When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Color blindness is known to be more common in males. That comes down to the genetics of the ...

Women can be colorblind, but it’s much less common than in men. Red-green color blindness, the most common type, is inherited through the X chromosome. Since males have only one X, they need just one ...

Out of sight, out of mind. A new study suggests a common eye condition could be quietly masking one of the only early warning ...

Researchers from Radboud University Medical Center and University of Basel have discovered new genetic causes of inherited blindness. Their study, published in Nature Genetics, shows that changes in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Less than 30% of people with certain genetic variants go blind, despite the faulty genes previously being thought to cause ...

People with color blindness may be less able to spot an early sign of bladder cancer, making them likelier to be diagnosed ...

A retrospective cohort study suggested that people with color blindness may have a higher risk of mortality from bladder ...