides for people living with eye diseases. (fightingblindness.ca)
  • Here at Fighting Blindness Canada we are very excited to be playing a role in the advancement of this new field. (fightingblindness.ca)
Macular4
Preventable blindness worldwide1
Cataract7
  • In 2014, Social Affair Department of our Prefecture assigned the rural hospital to implement the "Free Aid Action to Poverty Cataract Patients" program. (iapb.org)
  • One of these diseases, Cataract, is the primary reason for vision loss in the world, accounting for 51% of the burden of blindness. (preventblindness.org)
  • This nationally representative population-based survey indicates that more than 1 in 10 Bangleashi adults aged ≥40 years have low vision or blindness, with cataract being the single most attributing factor. (bmj.com)
  • Cataract is the main cause of blindness in the Region. (who.int)
  • It is estimated that 3-4 million cataract cases are not operated upon, and only a small proportion of patients actually undergo surgery. (who.int)
  • Cataract is a major cause of visual dysfunction and the leading cause of blindness. (cdc.gov)
  • Elevated levels of cadmium and lead have been found in the lenses of cataract patients, suggesting these metals may play a role in cataract risk. (cdc.gov)
Cortical blindness5
  • In addition, there have been reports of very rare cases of bilateral cortical blindness caused by helminths in children. (researchsquare.com)
  • We report a case of a 14-year-old African boy from Nigeria with bilateral cortical blindness caused by NCC due to Taenia solium . (researchsquare.com)
  • According to the boy's mother, symptoms began with headaches, vomiting, fatigue, visual loss, and fever (40.0 °C). Clinical investigations led to a diagnosis of cortical blindness and encephalitis due to NCC. (researchsquare.com)
  • A thorough neurological examination with CSF analysis and imaging studies was conducted, and a diagnosis of cortical blindness and encephalitis due to NCC was made. (researchsquare.com)
  • 3 = Bilateral hemianopia (blind including cortical blindness) stimulation is performed at this point. (medscape.com)
Burden of blindness1
Prevention12
  • According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about three million Americans have glaucoma, the second leading cause of blindness worldwide. (nationalhealthcouncil.org)
  • Despite knowing that between 80-90% of blindness in the world is preventable through a combination of education, access to care, and the provision of glasses and that vision loss is expected to cost the United States an astounding $188 billion in 2023, our federal government (through the CDC) currently allocates only $6.5 million toward prevention and surveillance of vision problems. (nationalhealthcouncil.org)
  • The grant supports researchers who want to conduct population-based studies in ophthalmology and blindness prevention. (rpbusa.org)
  • The Organisation for the Prevention of Blindness (French: l'Organisation pour la Prévention de la Cécité, OPC) is an international non-governmental organisation whose actions today focus exclusively on French-speaking countries in Africa. (wikipedia.org)
  • The OPC's principal actions concern blindness prevention, treatment and the elimination of blinding diseases, such as onchocerciasis, trachoma, glaucoma and cataracts as well as formal ophthalmological training. (wikipedia.org)
  • Thanks to this project, the OPC became a member of the International Agency for Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) Over the years, the OPC has greatly increased its number of missions, creating primary eye care networks, and supporting the African Institute of Tropical Ophthalmology (IOTA). (wikipedia.org)
  • He is the former head of Prevention of Blindness and Deafness at the WHO and is involved in various organisations associated with blindness prevention. (wikipedia.org)
  • Organization and the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness, aims to strengthen national eye health care systems and facilitate national capacity-building to eliminate avoidable blindness by the year 2020. (who.int)
  • Control and prevention of blindness and · 80% of blindness is avoidable - i.e. readily deafness programme treatable and/or preventable. (who.int)
  • 1- Involvement of patients with NCDs and their families to bear the responsibilities of the treatment and prevention of complications. (who.int)
  • Initiative for the Elimination of Avoidable Blindness, also known as "Vision 2020: The Right to Sight", launched in partnership with the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness, is an opportunity and appropriate response to the challenges posed by blindness. (who.int)
  • Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB), which is a broad coalition of nongovernmental organizations. (who.int)
Face Blindness2
  • Also known as face blindness, prosopagnosia is associated with damage to specific parts of the temporal lobes. (scienceblogs.com)
  • The form of face blindness is congenital: those who inherit a genetic mutation are born with an impaired ability to recognize faces. (scienceblogs.com)
Congenital blindness3
