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Healthcare crisis: not enough specialists for the poor
The blurry vision began early last year. Roy Lawrence ignored it as long as he could. But after falling off a ladder at his construction job, he knew he had to see a doctor. He went to a community health clinic in South Los Angeles, where doctors...
Tags: University of California, Los Angeles, Hospitals and Clinics, Immigration, Media Industry, Cataracts
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Open our Eyes, Lord
“Sir,” they said, “we would like to see Jesus.”—John 12:21b My only previous experience with contact lenses was in eleventh grade when a classmate tried on my girlfriend’s (now my wife of thirty-seven years)...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Cataracts
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Researchers see the light in bid to restore lost vision
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of California at Los Angeles recently created a light-sensitive molecule that they say could help restore vision lost in degenerative eye diseases, such as macular degeneration, and...Tags: Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Chicago, University of California, Los Angeles, Education, Harvard University
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UConn's Ryan Wirth Learned Plenty From Near-Tragic Accident As Teen
The Hartford CourantThere may not be a Husky more proud, more thankful, more appreciative of the opportunity to play the game he loves than Ryan Wirth. Saturday will mark the last time the 6-foot-3, 271-pound defensive tackle is going to walk onto the Rentschler Field turf....Tags: Connecticut Huskies, ABC (tv network), Football, Students, Paul Pasqualoni
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Diabetes leading to blindness in many people
Diabetes is the leading cause of new cases of blindness among adults 20 to 74 years old. Dr. Michael Grodin, co-director of retinal services and director of clinical research at Katzen Eye Group, discusses eye problems and the link to diabetes.
Why is...Tags: Blindness, Swelling, High Blood Pressure, Diabetes, Physical Conditions
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Diabetics: Watch your eyes
marieg@herald-mail.comWhen Debra Crawford was in her 20s, she received a life-changing diagnosis. She had diabetes. From that moment on, every day, every hour would require constant, unwavering attention to meals, lifestyle and medication. The Hagerstown woman would...Tags: American Diabetes Association, Blindness, Diabetes, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Symptoms
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Senior briefs
Support groups The Department of Aging and Disabilities has updated a booklet on community support groups. The booklet focuses on groups for caregivers, Alzheimer's disease, bereavement for adults and children, diabetes, brain injury, cancer, stroke,...Tags: Brooklyn Park, Financial Planning, Labor Legislation, Chiropractic, Medical Specialization
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American Diabetes Month/ Diabetic Eye Disease Awareness Month-Fitness Syndicate vs. Obesity
Gayle Anderson was live in Lawndale for to kick off AMERICAN DIABETES MONTH/ DIABETIC EYE DISEASE AWARENESS MONTH with the FITNESS SYNDICATE VS OBESITY. In honor of American Diabetes Month and Diabetic Eye Disease Awareness Month, we want to remind...Tags: Weight Loss, Overweight, Heart Disease, Symptoms, Cataracts
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Durang Durang coming to Pitt-Johnstown stage
Our Town CorrespondentThe University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown Theatre Department will present Christopher Durang’s “Durang Durang” beginning Oct. 25. “Durang Durang” debuted in New York City in November 1994. The production is a comprised of six one-act plays, making it...Tags: University of Pittsburgh, Comedy (genre), New York City, Arts and Culture, Entertainment
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89 MD facilities bought drugs from company involved in meningitis outbreak
The Food and Drug Administration released a new list of more than 3,000 hospitals that bought drugs from the company at the center of a nationwide fungal meningitis outbreak, including 89 facilities in Maryland. The drugs bought by Maryland facilities...
Tags: Meningitis, Surgery, Hospitals and Clinics, Mercy Medical Center (Baltimore, Maryland), Harford Road
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89 Md. facilities bought drugs from firm linked to meningitis outbreak
The federal Food and Drug Administration identified 89 medical facilities in Maryland that bought drugs from the Massachusetts manufacturer being investigated for a national fungal meningitis outbreak. The facilities are among more than 3,000 in numerous...
Tags: Owings Mills (Baltimore, Maryland), Meningitis, Randallstown, Charles Street, Northwest Hospital
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$2 million prize announced for cure for blindness by 2020
Singer Art Garfunkel, a real estate magnate and an investor are putting $2 million in gold bullion on the line to inspire researchers to cure blindness by 2020, establishing through Johns Hopkins Medicine one of the world's largest prizes for a scientific...Tags: Health Organizations, Charity, Johns Hopkins University, Nobel Prize Awards, Corporate Officers
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