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How to prevent (or at least delay) cataracts
Daily Press (Newport News, Va.)Cataracts, a clouding of the eye's lens that blocks vision, are common in people 65 and older. But although age is a major risk factor, you may be able to slow the process. Some tips: Wear sunglasses. The sun's ultraviolet rays can speed up tissue...Tags: Health, Skin Conditions, Health and Medical Professionals, Healthy Diet, Human Body
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Optometrist vs. ophthalmologist
HealthKey.com contributorNeed a routine, annual eye exam? Go see an optometrist. But, if your parent's dire warnings come true and you do "poke your eye out," you'll want to see an ophthalmologist as quickly. Optometrists are doctors of optometry or ODs who can: -- Examine...Tags: Health, Nearsightedness, Health and Medical Professionals, Diseases and Illnesses, Human Body
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The better to see you with
HealthKey.comDiabetes is a serious disease that can bring about complications such as blindness and other vision-related disabilities. According to Prevent Blindness America, diabetes is the leading cause of new cases of blindness in adults 20-74 years of age. A...Tags: Health, Symptoms, Cataracts, Human Body, Diseases and Illnesses
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Prevent Blindness enlists kids in battle for eye health
Some 30,000 Chicago Public Schools students will learn about eye health in a pilot program aimed to get children and their parents to take vision more seriously.
Prevent Blindness America, based in Chicago, gave the district 1,000 kits of its new Star...Tags: Teaching and Learning, High School Sports, Health, Hospitals and Clinics, Family
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Gov. Beshear signs SB 110 into law
mmoore@jessaminejournal.comLess than a week after Senate Bill 110 appeared on his desk, Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear signed it into law last Thursday, Feb. 24. “Access to quality health care is a critical issue for families across the commonwealth,” the governor said...Tags: Medical Services, Health, Kentucky, Health and Medical Professionals, Human Body
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Eyes on overtime
Angela Hilliard, a forensics specialist with the Glendale Police Department, didn't know why her eyes were red and dry, or why she was feeling exhausted at the end of the day.
As a crime scene investigator on burglaries, robberies, suicides and the very...Tags: Apple iPad, Health, Nearsightedness, Health and Medical Professionals, Human Body
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Optometrists, ophthalmologists not seeing eye to eye
eruehs@amnews.comDr. Jeffrey Klosterman is an optometrist in Harrodsburg. Dr. Linda Katz is an ophthalmologist in Danville. Ordinarily these two professionals would have a cordial relationship because both work for the welfare of their patients. However, this once...Tags: Health, Health and Medical Professionals, Medical Specialization, Human Body, Steve Beshear
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Bill would allow optometrists to perform some surgeries
mmoore@jessaminejournal.comAfter much debate by Kentucky legislators, Senate Bill 110, which would allow optometrists to perform some uncomplicated medical procedures currently reserved for ophthalmologists, has made its way to Gov. Steve Beshear’s office. According to...Tags: Kentucky, Health, Health and Medical Professionals, Human Body, Steve Beshear
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Vision clinic takes the long view
The thought of forgoing reading because of her rapidly deteriorating eyesight terrified Joan Retzlaff after suffering complications from her wet macular degeneration.
The condition — a chronic eye disease that affects the central field of vision &#...Tags: Satellite Technology, Hospitals and Clinics, Health, Macular Degeneration, Diseases and Illnesses
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