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Article on the late director of the Iowa Commission for the Blind.
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Brook Eye Center : Eye clinic in Dallas, Texas which provides an alternative to Lasik eye surgery. Vision is corrected while sleeping and is safe and effective. It is traditionally less expensive than Lasik.
Dr. Patch Eye Patches : A reusable eye patch from DrPatch, which fits all eyeglasses, can help in orthoptic treatments.
Adam D Koenigsberg MD FACS : Jacksonville Florida Eye doctor board certified in Ophthalmology specializing in eye muscle disorders and eye muscle surgery in adults and children.
Blackburn and District Blind Society : A registered charity for the visually impaired and blind, babies and adults.
Blind Related Links : Contains extensive listings of blindness related links on the internet.
Helen Keller Worldwide : Assits organizations and institutions in countries where the need is great to protect the eyesight of children within their borders and provide quality eye care to their people.
Wiltshire Blind Association : The WBA is a UK registered charity, founded in 1919, dedicated to serving those who are blind and partially sighted living in Wiltshire.
SensibleGraphics - Tactile Graphics for Blind and Visually Impaired : Information on tactile graphics for the blind and visually impaired. Graphic files free to download.
eMedicine Health - Iritis : Consumer health resource center providing information on the causes, symptoms, and treatment of Iritis.
Amblyopia (Lazy Eye) : An article discussing "Lazy Eye", which includes symptoms, diagnosis, causes, treatments and prevention.
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Researchers Gain Insights Into Aging in Mice (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Stanford University
researchers have linked two previously thought-to-be-separate pathways
tied to aging, at least in mice, leading to more thought that physically
getting older is an orderly and deliberate genetic occurrence. |
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First Americans Arrived on 2 Separate Paths (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Genetic evidence suggests that two
different waves of people migrated from what is now Siberia at about the
same time to become the first settlers in the Americas, a new report
says. |
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Doctors Urged to Screen Diabetics for Sleep Apnea (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Here's a wake-up call to the
millions of American men and women with type 2 diabetes: Snoring at night
or nodding off during the day may be symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea,
a potentially life-threatening problem affecting one out of three
diabetics. |
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Preparing for a Chlorine Gas Disaster (HealthDay)
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Jan. 7 (HealthDay News) -- On a January night in 2005, a
freight train with three tanker cars -- each loaded with 90 tons of
chlorine -- slammed into a parked locomotive in the center of
Graniteville, S.C., a town of 7,000 people about 15 miles from Augusta,
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