  • There are several types of congenital blindness and other diseases that are present at birth and result in immediate or early blindness. (healthline.com)
  • Good prenatal care can help prevent some forms of congenital blindness, but many are the result of genetically programmed disorders that can't be avoided. (healthline.com)
  • This information may provide some hope to parents with children suffering from congenital blindness. (healthjockey.com)
Bilateral1
  • A 72-year-old male with bilateral blindness experienced a sudden inability to navigate after suffering a stroke. (ncku.edu.tw)
Treatable4
  • Google's tool is meant to be used by primary care physicians who frequently see patients with diabetes, to help catch the eye disease in its earlier, more treatable stages. (consumerwatchdog.org)
  • A study published through the National Center for Biotechnology Information reported that over a third of all blindness cases in Northern Tanzania are treatable. (seeintl.org)
  • SEE is committed to lowering the prevalence of treatable blindness in Tanzania by providing services to those who would otherwise not be able to afford or access the care they need. (seeintl.org)
  • Visual impairment refers to low vision and blindness which correspond to partial or total loss of sight as measured by a standard scale.1 Blindness is preventable or treatable in 75% of cases. (who.int)
Retinal3
  • If the baby is born early, this process is disrupted, which raises the risk for retinal detachment and consequent blindness. (uclahealth.org)
  • Enabling specific genetic diagnosis is a high priority for research on inherited retinal disease, as identified by the James Lind Alliance Sight Loss and Vision Priority Setting Partnership - a consultation with patients, relatives, carers and eye health professionals. (fightforsight.org.uk)
  • Robert - Well, the patients have this retinal degeneration because they're missing the choroideremia gene, or the CHM gene for short. (thenakedscientists.com)
Diseases4
  • In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Medscape, LLC and Emerging Infectious Diseases. (cdc.gov)
  • Blindness due to infectious diseases and trachoma may be reduced simply by improving personal hygiene and regularly washing your face. (who.int)
  • Blindness-causing diseases have for a long time been regarded as irreversible. (thenakedscientists.com)
  • Innovative educational programmes about eye diseases are needed to improve patients' knowledge and practices. (who.int)
Late-onset2
  • We explored if this hypothesis may be applicable to a patient with late-onset blindness. (ncku.edu.tw)
  • Han, YH , Pai, MC & Hong, CT 2011, ' Topographical disorientation in a patient with late-onset blindness with multiple acute ischemic brain lesions ', Journal of Clinical Neuroscience , 卷 18, 編號 2, 頁 283-285. (ncku.edu.tw)
Vision28
  • It was Spring of 2007, I believe - during our second annual " Eyes on Capitol Hill " patient advocacy event (now in its 18th year), where we brought people impacted by vision and eye health problems to Washington, DC to advocate for improved policies and increased funding. (nationalhealthcouncil.org)
  • Because glaucoma affects peripheral vision, symptoms often begin slowly without the patient noticing them. (nationalhealthcouncil.org)
  • Frank's story emphasizes what we know - significant vision loss and even blindness can be avoided with early detection and treatment. (nationalhealthcouncil.org)
  • The CorNeat KPro implant is designed to replace deformed, scarred or opacified corneas and is expected to fully and immediately rehabilitate the vision of corneally blind patients following a relatively simple implantation procedure. (prnewswire.co.uk)
  • It's long been known that patients with glaucoma are prone to skipping follow-up exams, which puts them at increased risk for vision loss. (rpbusa.org)
  • Dr. Williams will use the IRIS Registry to conduct a large-scale study to better understand patient adherence with follow-up exams, as well as the effect on their vision. (rpbusa.org)
  • The VEHSS team calculated prevalence of diagnosed eye and vision disorders and prevalence of receipt of covered eye care services in MarketScan® claims based on the presence of ICD9 and ICD10 diagnosis codes and CPT procedure codes on any patient claim during the year of observation. (cdc.gov)
  • The age-standardised prevalence, after best correction, of blindness and low vision was 1.0% (95% CI 0.5% to 1.4%) and 12.1% (95% CI 10.5% to 13.8%), respectively. (bmj.com)
  • Conclusions Low vision and blindness are common problems in those aged 40 years or older. (bmj.com)
  • Whether it's feedback that informs Vision Care Pathways or insights that guide our research and advocacy, our survey initiative engages patients as experts and collaborators. (fightingblindness.ca)
  • So, we had to really get the virus into the retina in patients before they'd lost their central vision. (thenakedscientists.com)
  • We did that on 4 patients and fortunately their vision did recover. (thenakedscientists.com)
  • We then can analyze the proteins associated with patients who respond well to current vision therapies versus the proteins associated with patients who don't. (joslin.org)
