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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: Diabetes, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Blindness, Symptoms, Cataracts
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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: Diabetes, Jennifer Myers, Cataracts, Medical Procedures and Tests, Glaucoma
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Early detection is the best key to fight glaucoma
marieg@herald-mail.comAnetta Jackson begins most days as she ends them — reading. Fiction, nonfiction, magazines, newspapers. It doesn't matter. She always has had a love of the written word, the Hagerstown woman said. Now retired, Jackson, 68, has even more time to...Tags: Symptoms, Chemicals, Human Body, Diseases and Illnesses, Symptoms
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Doctors say you should get your vision checked regularly as you age
marieg@herald-mail.comDo you see what I see? If the answer to your eye doctor's question is no, it's probably time for stronger glasses. Or maybe the problem is something more serious. By age 65, one in three people has some form of vision-impairing eye disease, says the...Tags: Human Body, Minority Groups, Internists, Medical Specialization, Symptoms
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Cornea transplant recipient hails procedure that can restore vision
tiffanya@herald-mail.comEven when Eugene "Yogi" Martin was in his 20s, he had the eyes of an older man. Bright light hurt his eyes. The words in newspaper articles looked like "muddy" blurs. It was just so hard to see, he said. Decades of wearing hard contacts helped for a...Tags: Harrisburg (Dauphin, Pennsylvania), Human Body, Washington (U.S. state), Surgery, High School Sports
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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: Health Care Reform (2009), High Blood Pressure, Health Insurance, Disasters and Accidents, Media Industry
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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: Cataracts, Religion and Belief
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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: Harvard University, Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Epilepsy, Ophthalmology
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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), Sports, Football, Students
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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: High Blood Pressure, Diabetes, Medical Research, Blindness, Swelling
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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, Financial Planning, Medical Specialization, Alzheimer's Disease, Cataracts
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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: Overweight, Weight Loss, Weight, Heart Disease, Symptoms
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