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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: Holidays, Labor Legislation, Physical Conditions, Career and Workplace, Annapolis
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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, Weight, Physical Conditions, Entertainment, CVS Corp.
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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: Timonium, Financial Aid, Charity, Physical Conditions, Entertainment Events
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Vision and nutrition sometimes are connected
FARGO, N.D. - Mom, I can read the sign across the street! my 9-year-old daughter exclaimed as she stepped outside wearing her purple-framed glasses for the first time. A few weeks prior to that day, she came home from school with a note after a vision...Tags: Kale, Salads, Honey, Popeye the Sailor (fictional character), Genetics
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Problems with night vision are common as we age
Premium Health News ServiceQ. I have trouble seeing things clearly at night. Should I change my glasses, or could it be a more serious eye problem? A. Particularly as people reach age 60 and older, trouble seeing at night is a common problem. The problem could be with your...Tags: Macular Degeneration, Eyes and Vision
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56 area residents take advantage of first free eye examinations at Eastern Panhandle Free Clinic
richardb@herald-mail.comJennifer Myers and William McLeod were typical of the 56 area residents who took advantage of the first free eye examinations Friday morning at the Eastern Panhandle Free Clinic in Ranson. Sponsored by the West Virginia University Eye Institute and...Tags: Jennifer Myers, Physical Conditions, Hospitals and Clinics, Glaucoma, Diabetes
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Dr. Christina R. Prescott seeing patients at Wilmer in Bel Air
Christina R. Prescott, M.D., Ph.D. and an assistant professor of ophthalmology is seeing patients at the Wilmer Eye Institute of Bel Air (formerly Parris-Castoro Eye Care Center). Prescott specializes in medical and surgical management of serious corneal...Tags: Medical Specialization, Education, Columbia University, Colleges and Universities, Drugs and Medicines
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Common children's eye injuries
The active lives that children lead often lead to a few bumps and bruises along the way. While a few bandages and antiseptic creams are par for the course when caring for a child, parents worry about more significant injuries, including eye injuries....
Tags: Bones and Joints, Injuries and Wounds, Parenting, Ophthalmology, Eyes and Vision
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New laser technology available for removing cataracts
After learning she needed cataract surgery for her weakening eyesight, Merle Gordon decided to wait a few months until her ophthalmologist could offer laser surgery with more precision. She's glad she did. Gordon received a new type of laser surgery on...
Tags: Alcon Incorporated, Food and Drug Administration, Science, Physical Conditions, Hospitals and Clinics
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SeaWorld restores nearly blind seal's vision
SAN DIEGO -- A young harbor seal rescued at South Mission Beach underwent cataract surgery this week, a procedure that might allow her to be returned to the ocean, SeaWorld San Diego announced Friday. After her rescue on June 13, SeaWorld veterinarians...
Tags: Blindness, Zoology, Amusement and Theme Parks, Eyes and Vision
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Florida's 74-year-old Marineland celebrates its past while moving forward
MARINELAND, Fla. - Her eyes are cloudy now, a blueish-gray haze blocking out some of the sunlight that glints off the water in her habitat.
She doesn't always move as nimbly as the dozen other dolphins sharing her space, either.
But that's OK, because...Tags: Wildlife, Trips and Vacations, Travel, Loggerhead Sea Turtle (animal), Moby Dick (fictional animal)
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What can you tell me about uveitis?
Premium Health News ServiceQ. I'm 64 and have been diagnosed with uveitis in my right eye. What causes it, and what's the best treatment? A. Uveitis is inflammation of one or more of the parts of the uvea, the layer of tissue that lies between the retina and the white of the eye...Tags: Health, Steroid Therapy, Health and Medical Professionals, Physical Conditions, Pharmaceuticals
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