Conditions, Causes and Diseases This directory is for blindness conditions, causes and diseases. Any web pages pertaining to blindness conditions, causes and diseases may post their link and a description in this category.
Voice of the Diabetic Raising awareness about diabetes and blindness. Produced four times a year in standard print, four-track audiocassette, and on the web is offered free as a public service. http://www.nfb.org/nfb/Voice_of_the_Diabetic.asp?SnID=478113427
Community Eye Health Journal Educational quarterly on blindness prevention and treatment of eye disease in developing countries for eye health workers. Supporting the WHO-led Vision 2020 worldwide programme. http://www.jceh.co.uk/
Retinitis Pigmentosa Overview Information on night blindness, including the relationship between retinal degenerative diseases and the retina as well as basics on genetics and heredity. http://www.geocities.com/retinitis_pigmentosa_rp/
DiabeticEyes.com Information about preventing vision loss and blindness, from a diabetic eye doctor. http://diabeticeyes.com/
Friends of the Congressional Glaucoma Caucus Foundation Non-partisan organization whose purpose is to educate their communities about the risks of glaucoma and other blindness-causing eye diseases and to provide diagnostic screening opportunities for high risk glaucoma population groups in their home districts across the nation. http://www.glaucomacongress.org/
Cryotherapy For Devastating Eye Disease April 14, 1996 article about cryotherapy to prevent blindness in children with severe retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content/news/opth.pr.4.29.html
Trachoma Brief, technical clinical definition. "Leading cause of blindness worldwide, and afflicts over 400 million people; preventable with adequate diet, proper sanitation, and education." http://www.spedex.com/resource/documents/veb/trachoma.html
Astrid's Site My personal website is about my life with blindness from Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) and includes general information and resources related to blindness, as well as other information and resources on my life and interests. http://www.astrid.9cy.com/
Visual Cognition Lab Presents several videos used in cognition studies and the results of the studies. Includes change blindness and inattention blindness examples. http://viscog.beckman.uiuc.edu/djs_lab/demos.html
Vision of Children Foundation Groups aims include the eradication of hereditary childhood blindness, ocular albinism and other blindness. http://www.visionofchildren.org/
Fight for Sight A non-profit organization funding fellowships and grants for vision research and children's eye clinics in the U.S. and internationally to prevent blindness and find cures for all eye diseases. http://fightforsight.com/
OnchoNet Offers a range of resources on onchocerciasis, the fourth leading cause of blindness worldwide. http://www.science.smith.edu/departments/Biology/SWILLIAM/OnchoNet/OnchoNet.html
Smoking is a Major Cause of Blindness Editorial in a health journal considers the scientific and policy merits of a new pack warning. http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/171_4_160899/mitchell/mitchell.html
Sight Savers International - River Blindness Information about the disease and its treatment. http://www.sightsavers.org.uk/What%20We%20Do/Eye%20Conditions/River%20Blindness/World1622.html
Prosopagnosia The condition of "face blindness," from the perspective of a person who suffers from it. http://home.earthlink.net/~blankface/prosopagnosia.shtml
National Vision Research Institute of Australia Pursues research in vision and the disorders of vision. Investigates difficult problems which require intensive and co-ordinated basic and clinical research over a long period of time. Its goal is the preservation of sight and the prevention of blindness. http://www.optometry.unimelb.edu.au/nvri/nvri.htm
MedlinePlus: Blindness Learn what it is, leading causes in the United States and around the world, and when to see a doctor. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003040.htm
Smoking can Lead to Blindness Smoking and macular degeneration, cataracts, loss of hearing, and loss of night vision. http://www.mdsupport.org/library/nosmoke.html
