Eyesight Health

By Sushma Ravikiran Eyes are the most integral part of human physiology. Can you imagine spending a single day blindfolded? That can never be possible.  

Sight for the blind A pioneering retinal implant - the bionic eye- offers hope to people blinded by macular degeneration or retinitis pigmentosa, disease that cause degeneration of light sensing cells of the ...  

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has asked Japan and NATO allies who have refused to send troops to Afghanistan to pay the estimated $17 billion needed to build up the Afghan army, according to U.S. defense officials.  

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bus traveling to a casino in northern California ran off a rural road and overturned, killing at least 10 people, the San Francisco Chronicle and other media reported on Monday.  

COLOMBO (Reuters) -- A suicide blast in the north-central Sri Lankan town of Anuradhapura killed 22 people including an opposition leader who is a former army general, Sri Lankan police said Monday.  

HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Hong Kong court on Monday dismissed an appeal by American housewife Nancy Kissel who was jailed for life for murder after feeding her husband a sedative-spiked milkshake and clubbing him to death.  

BEIJING (Reuters) - Germany offered a blanket bank deposit guarantee as it clinched a deal to rescue lender Hypo Real Estate, while regulators from Washington to Seoul took their own steps to ensure the stability of financial firms.  

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese police have detained six people suspected of producing and selling melamine, the chemical at the center of the country's scandal over tainted dairy products, the official Xinhua news agency said.  

BEIJING (Reuters) - A strong earthquake hit China's remote northwestern region of Xinjiang early on Monday, but there were no immediate reports of casualties, state media said.  

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wachovia Corp will pursue a deal to sell itself to banking rival Wells Fargo & Co. despite an attempt by Citigroup Inc to block the deal, with a showdown in court set for Tuesday.  

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Three skydivers made the first ever parachute jump over Mount Everest on Sunday, organizers and participants said, culminating years of preparation.  

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il made his first public appearance since reports last month that he may have suffered a stroke, a state news report said on Saturday.  

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Friday urged consumers to follow package cooking instructions after 32 people in 12 states got Salmonella poisoning after eating frozen stuffed chicken entrees that were raw but breaded.  

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Friday announced plans to sell around $6.5 billion in arms to Taiwan, including 30 Boeing Co Apache attack helicopters and 330 Patriot missiles, in a move that could anger China.  

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wells Fargo & Co agreed to buy Wachovia Corp for about $15 billion, upstaging a government-backed Citigroup Inc bid for Wachovia's banking assets with a deal that would catapult it into the top ranks of national consumer banking.