http://www.preventblindness.org/index.html Prevent Blindness America is the nation's leading volunteer eye health and safety organization dedicated to fighting blindness and saving sight. Focused on promoting a continuum of vision care, Prevent Blindness America touches the lives of millions of people each year through public and professional education, advocacy, certified vision screening training, community and patient service programs and research. en-us Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:52:41 CST Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:52:41 CST kwest@preventblindness.org (Ken West) info@preventblindness.org 720 Copyright 2008 Prevent Blindness America http://www.preventblindness.org/RSS/images/pba_rss_icon.gif http://www.preventblindness.org/index.html 88 31 Prevent Blindness America http://www.preventblindness.org/news/releases/072108_1.html "Our Vision for Children's Vision" provides a detailed strategy to promote children's vision and eye health and creates a framework for bringing key stakeholders together to make children's vision health a national priority. Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:52:41 CST http://www.preventblindness.org/news/releases/072108_1.html http://www.preventblindness.org/news/releases/062308_1.html Data Analysis Shows Promise of Epiretinal Brachytherapy as NeoVista Progresses with Phase III CABERNET Study. Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:12:43 CST http://www.preventblindness.org/news/releases/062308_1.html http://www.preventblindness.org/news/releases/061908_1.html Last year, approximately 6,400 Americans spent part of their Fourth of July holiday in the emergency room, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:48:20 CST http://www.preventblindness.org/news/releases/061908_1.html http://www.preventblindness.org/news/releases/052908_1.html Prevent Blindness America announced the recipients of its 2008 Investigator Awards, including researchers from the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, University of Alabama at Birmingham and the University of Illinois at Chicago. Thu, 29 May 2008 11:26:22 CST http://www.preventblindness.org/news/releases/052908_1.html http://www.preventblindness.org/news/releases/043008_1.html A million Americans use tanning salons every day. But without the proper protection, tanning beds can cause serious burns, not just to the skin, but to the eyes.  Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:56:09 CST http://www.preventblindness.org/news/releases/043008_1.html http://www.preventblindness.org/news/releases/042208_1.html If you have recently been diagnosed with wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD), please consider joining the VIEW 1 study, now seeking participants. Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:14:41 CST http://www.preventblindness.org/news/releases/042208_1.html http://www.preventblindness.org/seeamerica/contest_news.html The national non-profit group dedicated to preventing blindness and preserving sight will award the grand prize winner with the opportunity to "See America," including four complimentary plane tickets to any United States destination of their choice. The runner-up will receive two complimentary plane tickets. Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:15:03 CST http://www.preventblindness.org/seeamerica/contest_news.html http://www.preventblindness.org/news/releases/040208_1.html Millions of Americans are currently living with age-related eye disease and, according to the latest research from Prevent Blindness America and the National Eye Institute, that number is continuing to climb. With more than 130 million Americans aged 40 and older, more than 30 million suffer from leading causes of vision loss such as cataract, diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration and glaucoma. Wed, 2 Apr 2008 16:37:32 CST http://www.preventblindness.org/news/releases/040208_1.html