<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/newsroom/story/women_eye_health.html" dsn="news"><pubDate>04/14/2026</pubDate><title>Blurry vision to bigger risks: What every woman should know about eye health</title><summary>April is Women’s Health and Eye Safety Month. Prevent Blindness mentions that women are at an increased risk of eye disease compared with men and encounter vision changes during pregnancy and menopause. Even more alarming, women face barriers in terms of affordability for treatment and a lack of accessibility to resources that would provide education about eye diseases. </summary><author>Krystle Gabele</author><image><img src="/newsroom/_binaries/Mabry.png" alt="placeholder"/></image><tags><tag>NTERI</tag></tags></item>