News and Events

Statements and Reports on Vision

• Amblyopia: Success of Reduced Daily Eye Patching to Treat Severe Amblyopia November 2003
• AMD: Vision Not Improved by Surgery for Complications of AMD November 2004
• AMD: Gene Found to Increase Risk of the Most Common Cause of Blindness March 2005
• AMD: Vision Not Improved by Surgery for Complications of AMD November 2004
• AREDS: Review Supports Vitamin E Dosage in AREDS December 2004
• AREDS: Review Supports Vitamin E Dosage in AREDS December 2004
• Eye Surgery: Eye Surgery on Histo Lesions Provides Limited Benefits November 2004
• Gene: Gene Found to Increase Risk of the Most Common Cause of Blindness March 2005
• Glaucoma: Collaborative Initial Glaucoma Treatment Study Findings November 2001
• Glaucoma: Prevalence of Glaucoma in Mexican-Americans December 2001
• Glaucoma: World Glaucoma Day 2009 March 6, 2009
• Hispanic/Latino Americans: Prevalence of Diabetic Retinopathy and Age-related Macular Degeneration Among Hispanic/Latino Americans July 2004
• Hispanic/Latino Americans: Prevalence of Visual Impairment and How it Affects Quality of Life Among Hispanic/Latino Americans June 2004
• Histoplasmosis: Eye Surgery on Histo Lesions Provides Limited Benefits November 2004
• Infancy: Myopia Development and Nighttime Light Exposure in Infancy March 9, 2000
• Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA): NEI Investment in RPE65-LCA Research Continues to Produce Promising Results October 26, 2009
• Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA): Phase 1 Clinical Trial Results of Gene Transfer for Leber Congenital Amaurosis Reported September 8, 2008
• Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA): Gene Transfer for Leber Congenital Amaurosis April 27, 2008
• Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA): Gene Transfer Therapy for Childhood-Onset Blindness November 2007
• Marijuana: Glaucoma and Marijuana Use June 21, 2005
  Also See Medical Utility of Marijuana Workshop--Report to the Director, NIH, by the Ad Hoc Group of Experts February 1997
• National Plan: Vision Research--A National Plan 1999-2003
• Preschool: Statement on Vision in Preschoolers Study, Phase I April 2004
• Retinitis Pigmentosa: Update on Vitamin A as a Treatment for Retinitis Pigmentosa July 2008
• Retinitis Pigmentosa: Clinical Trial of Docosahexaenoic Acid in Patients with Retinitis Pigmentosa Receiving Vitamin A Treatment September 2004
• Stem Cells: Stem Cell Procedure Protects Mice from Degenerative Retinal Diseases; May Be Promising for People with Similar Retinal Diseases September 16, 2004
• Strabismus: A Classification of Eye Movement Abnormalities and Strabismus (CEMAS) (PDF* file) February 2001
• Strategic Plan: NEI Strategic Plan on Reducing Health Disparities FY2000-2004
• World Sight Day: Statement from Paul A. Sieving, M.D., Ph.D., Director of the National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, on World Sight Day October 2009