Old eyes can learn new tricks; findings offer hope for adults with 'lazy eye'
Thursday, July 17, 2008 - 12:21
in Health & Medicine
New evidence that the brain regions responsible for vision are capable of adapting in adults offers new hope for those with an untreated condition commonly known as lazy eye. Also called amblyopia, the condition is the most prevalent cause of visual impairment in a single eye, affecting about six million people in the United States alone.