  • However, not all causes of blindness can be cured or even treated to help restore vision through laser treatment, correction surgery, genetic engineering, or stem cell therapy. (healthline.com)
  • This article will review some of the most common causes of blindness that can be cured and what treatments could offer for people experiencing complete vision loss. (healthline.com)
  • Most -7 patients that live a normal lifespan have good vision most or all of their life. (medhelp.org)
  • Through The Glaucoma Community, we are able to provide patients and their caregivers with the information they need to help protect their vision. (responsumhealth.com)
  • National Eye Institute researchers developed and validated an artificial-intelligence-based method to evaluate patients with Stargardt, an eye disease that can lead to childhood vision loss. (nih.gov)
  • Vision Australia is a leading national provider of blindness and low vision services. (visionaustralia.org)
  • We're here to support you care for patients who are blind or have low vision. (visionaustralia.org)
  • Katherine A. High, M.D., co-first author of the study and the director of the Center for Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics, the facility that sponsored the clinical trial at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, commented, "This study reports dramatic results in restoring vision to patients who previously had no options for treatment. (healthjockey.com)
  • Those participants showed progress in their visual function in both objective vision tests and subjective reports by the patients themselves. (healthjockey.com)
  • Unfortunately, many diabetic patients across the region also find themselves battling vision loss that has been attributed to diabetes. (pikevillehospital.org)
  • Diabetic patients are strongly encouraged to have eye exams with dilation on a yearly basis, even when their vision seems fine. (pikevillehospital.org)
  • Discovering diabetic retinopathy early allows patients the opportunity to take steps to protect their vision and delay or even prevent vision loss. (pikevillehospital.org)
  • Patients with LCA have very limited vision and eventually - usually in their 20s or 30s - become completely blind. (chop.edu)
  • Vision 2020: The Right to Sight" is a global initiative that aims to eliminate avoidable blindness by the year 2020. (who.int)
  • The present strategy proposes specific interventions as part of the Vision 2020 Initiative for preventing and eliminating avoidable blindness in the African Region. (who.int)
Genetic1
Ophthalmology1
  • A purposive sample of 50 patients with glaucoma aged 12-18 years, attending ophthalmology outpatient clinics in Cairo, Egypt, were given an educational programme focusing on information about glaucoma, correcting patients' incorrect beliefs and expectations, and demonstrations and retraining about eye care. (who.int)
Diagnosis1
  • An investigation by the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) has found that people with glaucoma are regularly at risk of going blind because NHS eyesight services have "inadequate capacity" to follow up such patients properly after diagnosis. (nhsfunding.info)
Prevalence rate1
  • Conclusions The age-standardised prevalence rate of blindness in Hohhot was lower compared with other RAAB studies in China. (bmj.com)
Symptoms4
  • By the time symptoms start to show, the chances of eventual blindness are much higher. (consumerwatchdog.org)
  • Appropriate treatment was administered, and it resulted in the resolution of most symptoms, though the patient remained permanently blind. (researchsquare.com)
  • The appropriate treatment was administered to the patient, and there was resolution of symptoms, with a residual complication-visual deficits in both eyes. (researchsquare.com)
  • In most cases, the symptoms disappear in weeks to months and most patients recover completely, although rare cases of blindness, paralysis, and death have been reported. (cdc.gov)
Eliminate1
  • The IAPB Gender Equity Working Group brings together eye health organizations working to eliminate avoidable blindness and eliminate all forms of inequity for women and girls. (iapb.org)
Diabetes10
  • The aim of the study was to investigate trends in the incidence of blindness and the association with laser photocoagulation in patients with type 1 diabetes in Japan. (bmj.com)
  • A number of large biotech companies and scientists are looking toward stem cells as the basis for a therapeutic solution to cure such illnesses as blindness, diabetes and spinal cord injuries. (thefutureofthings.com)
  • Studies funded by the Award will allow us to determine the complete set of proteins found in the liquid parts of the eye in patients with diabetes. (joslin.org)
  • We anticipate continued widespread use of this guide in assisting practitioners in the care of their patients with diabetes. (cdc.gov)
  • This publication is designed to help the primary care practitioner in the day-to-day management of patients with diabetes. (cdc.gov)
  • A companion publication entitled Take Charge of Your Diabetes: A Guide for Patients is available. (cdc.gov)
