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Quote of the week 29 Jan 2006
...not our enemies. If I follow a man or a woman who is leading me astray, then I have to accept my own culpability and blindness.".
- Philadelphia Inquirer,
Jiri problems come to fore during camp 29 Jan 2006
...during the five-day long free eye care and cataract operation camp organised by Lions Club of Imphal East in association District Blindness Control Society ...
- E-Pao.net,
Are rare plants second banana? 29 Jan 2006
Others call it plant blindness. ... In 1998, a botanist named James Wandersee coined the term "plant blindness" to describe the way plants are neglected. ...
- Providence Journal (subscription),
Where Lie the Solutions 29 Jan 2006
The blindness and helplessness have bred the abusive or ineffective leaders. A close look at the conduct of elections in the Philippines ...
- Minda News,
Broken health system, broken heart 29 Jan 2006
If your mother has diabetes, the absence of good primary care greatly increases her risk of strokes, blindness, kidney failure and other major complications. ...
- Salem Statesman Journal,
Business People 29 Jan 2006
They are Kathryn M. Becker, executive director of Prevent Blindness Texas -- West Texas Branch; Barbara Blough, supervisor of document management services for ...
- El Paso Times,
Goaltender shakes blues in time with Rivermen 29 Jan 2006
...help in goal, the best the Blues probably can do is make him available for the required 24 hours and hope the rest of the league suffers from blindness. ...
- Peoria Journal Star,
American Vertigo Traveling America in the Footsteps of Tocqueville 29 Jan 2006
He also sensitively confronts our willful blindness, as when we cling to Camelot despite knowing that Kennedy was a physically broken womanizer. ...
- San Francisco Chronicle,
The price of punishment 29 Jan 2006
17. He had been revived after a nearly fatal heart attack in September and was also treated for diabetes, which caused partial blindness. ...
- Stockton Record,
Elementary, my dear Arthur 29 Jan 2006
George, who is nearsighted to the point of blindness, painfully shy and remarkably free of any sense of irony, is the half-British, half-Indian son of a ...
- Sun-Sentinel.com,
There’s blood on the tracks 29 Jan 2006
According to the tribunal, cases of deaths, loss of hands, feet, absolute deafness and blindness could be awarded a compensation of up to Rs4 lakh.
- Daily News & Analysis,
One hundred years 29 Jan 2006
...examples of almost every type of loneliness and isolation that it is possible for humans to suffer, from literal incarceration through blindness to the ...
- GreaterKashmir.com (press release),
Kevin Mitchell 29 Jan 2006
He shares Celtic and Manchester United affiliations with Keane - and the retired player's occasional blindness to the facts staring him in the face. ...
- Guardian Unlimited,
Mary Riddell 29 Jan 2006
...shameful to acknowledge. David Blunkett, for example, was lampooned not only for his private life, but for his blindness. In a post ...
- The Observer,
- Al-Aqsa society, Amran branch holds a festival in support of al ... 29 Jan 2006
Despite of the many positives and accomplishments, the denial of which is similar to hearts blindness, there are also serious negatives still weighing on all. ...
- Yemen Times,
Groping in the dark 29 Jan 2006
Military intelligence has always been treated as a humorous oxymoron. But this blindness is no laughing matter. We were used to better standards. ...
- Times Online,
Charyl Zehfus column: Doyle should push for adult stem-cell ... 29 Jan 2006
Taken from the patient, certain stem cells can also cure some forms of blindness, and may be able to grow new teeth in the not-so-distant future. ...
- Sheboygan Press,
Diabetes Healthfair instills optimism 29 Jan 2006
Diabetes is the leading cause of new cases of blindness, and diabetics are 25 times as likely to go blind as nondiabetics, according to Dr. Brad Kimball, an ...
- Billings Gazette,
Photo to raise funds for third world eye surgery 29 Jan 2006
...photographic auction was due to take place at Bonhams, New Bond Street, London, yesterday in a bid to raise £100,000 to help ORBIS prevent childhood blindness ...
- Bucks Free Press,
Seeking truth, treatment 29 Jan 2006
...offered no guarantee. Newman proceeded, knowing full well that surgery could result in blindness or stroke -- even death. Settling on ...
- Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription),
Diabetes is a growing concern 29 Jan 2006
In the extreme, unmanaged diabetes can lead to blindness, pancreas and kidney failure and nerve damage in the hands and feet that can lead to amputation. ...
