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Detecting Preschoolers at Risk for Vision Loss
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News release

A simple 3-second office screening test may enable pediatricians to identify amblyopia, or vision loss in one eye, in children as young as two, report ophthalmologists at Children's Hospital Boston in the April Archives of Ophthalmology...
One child's success story
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Patrick Young can see again after cataracts that emerged during leukemia treatment are removed and intraocular lenses are implanted...
Rescuing newborns' vision
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Dream Magazine

Lois Smith, MD, PhD, has cared for many extremely premature babies, some of whom go blind from a condition related to their prematurity. About 15 years ago, Dr. Smith decided to find a way to save these babies' vision...
Local Researchers Develop Test to Detect Lazy Eye
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April 10, 2006

Local researchers say they have developed a new test to detect lazy eye -- a condition which can cause vision loss in children.
Sensing Sight
Channel 7 news
A simple 3-second test may enable doctors to identify amblyopia earlier, thanks to ophthalmologists at Children's Hospital Boston.
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