More than a million Americans suffer from hemianopia, or blindness in one half of the visual field in both eyes as the result of strokes, tumors or trauma. People with hemianopia frequently bump into ...

Driving around in cars often ends with a diagnosis of hemianopia, or blindness in one half of the visual field in both eyes as the result of strokes, tumors or trauma. In about half of the states in ...

Scientists have found that -- when tested in a driving simulator -- patients with hemianopia have significantly more difficulty detecting pedestrians than normally sighted people. These results fly in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Some motorists with hemianopia or quadrantanopia proved capable of driving safely in a controlled driving test ...

We report a 23-year-old woman with right homonymous hemianopia and incomplete left inferior quadrantanopia and paracentral scotoma secondary to head trauma from a gunshot wound. The patient underwent ...

Strokes are serious and life threatening medical emergencies that require immediate attention. They occur when blood supply to a section of the brain is temporarily cut off. This could be due to a ...

Purpose To determine new criteria for early detection of temporal hemianopia in patients with asymptomatic pituitary tumor. Methods Fifteen patients without visual symptoms had pituitary tumor and ...

Victims of hemianopia may not to be able to detect pedestrians easily while driving. Hemianopia is a condition in which one half of the visual field in both eyes is blinded, usually the result of a ...

Dementia is a complex and multifaceted condition that can compromise the human body in a number of ways. The most reliable signs of neurodegenerative disease are memory loss and confusion, but brain ...

BOSTON (March 14, 2014) — A diagnosis of hemianopia, or blindness in one half of the visual field in both eyes as the result of strokes, tumors or trauma often means the end of driving. In about half ...