Understanding The Two Types Of Macular Degeneration

Understanding Wet Versus Dry Age-Related Macular Degeneration by Allie Lemco Toren.  CNN.  February 3, 2021.   

Potential Nonsurgical Treatment For Cataracts, The World's Leading Cause Of Blindness

Drops Show Promise As Nonsurgical Cataract Treatment by Dennis Thompson.  WebMD News from HealthDay.  July 22, 2015. 

New Eye Tracking Technology May Accurately Evaluate Concussions

New eye Tracking Technology Can Detect Concussions by Robert Glatter, M.D.  Forbes.  January 29, 2015.

Drug To Treat Sleep Disorder In The Blind

FDA Approves Hetlioz To Treat Sleep Disorder In Blind Individuals by Jaleesa Baulkman.  University Herald.  February 1, 2014.

(1)  This drug is the first to treat the sleep disorder caused by a completely blind person's inability to __________________________________________________.

Researchers: Using Contact Lenses To Deliver Glaucoma Medication Could Improve Effectiveness And Adherence

Your Contact Lens Might Someday Dispense Eye Drugs.  Health Day News.  December 9, 2013.

(1)  According to the author of the study, eye drops are an inefficient method of drug delivery that has _____________________.

(2)  The leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide is __________.

One Guide Dog: Two Years Training Costing $45,000 To $60,000--And That Is Not The Only Obstacle

Precious Eyes by Paul Sullivan.  The New York Times.  November 7, 2013.

(1)  About ______ percent bred to serve as guide dogs do not make the grade.

(2)  The Urban Institute estimates that ____________ nonprofit groups operate in America, a ______ percent increase in the last decade.

(3)  Guide dog schools, for the most part, rely on __________ to finance daily operations.

(4) The high failure rate for guide dogs results from causes including _______________________.

(5)  Guide dogs failure rates are being addressed by ____________________.

Discoveries Still Being Made In Anatomy

New Human Body Part Discovered.  Popular Science.  June 12, 2013.

(1)  The new body part is a layer in the ______________.

(2)  Knowledge of the new layer could perhaps dramatically ____________________________.

Bionic Eye Awaits Approval by FDA

First Bionic Eye For US Market Awaits Approval From FDA by Jennifer Hicks.  Forbes.  January 29, 2013.

While this device would be the first of its kind in the United States, it was approved last year for Europe.  A scientist who has been working on the project for 25 said:  "If we continue to develop this type of technology and begin to understand the new electrical language of pulses to the brain, to the eye,  we can apply it to other parts of the body and we can change our world and how we relate to it."  This device represents the relatively new field of bio-electronics.