Blindness

touches on the obesity problem in the U.S. and the need to stop increasing rates of obesity among children. The video features an Ophthalmologist, named Alfred Sommer. Sommer began using drops of Vitamin A to help children with night blindness in Indonesia. Nigh blindness is caused by lack of Vitamin A and Sommer was determined to help children receive Vitamin A in through an easier form than the injection of Vitamin A. Sommer…

in the world. Its headquarters are situated in New York City. HKI presently offer programs in 21 countries in Africa and Asia, among those which are currently ongoing in the United States. The organization battles the causes and consequences of blindness and malnutrition. They do so by overseeing programmes based on evidence and research. Moreover, HKI programmes also address critical issues such as neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) including onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis.…

can damage the blood vessels in the retina of the eye. Left untreated, the damaged blood vessels can leak and cause the macula to swell. This condition is known as hypertensive retinopathy. Hypertensive retinopathy can cause vision problems and blindness. Encourage your loved one to manage their blood pressure by maintaining a healthy weight, decreasing the amount of salt in their diet and taking any prescribed blood pressure medications. 2. Eat Foods and Supplements with Nutrients Crucial for…

The play Oedipus the King by Sophocles describes the tragic tale of a complex king who discovers the true origins of his birth and the disastrous implications they will have on both himself and his kingdom. Written in ancient Greece, the audience was already familiar with the play and characters, giving Sophocles many opportunities for the use of dramatic irony and subtle allusions. Dramatic irony is used to allow the audience to gain a deeper understanding of Oedipus’ complex character and to…

renounce, and in your sights shake patiently my great affliction off” (Act 4, Scene 6, 1432-1435). Within the poem there is another article that I read which is called, “I Stumbled When I Saw”: Interpreting Gloucester's Blindness in King Lear”. Which talks about, Gloucester's blindness is the same as Lear’s madness, both of the characters representing the destruction of themselves and their human…

In this magazine article by Green we see Robbins performing his “magical” trick of pickpocketing by taking advantage of peoples’ change blindness. Green in his article says: “Robbins needs to get close to his victims without setting off alarms bells” which reminds me of the examples of the boat, the advertisement, and the cards trick, where the change was happening so slowly that it was unnoticeable. The same way Robbins is slowly getting close to his victims, and thus allowing him to have easy…

Tim’s vision during the day would be impaired due to this red-green colour blindness of cone cells (which are less sensitive to light), and he may incorrectly interpret colours. As an example, traffic lights may be hard to read due to how similar the “tones” will appear to Tim, and he would need to distinguish between the “lit” lights…

Battle royal (1952) page 503 “And yet I am no freak of nature, nor history. I was in the cards, other things have been equal (or unequal) 85 years ago” (Ellison, 503). Pitted against other africans in a boxing ring, torn limb from limb the narrator recalls all that his deceased grandfather has told his father. He tries to stay discrete among the white man as to deceive them at any given moment. These forms of racial discrimination have been around for decades without recognition.…

major cause of genital tract and ocular infections worldwide”(American Journal of Nursing, 2015). Trachoma is the leading cause of blindness in the world. It is a highly contagious infection and is prevalent in Africa and Asia. Trachoma causes conjunctivitis that results in scarring of the conjunctiva as well as the cornea. It also results in deformed eyelids and blindness. Conjunctivitis is the inflammation of the conjunctiva. It is also known as pink eye. Symptoms of conjunctivitis include…

Geneticists have worked towards sequencing the human genome since developing Sanger sequencing in the 1970s. The Human Genome Projected accomplished this in 2003, but now the public wants their own genome sequenced. Some companies have already started performing sequencing for profit. While clinical studies, perform and disclose results genetic sequencing to participants. However, there are scientific, and ethical issues surrounding personal DNA sequencing. Despite this, the advantages outweigh…