{"id":44,"date":"2011-05-17T09:07:39","date_gmt":"2011-05-17T13:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/retinacanada.com\/en?page_id=44"},"modified":"2021-06-27T14:38:41","modified_gmt":"2021-06-27T18:38:41","slug":"learn-more","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/retinacanada.com\/en\/?page_id=44","title":{"rendered":"Learn More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We rarely think about our vision.\u00a0It is only when we suffer loss\u00a0that we appreciate the vitally\u00a0important sense of sight.<br \/>\nUnfortunately, age, disease and\u00a0accidents can lead to severe\u00a0retinal problems.<br \/>\nDid you know:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Diabetic Retinopathy is the leading cause of blindness in people between 25 and 75 years of age?<\/li>\n<li>Macular Degeneration places people over 50 at risk for loss of vision?<\/li>\n<li>Retinal Detachment can lead to sudden blindness?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>With more research and training, retinal disease can be beaten.<\/p>\n<h2>We need your help<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nSome retinal diseases are easy to treat. Others can be difficult to assess and may require urgent attention.<br \/>\nThe Retina Foundation of Canada aims to provide you with information, resources and links to help you or a loved one enjoy vision for life.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_206\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-206\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-206 size-full\" title=\"Vision for Life\" src=\"https:\/\/retinacanada.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/eyes-crop.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-206\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">information, resources and links to help you or a loved one enjoy vision for life.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Learn More About<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"retina\" href=\"http:\/\/retinacanada.com\/en\/?page_id=101\">the retina<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Retina Diagnostic Techniques\" href=\"http:\/\/retinacanada.com\/en\/?page_id=325\">retina diagnostic techniques<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Imaging techniques\" href=\"http:\/\/retinacanada.com\/en\/?page_id=103\">imaging techniques<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Lasers and Surgery\" href=\"http:\/\/retinacanada.com\/en\/?page_id=255\">lasers and surgery<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Age-Related Macular Degeneration\" href=\"http:\/\/retinacanada.com\/en\/?page_id=98\">age related macular degeneration<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Diabetic Retinopathy\" href=\"http:\/\/retinacanada.com\/en\/?page_id=96\">diabetic retinopathy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Posterior Vitreous Detachment\" href=\"http:\/\/retinacanada.com\/en\/?page_id=89\">posterior vitreous detachment<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Retinal Tear\" href=\"http:\/\/retinacanada.com\/en\/?page_id=82\">retinal tear<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Retinal Detachment\" href=\"http:\/\/retinacanada.com\/en\/?page_id=84\">retinal detachment<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Central Serous Retinopathy\" href=\"http:\/\/retinacanada.com\/en\/?page_id=333\">central serous retinopathy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Macular Hole\" href=\"http:\/\/retinacanada.com\/en\/?page_id=208\">macular hole<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Epiretinal Membrane\" href=\"http:\/\/retinacanada.com\/en\/?page_id=331\">epiretinal membrane<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Central Retinal Vein Occlusions\" href=\"http:\/\/retinacanada.com\/en\/?page_id=277\">central retinal vein occlusions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Lattice Degeneration\" href=\"http:\/\/retinacanada.com\/en\/?page_id=93\">lattice degeneration<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Retinitis Pigmentosa\" href=\"http:\/\/retinacanada.com\/en\/?page_id=248\">retinitis pigmentosa<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We rarely think about our vision.\u00a0It is only when we suffer loss\u00a0that we appreciate the vitally\u00a0important sense of sight. Unfortunately, age, disease and\u00a0accidents can lead to severe\u00a0retinal problems. Did you know: Diabetic Retinopathy is the leading cause of blindness in people between 25 and 75 years of age? Macular Degeneration places people over 50 at &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/retinacanada.com\/en\/?page_id=44\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Learn More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-44","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/retinacanada.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/retinacanada.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/retinacanada.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/retinacanada.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/retinacanada.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/retinacanada.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1023,"href":"https:\/\/retinacanada.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44\/revisions\/1023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/retinacanada.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}