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Fight the Leading Cause of Working Age Blindness: Diabetes

In Canada, someone is diagnosed with diabetes every three minutes A diabetes diagnosis holds many implications for a person: it impacts a...

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Supporting Vision Researchers of Tomorrow

Fighting Blindness Canada’s inaugural vision research competition, ‘Eye on the Cure presented by FYidoctors’, premiered on Saturday, November...

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COVID-19’s Impact on Vision Loss Across Canada

The Addendum to the Cost of Vision Loss and Blindness in Canada Report (“the Report) estimates 1,437 Canadians lost vision due to delayed eye...

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High Levels of Caffeine May Increase the Risk of Glaucoma

A new study suggests that consuming large amounts of caffeine may increase the risk of glaucoma for individuals with high genetic predisposition...

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Optogenetics Restores Some Vision in Advanced Retinitis Pigmentosa Patient

Scientists have reported that a patient achieved partial recovery of sight in a Phase I/II optogenetics therapy clinical trial The study sponsored...

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