Healthy Vision Month
NEI’s Healthy Vision Month 2017 puts spotlight on women
May is Healthy Vision Month when the National Eye Institute (NEI) encourages everyone to make eye health a priority. This message is especially important for women, who make up two-thirds of all people living with blindness or visual impairment...
May is Healthy Vision Month
David Watson has worn glasses to correct nearsightedness the majority of his life, and had his vision checked regularly to make sure his prescription was up to date. But when his wife convinced him to have a ...
Healthy Vision Month Observed in May, Focus on Eye Safety at Work is Everyone's Business
Each day, more than 2,000 U.S. workers receive medical treatment because of work-related eye injuries, with more than 800,000 eye injuries occurring annually.
“To help promote eye health and safety at work, Healthy Vision Month 2006 will...
Nation's Youth Create Visions of Eye Health
Poster contest information and artwork available in downloadable format at: http://www.healthyvision2010.org/postercontest
National Eye...
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Statement from Paul A. Sieving, M.D., Ph.D., Director of the National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, during Healthy Vision Month, May 2010
During the eighth annual Healthy Vision Month observance this May, the National Eye Institute (NEI), part of the National Institutes of Health, encourages community organizations and the American people to make vision health a priority. This year...
NIH encourages Americans to make healthy vision last a lifetime
B-roll with eye examinations is available by calling 301-496-5248. Simulations of visual impairments and other images are available in downloadable, camera-ready format on the NEI website at www.nei.nih.gov/photo.
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NIH study provides clarity on supplements for protection against blinding eye disease
Adding omega-3 fatty acids did not improve a combination of nutritional supplements commonly recommended for treating age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a major cause of vision loss among older Americans, according to a study from the...
NIH encourages Americans to make vision a priority
In May, Healthy Vision Month, the National Eye Institute (NEI) calls on Americans to make their vision a priority by taking the necessary steps to protect vision, prevent vision loss, and make the most of the vision they may have remaining....