Month: October 2015

China looks to innovate the disabled aid industry

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China looks to innovate the disabled aid industry Updated: 2015-10-27 By Luo Wangshu(chinadaily.com.cn) About 500 political delegates and professionals from Asia and Europe will gather in Beijing, Thursday, for the international disability co-operation. They will join Disability Co-operation Event under the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) jointly held by China Disabled Persons’ Federation, the Ministry of Foreign… Continue Reading China looks to innovate the disabled aid industry

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European Medicines Agency grants orphan drug status to Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation’s gene therapy to treat achromatopsia

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Pharmabiz 24th October 2015 European Medicines Agency grants orphan drug status to Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation’s gene therapy to treat achromatopsia Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation (AGTC), a biotechnology company, announced that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has granted an orphan drug designation to its investigational gene therapy product for the treatment of achromatopsia caused by… Continue Reading European Medicines Agency grants orphan drug status to Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation’s gene therapy to treat achromatopsia

Three-quarters of stroke patients in China have hypertension

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Medical Xpress 29th October 2015 Three-quarters of stroke patients in China have hypertension GW-ICC is being held in Beijing from 29 October 2015 to 1 November together with the Asia Pacific Heart Congress and the International Congress of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation. Experts from the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) will present a special programme.… Continue Reading Three-quarters of stroke patients in China have hypertension

Just Keep Walking Forward – Ellen Bassani

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“I don’t know how you manage!”  The most recent exclamation came from a Vicar who witnessed me heading straight for a wall.  It is the usual comment uttered by helpful strangers who’ve offered an arm around a calamity of roadworks or found me a vacant seat in a bus.  Why would a sighted person have… Continue Reading Just Keep Walking Forward – Ellen Bassani

Higher rate of blindness in ‘purple onion kingdom’ of Vietnam

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Tuoitrenews 21st October 2015 Higher rate of blindness in ‘purple onion kingdom’ of Vietnam Poor workplace hygiene has been pointed to as a leading factor in causing the higher rate of blindness and cornea inflammation among farmers in Vinh Chau Town of Soc Trang Province in the Mekong Delta, which specializes in growing purple onions.… Continue Reading Higher rate of blindness in ‘purple onion kingdom’ of Vietnam

Fitness Technology That Helps the Blind Get Moving

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Technology Review.com 16th October 2015 Fitness Technology That Helps the Blind Get Moving A drone that guides blind runners around a track is just one of several new fitness technologies designed to assist the visually impaired. By Christina Couch WHY IT MATTERS Half of all disabled adults in the U.S. are obese. Eelke Folmer, an… Continue Reading Fitness Technology That Helps the Blind Get Moving

Blind man’s radio station to help others

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Oxford Times 26th October 2015 Blind man’s radio station to help others A BLIND man from Oxford has set up an internet radio station to further support isolated visually-impaired people in the county and around the world. Ian Francis originally set up a voluntary organisation called The VIP Lounge in 2013, which now has more… Continue Reading Blind man’s radio station to help others

Facebook developing tool to help blind people ‘see’ images on posts

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Daily Mail UK 16th October 2015 Facebook developing tool to help blind people ‘see’ images on posts The technological advance is in its early stages, but it could help visually impaired people get more from the site Social media is all about sharing images of family, friends and travels and now blind people might be… Continue Reading Facebook developing tool to help blind people ‘see’ images on posts

American Braille gets its first makeover in more than 80 years

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News 4 16th October 2015 American Braille gets its first makeover in more than 80 years By Al Vaughters, News 4 Reporter Americans pride ourselves in doing things our own way. While most of the industrialised world has meters and kilometres, we still measure in feet, yards, and miles–or quarts and gallons versus litres. It… Continue Reading American Braille gets its first makeover in more than 80 years

‘Number of urbanites losing sight due to diabetes increases’

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‘Number of urbanites losing sight due to diabetes increases’ October 22, 2015, SIBU: An increasing number of people have become blind due to diabetes, cautioned Sarawak Society for the Blind (SSB) Sibu chairman Clarence Ting. “In the past, most of the blind were rural Ibans. Their sight was impaired due to poor sanitation and use… Continue Reading ‘Number of urbanites losing sight due to diabetes increases’