- Grand Forks Herald,
Why Lilly seems gilded 29 Jan 2006
...keep growing. Lilly expects to file for regulatory approval of Arxxant, a drug for blindness caused by diabetes, next month. The ...
- Philadelphia Inquirer,
Seniors should keep their eyes in mind 29 Jan 2006
...at Carilion New River Valley Medical Center in Christiansburg, alerted listeners about possible threats to vision including glaucoma, cataracts and blindness. ...
- Roanoke Times,
Coach McCray defied odds to succeed at men's game 29 Jan 2006
..."That incident is memorable, not so much because of my momentary blindness, but because of the demonstrated leadership characteristics which blossomed in a ...
- commercialappeal.com (subscription),
Loving,Living, Party Going 29 Jan 2006
...picked up. Party Going was originally published in 1939 and was, after Blindness (1926) and Living (1929), Green's third novel. In ...
- Sunday Independent (subscription),
France's Colonial Blowback 29 Jan 2006
No one shines a brighter light on race than the racist, and it is an abiding irony that the Republic's blindness to the light has only enhanced its brightness. ...
- Media Monitors Network,
Mike Huckabee Lost 110 Pounds. Ask Him How. 29 Jan 2006
...lives. It's already the leading cause of blindness, and a 10-year-old who has diabetes loses 19 years of life expectancy. Imagine ...
- New York Times,
Ogun Gets N355m Hospital 29 Jan 2006
...of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel has commissioned a Deseret Community Vision Institute (DCVI), an eye foundation center for the prevention of blindness. ...
- This Day (subscription),
Leprosy: the disease the world forgot 29 Jan 2006
Leprosy has struck fear into humans since time immemorial. It still conjures up terrifying images of mutilation, blindness and exclusion from society. ...
- TODAYonline,
Demand for special ed on rise 29 Jan 2006
Students' disabilities range from physical ailments such as blindness to those more difficult to detect, such as emotional and behavioral handicaps or specific ...
- Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription),
Weight Loss Improves Bladder Control in Women with Prediabetes 29 Jan 2006
Nearly 21 million people in the United States -- 7% of the population -- have diabetes, the most common cause of blindness, kidney failure, and amputations in ...
- DG News
No reinstatement for fired Pa. blind agency director Jan 28, 2006
A federal judge yesterday declined Christine L. Boone's request to return as director of the Bureau of Blindness and Visual Services, saying there was too much ...
- Philadelphia Inquirer,
Grants From Research To Prevent Blindness Surpass $7.9 Million In ... Jan 26, 2006
Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB), a New York-based foundation and the world's leading voluntary health organization supporting eye research, awarded 81 ...
- Medical News Today (press release),
Playtime Leads to "Color" Blindness Jan 26, 2006
After a recent fight at Pulaski High School that appeared to be racially motivated, Action 2 News wanted to know what some other districts have done to prevent ...
- WBAY,
Eye test plea in blindness fight Jan 23, 2006
The Royal National Institute of the Blind has issued a call for people in Scotland to take up free eye tests and prevent blindness in later life. ...
- BBC News,
Preposterous blindness Jan 22, 2006
Editor's Note: Published on page A16 of the January 23, 2006 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer. IT WAS IN UTTER DISBELIEF THAT ...
- INQ7.net,
Fishing for compliments contest Jan 27, 2006
What other weekly news magazine is going to cure your blindness? I know for me, none of the others even led to a glimmer of light. With World? ...
- World Magazine Blog,
2 MILLION RISK BLINDNESS Jan 24, 2006
MORE than two million people in the UK are at risk of needlessly losing their sight, the Royal National Institute for the Blind claimed yesterday. ...
- Glasgow Daily Record,
Prevent Blindness Indiana Names CEO Jan 25, 2006
INDIANAPOLIS – Prevent Blindness Indiana (PBI) has selected Patricia E. Szuch to serve as its Chief Executive Officer. Szuch’s first day at PBI was Jan. ...
- Inside INdiana Business (press release),
A gene(Y) linked to blindness (AMD)! Jan 22, 2006
It has bugged researchers for long to detect the cause of blindness-inducing neurodegenerative diseases such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and ...
- MedIndia,
Viagra link to blindness Jan 17, 2006
Impotency drugs Viagra and Cialis may increase the risk of sudden blindness in men with a history of heart attacks or high blood pressure, research suggests. ...
