You may know someone who can’t tell the difference between specific colors — and there is a scientific reason it could be happening. The condition is known as color blindness. To share a better ...
This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece is part of a series dedicated to the eye and improvements in restoring vision. In 1999, I defined ...
The most common types of color blindness, or color vision deficiency, are genetic. However, other types may develop due to injuries, eye diseases, health problems, and side effects of treatment.
Presence of inherited blindness gene does not guarantee vision loss. Only 28% of carriers develop disease, indicating other ...
Dr. Mark Lindsay was 5 years old when he first learned that tree trunks were brown. "Up until that point, I believed leaves and trunks were all green. Just lighter and darker shades," Mark said. Mark ...
Recently, my Ohio State University Extension colleague Katie Schlagheck shared her family’s journey with color blindness in an article for the OSU Extension Live Healthy Live Well Blog at ...
Magic mushrooms might have helped alleviate color blindness in at least one case. In a paper this week, doctors describe a man who experienced modest, long-lasting improvements in his red-green color ...
Deuteranopia is a type of color blindness that affects shades of green. A person may be unable to see greens or distinguish between green and other colors. Color vision deficiencies, also called color ...
– Over 50 Organizations Pledge to Generate Awareness for the Prevalence and Effects of Color Blindness on Learning, Daily Life, the Arts, Nature and at Work – BERKELEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS ...