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Sleep and visual impairment health study
Participants are wanted for a study into the association between vision impairment and sleep, health, and wellbeing. The researchers are keen to identify the effects of different conditions including aniridia. Many people with aniridia experience sleep issues which may be … Continue reading
Young people with aniridia needed for sleep research
Scientists want adolescents and young adults to take part in a study to learn more about how an aniridia-related gene affects sleep. Are you the kind of person they are recruiting? aged 10 to 20 years old with aniridia medically stable … Continue reading
Posted in National Institute for Health WAGR study, Research
Tagged melatonin, NIH, pineal gland, sleep
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Review of 2013 Make a Miracle Conference and Social
By Veronica van Heyningen The 2013 meeting of Aniridia Foundation International (AFI) was held in Charlottesville Virginia, USA, at the beginning of August. Many of you may be beginning to take for granted the format of these meetings with patients and … Continue reading
Melatonin and sleep
Katie has recorded some points about melatonin, a supplement which some people with aniridia and other conditions use to aid their sleep. Note: Katie referred to the pituitary gland when she meant the pineal gland. Jenny has previously told her … Continue reading
Trying to obtain melatonin
During my visit to the National Institute For Health (NIH) in 2009 to participate in the WAGR/11p Deletion Syndrome research, one of the findings was that I had a smaller than average pineal gland. The NIH research and previous studies … Continue reading