- Stuff.co.nz,
River blindness Jan 20, 2006
By Susan Elderkin. by Kate Grenville. Kate Grenville’s last book, The Idea of Perfection, was about the unlikely romance between ...
- Financial Times,
BLINDNESS NOT A DETERRENT FOR THEM Jan 17, 2006
...born blind, had special interest and talent towards music from the early days and his relentless struggle to achieve something in life kept his blindness at a ...
- Star of Mysore,
IMPOTENCY DRUGS MAY CAUSE BLINDNESS Jan 17, 2006
Men who take drugs for impotency such as Viagra or Cialis and who have previously had a heart attack may have a 10-fold increased risk of damaging their ...
- Free Market News Network,
Hibs player tells of battle with blindness Jan 19, 2006
AN international footballer who has been playing with sight in only one eye yesterday spoke publicly about his condition for the first time. ...
- The Herald,
Blindness is not a handicap for this Spanish Fort resident Jan 19, 2006
More than five years ago, Mock was struck by sudden blindness in her left eye. ... "Blindness has taught me so much about life," added Mock. ...
- AL.com,
Dezi's blindness explained Jan 18, 2006
...was the result of a blow to the back of her head, it would seem that damage to the occipital lobes is the only relatively realistic explanation of her blindness ...
- Health24.com,
Kids get new insight into blindness Jan 20, 2006
By JENNIFER HINES CUNNINGHAM. LITTLE FALLS - School 3 third- and fourth-graders have donated $1,300 in cents, nickels, dimes, quarters ...
- NorthJersey.com,
Smokin' Joe's fire still burning Jan 27, 2006
...gray. Frazier spends most of his time on the road. He was in town recently for a fund-raiser for Prevent Blindness Oklahoma. Frazier ...
- Knoxville News Sentinel (subscription),
Blind optimism Loss of sight doesn't keep a good dog down Jan 28, 2006
...but his sense of touch, smell, taste and hearing remain to guide him to enjoy his life and love his people as well as he ever did before blindness darkened his ...
- The Free Lance-Star,
Stem cells may stem blindness Jan 5, 2006
Researchers have suggested that some forms of human blindness may be treatable with cells from a patient's own bone marrow. According ...
- Hindustan Times,
Three Studies Find Obesity Linked to Blindness, Poor Colon Cancer ... Dec 29, 2005
...of over 20 previous studies involving thousands of patients around the world found that obesity is linked to serious eye problems that can lead to blindness. ...
- Newsinferno.com,
Periodic Ophthalmia (Moon Blindness) Jan 11, 2006
Periodic ophthalmia, otherwise known as recurrent uveitis, uveitis, or moon blindness, can be a devastating disease of the equine eye. ...
- TheHorse.com,
My blindness has given me success: Henry Wanyoike Jan 12, 2006
...''I don't feel that my blindness is a failure in my life. I see it as my success,'' Henry said, when asked about his blindness. Henry said he runs for a cause. ...
- Webindia123,
Research to prevent blindness awards $110,000 grant to Department ... Jan 6, 2006
Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) has awarded a grant of $110,000 to the Department of Ophthalmology at the Case Western Reserve University School of ...
- EurekAlert (press release),
Study: Diet change can prevent blindness Dec 28, 2005
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Eating food high in certain vitamins can help stave off eye degeneration that leads to blindness, a new study shows. ...
- United Press International
FDA approval sought for blindness drug Dec 30, 2005
1 cause of blindness in the elderly. Genentech asked the Food and Drug Administration for priority review, which would give the agency six months to act. ...
- WFAA (subscription),
Obesity linked with blindness Dec 31, 2005
Glaucoma is well known to cause damage to the optic nerve when neglected capable of precipitating loss of vision and permanent blindness. ...
- What is the Word,
LIBERAL BLINDNESS Jan 4, 2006
...how falsely self-assured must a left-winger be to make such a statement: unthinking political robots inferring others share their blindness, inabilities and ...
- Ether Zone,
New Anti-Blindness Drug Jan 12, 2006
In the past, treatments for age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness in those over 60 in the United States, were limited to slowing ...
- MIT Technology Review,
WHO surveys blindness Jan 8, 2006
...with the National Survey of Visual Impairment in Botswana, Dr Oatlhokwa Nkomazana, said in interview with BOPA that 80 per cent of all blindness was preventable ...