  • Like other chronic illnesses, diabetes mellitus poses a wide range of problems for patients and their family members. (cdc.gov)
  • Direct psychological consequences can arise from any one of these factors, making it harder for patients to treat their diabetes and live productive, enjoyable lives. (cdc.gov)
  • Statistics recently published by the CDC state that 90% of blindness caused by diabetes is preventable, which offers hope to those who take managing their diabetes seriously. (pikevillehospital.org)
  • Optometrists at the Appalachian Center for Advanced Eye Care at Pikeville Medical Center treat many patients who have been diagnosed with diabetic retinopathy, a diabetes complication that affects the eyes which often leads to blindness. (pikevillehospital.org)
Sight loss1
  • We know that delay to appointments once patients are diagnosed exacerbates the risk of sight loss in patients across England. (nhsfunding.info)
Cases4
  • 270,000 children are living with blindness in India, with more than 50% of these cases being avoidable. (orbis.org)
  • Very strong solutions of sodium hydroxide can hydrolyze proteins in the eyes, leading to severe burns and eye damage or, in extreme cases, blindness. (cdc.gov)
  • But there are also documented cases of patients who have the condition in the absence of brain damage. (scienceblogs.com)
  • Optometrists regularly perform diabetic eye exams, and in most cases, can see patients much sooner than ophthalmologists who may not have an appointment availability for several weeks or even months. (pikevillehospital.org)
Characteristics3
  • Services can be linked by unique patient ID to patient characteristics as measured and included in a separate patient enrollment file. (cdc.gov)
  • Because patient characteristics are dependent on information included in enrollment forms, some demographic variables (in particular race/ethnicity) are limited. (cdc.gov)
  • Additionally, differences in patient characteristics, and representation of plan and benefit type between it and the universe of all privately insured individuals has not been assessed. (cdc.gov)
Ocular4
  • The sample consisted of 116 medical records from patients rehabilitated through ocular prostheses at the Oral and Maxillofacial Prosthetics Clinic of the Federal University of Pernambuco. (bvsalud.org)
  • Ocular disorders among stroke patients. (who.int)
  • Thirty-nine patients (47.0%) were dearth of information on the pattern of ocular between ages of 51 and 60, while 1 (1.2%) was disorders in patients with stroke. (who.int)
  • Patients with ocular trauma, bandages, pre-existing blindness or other 2 = Forced deviation, or total gaze paresis not overcome by the disorder of visual acuity or fields should be tested with reflexive oculocephalic maneuver. (medscape.com)
Surgeries1
  • In 2017, the team led by Dr. Grace Sun, Dr. Alan Crandall, and Dr. Jeff Pettey held a clinic at the University of Dodoma, where 1,750 patients received screenings and an additional 416 patients received sight-restoring surgeries. (seeintl.org)
Search1
  • With a mission of building and supporting online "knowledge communities" of chronic disease patients, Responsum Health (Latin for "the answer") is a disruptive and innovative healthcare startup company that develops and provides free, disease-specific patient engagement platforms and apps that monitor, search, and curate the Internet - and then generate a personalized newsfeed of article summaries vetted by Responsum's patient group and subject matter expert partners. (responsumhealth.com)
Specialty1
  • The IRIS Registry is the world's largest medical specialty clinical database, having amassed data on 60 million patients. (rpbusa.org)
Gene therapy2
  • In all, 12 patients were given gene therapy using a surgical procedure performed by Maguire in October 2007 at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. (healthjockey.com)
  • The news gave the Reifs hope: They had recently learned of a clinical trial underway at CHOP and Penn Medicine testing a gene therapy for patients with LCA caused by RPE65 mutations. (chop.edu)
Care16
  • Rural patients transferred from township health care center, hospital of city level and assigned second class private hospital could all get reimbursement. (iapb.org)
  • While everyone should have a primary care physician - and routinely visit him or her - some patients often visit their eye doctor more frequently than their primary care provider. (preventblindness.org)
  • The point of these technologies should be that they feel like an extension of the doctor's ability and the extension of the nurse's ability to care for patients, make good decisions and make good judgments," Corrado said. (consumerwatchdog.org)
  • Information chaos in primary care: implications for physician performance and patient safety. (ahrq.gov)
  • Developing and deploying a patient safety program in a large health care delivery system: you can't fix what you don't know about. (ahrq.gov)
  • Each year, SEE International collaborates with the Moran Eye Center to provide high-quality eye care services to patients in Tanzania. (seeintl.org)
