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Parán resident Lorenzo Torres walks to the town center to buy food; Torres is blind, and the walk usually takes him about two hours.

Everyone in this small Peruvian town knew about the men who go blind by age 50. Then they found out why

May 29, 2014
Health & Medicine

Parán is a small town in Peru where many men go blind. When they finally found out why, they began to blame themselves.

Everyone in this small Peruvian town knew about the men who go blind by age 50. Then they found out why

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