- Republic of Botswana,
Cambridge researchers make new discoveries about color blindness Jan 3, 2006
In theory, however, it is possible that owing to the altered sensitivities of their cone photoreceptors, people with deuteranomalous colour blindness may be ...
- Newstarget.com,
"Alternative medicine can prevent blindness" Jan 2, 2006
He informed that at least 80 million people in India were suffering from blindness and the figure was likely to double by 2020 despite the launch of various ...
- Webindia123,
Genentech seeks approval for adult blindness drug Jan 3, 2006
...license application to the FDA for the use of its drug Lucentis in the treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of adult blindness. ...
- Pharmaceutical Business Review
Genentech files for blindness drug in USA Jan 3, 2006
Genentech has filed for approval of its Lucentis drug for age-related macular degeneration, one of the most common causes of blindness, in the USA. ...
- Pharma Times (subscription),
Smoking: Increases risk for blindness? Jan 7, 2006
Journal of Ophthalmology. ARMD is a leading cause of partial-sightedness and blindness in the US and many European countries. The risk ...
- myDNA.com,
Obesity can lead to blindness Jan 1, 2006
...said they found a consistently strong link between obesity and the occurrence and development of four major eye diseases that cause blindness - age-related ...
- Daily Times,
Coping With Deafness, Blindness and Schizophrenia Jan 1, 2006
Kimtheresa Moore is deaf, but she can still hear voices. They whisper - sometimes softly, sometimes harshly - suggesting that she should kill herself. ...
- New York Times,
1.5 Million Nigerians Blind, Says Expert Jan 26, 2006
...a consultant ophthalmologist with West Africa's Sight Savers International, noted that although a credible figure is yet to be ascertained on blindness in the ...
- Nigeria Daily Independent,
Lehigh Valley Honors Disability Advocate Jan 27, 2006
Pennsylvanians. Swartz is an expert guide dog handler and a member of Vision Impairment and Blindness Services of Northampton County. ...
- WFMZ-TV Online,
Fighting glaucoma Jan 26, 2006
Yet glaucoma is the third leading cause of blindness in white Americans, the second leading cause in African-Americans and the No. ...
- Centre Daily Times,
Heart Attack Restores Blind Woman's Sight Jan 28, 2006
...can see again. "The most common form of reversible blindness is cataracts, a clouding of the lenses," Dhaliwal said. "You can dislocate ...
- ABC News
America bashing can cause blindness Jan 22, 2006
THE first thought that struck me when reading the latest compendium of global human rights abuses was why pick on the White House? ...
- Business Day,
Ghana at verge of eliminating trachoma Jan 27, 2006
...become one of the first countries in more than 50 years to eliminate blinding trachoma as part of an international effort to eliminate blindness worldwide, an ...
- Africast,
HEALTH & FITNESS Jan 24, 2006
Vitamin A deficiency is the leading cause of preventable blindness in children and raises the risk of disease and death from severe infections such as ...
- The Tribune,
RPB grants $7.9 Million Towards Research Jan 27, 2006
The Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB), a New York-based foundation and the world's leading voluntary health organization supporting eye research, awarded 81 ...
- MedIndia,
Editorial: Enjoy pancakes and some great basketball Jan 27, 2006
Lion projects include supporting Texas Lions Camp at Kerrville for handicapped young people, Prevent Blindness of Texas, Dress A Live Doll, high school ...
- Plainview Daily Herald,
Water-skier persists despite blindness, age Dec 31, 2005
By Andrew Becker. When blind water-skier Harry Cordellos jumps into the chilly Delta waters for the 26th annual Frozen Bun Run on ...
- Contra Costa Times,
Blindness is no handicap Dec 29, 2005
By Aron Heller. CAESAREA, Israel -- The ball explodes off Zohar Sharon's club and flies into the distance. Sharon can't see it, but ...
- Washington Times,
Cycle race helps fight for sight Jan 26, 2006
All money raised by the race will go towards Retina SA, a non-profit organisation whose sole purpose is to help fight blindness caused by retinal degeneration. ...
- Pretoria Rekord,
Wall Street life: Lay relies on the idiot defence as Enron reaches ... Jan 27, 2006
Houston Community Partners. And here's Ken Lay, Man of Vision, as proclaimed by the Texas Society to Prevent Blindness. There's even ...