  • Through our programs in Dodoma and Chome, over 900 patients receive free, necessary eye care during each clinic. (seeintl.org)
  • With an inability to afford medical care, many Tanzanians will turn to their local traditional healers, who are not able to treat more serious conditions like blindness. (seeintl.org)
  • He added that the downgrading of Christian belief undermines patients' care and chaplains of different faiths. (christianpost.com)
  • The documented downgrading of Christian belief by the chief executive undermines not only her NHS Trust but also all the patients under her care as well as the chaplains of different faiths that she employs," he was quoted as saying. (christianpost.com)
  • There is a tendency throughout the NHS to force their patients to accept generic 'spiritual' care instead of giving support for their Christian beliefs. (christianpost.com)
  • Stay updated on our latest breakthroughs in research and patient care. (joslin.org)
  • The aim of the current study was to evaluate the impact of an educational programme on knowledge, beliefs, practices and expectations towards glaucoma and eye care among adolescent patients with glaucoma. (who.int)
  • The programme significantly improved patients' knowledge and beliefs about glaucoma and their practices and expectations concerning eye care. (who.int)
  • Some simple methods of The study was conducted at the oph- incorrect beliefs and attitudes to- self-care are available to patients with thalmology outpatient clinics in Ain wards glaucoma (the effect of night- glaucoma. (who.int)
  • 2- Provide support and care for NCDs patients and their families. (who.int)
Healthcare4
  • Commercial insurance does not cover all healthcare services and coverage differs by patient, plan, and insurer. (cdc.gov)
  • MedHelp is not a medical or healthcare provider and your use of this Site does not create a doctor / patient relationship. (medhelp.org)
  • Information has also been developed for the healthcare community in Hawaii because many physicians may not consider AC when evaluating patients with eosinophilic meningitis. (cdc.gov)
  • If you are a patient, please refer your questions to your healthcare provider. (cdc.gov)
Trauma1
  • Patients with trauma, amputation, or other physical impediments should be given suitable one-step commands. (medscape.com)
Diabetic2
Adult2
  • Objective The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of blindness and its determinants in Bangladeshi adult population. (bmj.com)
  • The most common application of adult stem cells is probably the restoration of blood cells for patients with leukemia, and there are many more applications currently in practice. (thefutureofthings.com)
Stimulation3
  • Here we have combined fMRI with electrical stimulation in a patient undergoing awake brain surgery, to separately probe the functional significance of the human homologs, i.e., area hMT and hMST, on motion perception. (jneurosci.org)
  • Both the stimulation of hMT and hMST made it impossible for the patient to perceive the global visual motion of moving random dot patterns. (jneurosci.org)
  • Although visual motion blindness was predominantly observed in the contralateral visual field, stimulation of hMST also affected the ipsilateral hemifield. (jneurosci.org)
Visual5
  • The CorNeat KPro will transform global corneal therapy and provide, for the first time, a reliable and scalable synthetic substitute to the human cornea, significantly impacting the lives of millions of people with cornea-related visual impairments and blindness. (prnewswire.co.uk)
  • leading to gradual visual impairment seen as blurriness, and finally, blindness. (who.int)
  • Presenting visual acuity (PVA) was measured using the Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness (RAAB) methodology. (bmj.com)
  • Of the 63 patients with left sided stroke, 2 (2.4%), 4(4.8%) and 57(68.7%) had severe, moderate and mild and normal visual impairment respectively while of the 20 patients with right sided stroke, 3(3.6%) each had severe and moderate visual impairment and 14(16.9%) had normal or mild visual impairment. (who.int)
  • If there is unilateral ______ blindness or enucleation, visual fields in the remaining eye are scored. (medscape.com)
Blind2
  • Our first trial includes blind patients who are not suitable candidates for- or have failed one or more corneal transplantations. (prnewswire.co.uk)
  • Even though the patients did not reach normal eyesight, around half of them i.e. 6 of 12 were better enough to no longer be categorized as officially blind. (healthjockey.com)
Methodology1
  • These research projects are informed by a broader movement called "patient-oriented research," a methodology that incorporates patients as central participants in the research process. (fightingblindness.ca)
Findings1
  • Microscopic polyangiitis: clinical and laboratory findings in eighty-five patients. (edu.pl)
Involves1
  • The patients have to undergo an operation which involves - first of all removing the jelly at the back of the eye and then injecting under the retina, a concentrated solution of virus. (thenakedscientists.com)