Bloomberg Philanthropies and Vision To Learn just announced a new $8.4 million investment into expanding school-based vision ...

Popular diabetes and weight loss drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy have been linked to a slightly increased risk of a rare ...

Some of the most academically vulnerable students are also more likely to have basic vision problems that have been overlooked, new research finds. The study in the Journal of the American Medical ...

Both occur more commonly in older adults and impact the way we connect with the world, but drawing a straight line from one to the other is tricky. Call it a puzzle, a labyrinth, a computer or one of ...

You may want to keep an eye on the blood vessels at the back of your peepers — they could reveal if you’re likely to develop dementia. Dementia — the progressive decline in cognitive abilities, ...

Dar es Salaam. Thousands of bright children across Tanzania are falling behind in school, repeating classes, or being mislabelled as slow learners, not due to a lack of intelligence, but because they ...

A new case series links GLP-1 use to three different eye conditions, all of which can lead to blindness. Reading time 3 minutes The case for GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic possibly causing blindness is ...

Struggling to read more than six lines on an eye chart with fading letters may serve as a visual “yellow light” for older adults—raising red flags that routine exams sometimes fail to detect. A new ...

One doctor is showing nurses, teachers and parents how to spot eye problems, many of which can be easily treated. Surgery, and even just glasses, can be life-changing, and keep kids in school. Muanema ...

Every year, the government allocates an average of Sh700 billion to education sector - a commitment that underpins the centrality of learning to national development. Yet beneath this impressive ...