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Some nutrients can stave off vision loss and eye disease that occurs as we age
Even if you are reading this without glasses, it's not too early to start taking your eye vitamins. Some nutrients can stave off the burdensome vision loss and eye disease that occur as we age, mounting research suggests. But claims by supplement...
Tags: Fish Oil (dietary supplement), Science, Obesity, Health Treatments, Vitamin C
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How Dangerous is a Flying Cork? Anne Cutler Finds Out!
As revelers ring in 2012, there's bound to be bubbly nearby. Jennifer Pomrenke is the wine manager at Rouse's. She says sales skyrocket this time of year. "Doubles, if not triples in sales. We can barely keep the champagne on the shelves right now."...Tags: Injuries and Wounds
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Man Impaled With Pruning Shears in Freak Gardening Accident
KTLA NewsTUCSON, AZ -- An 86-year-old man who was impaled through the skull with pruning shears in a freak gardening accident was expected to make a full recovery, his doctors said. Leroy Luetscher dropped a pair of pruning shears while working in his yard in...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Tucson, Gabrielle Giffords, Disasters and Accidents, Health
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Rare disorder nearly takes Baltimore woman's sight
When Tamika Morgan developed red irritated eyes in the fall of 2010, she wasted no time heading to an optometrist at a local retail store who gave her drops for pink eye.
Her eyes got worse over the next few days so she went to a local hospital to see an...Tags: Diabetes, Diseases and Illnesses, Symptoms, Melanin, Steroids
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Treatment improves for age-related sight loss
Peter Miller was a high-powered businessman who owned several electronic security firms when he was diagnosed with age-related macular degeneration in 1999. Like so many people who lose their central vision, Miller couldn't imagine life without the...
Tags: Rush University Medical Center, Book, Psychotherapy, Eyes and Vision, University of Chicago
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Getting antioxidant fix without drinking coffee
Q: I have never been a coffee drinker. I don't enjoy its taste, and I can't handle the caffeine because of an irregular heartbeat. But I've heard that coffee contains many antioxidants and other beneficial chemicals.
Does anyone make a coffee extract...Tags: Human Body, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Lipitor (drug), Psoriasis, Coffee
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Dr. Ross J. Brechner, ophthalmologist and state epidemiologist, dies at 71
Dr. Ross Joseph Brechner, a mathematician turned ophthalmologist who abandoned private practice for a second career in public health, died Aug. 4 of heart disease at his Catonsville home.
He was 71.
"Ross was a fine ophthalmologist who changed careers...Tags: Haiti Earthquake (2010), Johns Hopkins University, National Security, Social Issues, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Candice Giordano joins Seidenberg Protzko Eye Associates
Dr. Candice Giordano, has joined Seidenberg Protzko Eye Associates. She will see patients of all ages in the Havre de Grace and Bel Air offices. She will also perform cataract surgery at the Mid-Atlantic Surgery Pavilion in Aberdeen. Giordano is a...Tags: Havre de Grace, Human Interest, Surgery, Colleges and Universities, Medical Specialization
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Pinkeye test to get Chicago-area trial
An upcoming clinical trial could help show if a test kit for a common eye ailment will save consumers money and reduce faulty diagnoses, health experts say.
Conjunctivitis, better known as pinkeye and most prevalent in children, causes inflammation of...Tags: Children's Memorial Hospital, Diseases and Illnesses, Rush University Medical Center, Trials, Symptoms
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BizTech: Area Business Briefs for Sept. 13
Bob Allen Motor Mall recognized
as No. 1 volume RAM dealer
Bob Allen Motor Mall in Danville recently was recognized by Chrysler Motors as the number one volume RAM dealer in the Great Lakes Business Center. The Great Lakes Business Center consists...Tags: Diabetes, Diseases and Illnesses, Politics, Martin Luther King Jr., Nursing
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