- Telegraph.co.uk,
St. Kitts/Nevis to host 58th Annual Meeting of the International ... Jan 28, 2006
That includes everything from bruising to blindness and three deaths - one from a hit to the sinuses, one from a strike to the eye that caused brain damage ...
- SUN Weekend,
Joint survey sees huge economic potential in CHT Jan 27, 2006
Dr Shafi Khan says iron, copper and other particles of ships can cause blindness to the children who are now working in the ship-breaking yards. ...
- Independent-Bangladesh,
Savagery of happy slap killers Jan 28, 2006
He said the gang had displayed "selfishness and blindness to the suffering of others" and took enjoyment from humiliation and pleasure from the infliction of ...
- Advertiser Adelaide,
Harsh realities accompany dog treks Jan 27, 2006
...veterinary ophthalmology resident at CSU. "But I'm not sure we clinically recognize 'snow blindness' in dogs.". Dogs prone to inflammatory ...
- Rocky Mountain News,
Health Calendar Jan 28, 2006
2, Bettendorf Public Library. Anita Sundin, who reads for the blind, will play and sing. Open to anyone interested in learning about blindness and vision loss. ...
- Quad City Times,
Abortion undermines very dignity and nobility of life Jan 26, 2006
This is the greatest destroyer of peace today -- abortion -- which brings people to such blindness. Does abortion destroy peace ...
- Palladium-Item,
Has God forgotten the Jew? Jan 27, 2006
Romans 11:25-26 says, "For I would not, brethren, have you to be ignorant of this mystery,...that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fullness ...
- Charlotte Sun-Herald,
Diabetes a Priority for Meng Jan 27, 2006
64. It is the leading cause of adult blindness, end-stage kidney disease and amputations of the foot or leg due to nerve disease. ...
- Asian Week,
Community Briefs Jan 27, 2006
Symptoms range from subtle fatigue to blindness and/or complete paralysis. Call Maria White at 537-1335 to find out more about multiple sclerosis. ...
- Pahrump Valley Times,
Macronutrients: Fat is Not the Enemy Jan 27, 2006
Vitamin A is found in dairy foods, egg yolk, liver and fish-liver oils, and a deficiency of Vitamin A can cause night blindness, among other conditions. ...
- St. Paul Asian American Press,
Jury awards $3M to fired blind woman 23 Nov 2005
AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster :: Former Pennsylvania Bureau of Blindness and Visual Services Director Christine Boone stands in the Capitol rotunda, Sept. ...
- HappyNews.com,
Woburn Council On Aging News 23 Nov 2005
Learn the definition of legal blindness, causes of low vision and blindness and the benefits and services offered by the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind ...
- Woburn Advocate,
2,000 Workplace Eye Injuries, a Day! The Preventable Tragedy 23 Nov 2005
Prevent Blindness America, the nation’s oldest eye health and safety organization, also endorses the program since preventing workplace injuries is an ...
- SBWire (press release),
Blind Lust 23 Nov 2005
And to you we speak of Professor David Zald, a psychologist at Vanderbilt University, who has identified a condition he calls “emotion-induced blindness�. ...
- Anorak.co.uk (satire),
Is There Any War Crime Not Committed in Iraq? 23 Nov 2005
For those on the periphery of the strike, the injuries can be severe. Burns, broken bones, contusions from flying debris and blindness may result. ...
- Al-Jazeerah.info,
Starring George Clooney, Matt Damon, Jeffrey Wright 23 Nov 2005
Measured on those counts, Syriana isn't the perfect guide, but its torch probes the darkness further than most and shines brightly enough that blindness can no ...
- Globe and Mail,
Car sales raise funds for diabetes 23 Nov 2005
...diabetes, a disease that kills more than 200,000 people in the United States annually and causes health complications including blindness, amputations, heart ...
- Lincoln City News Guard,
National Diabetes Awareness Month 23 Nov 2005
...are dependent on insulin injections for life, and the disease carries the constant threat of devastating complications, including blindness, kidney and nerve ...
- Village News Network,
Bacterial Corneal Ulcers 23 Nov 2005
...early stages. Regardless of the initial cause, all ulcers in horses have the potential to progress to blindness. Corneal ulcers ...
- TheHorse.com,
Health Alert: Managing Uveitis 23 Nov 2005
...and glaucoma. Gloria decided to take the risk, now she has implants in both eyes and she's steering clear of blindness. The implant ...
- WIS,
Morton Plant offers new vision therapy 23 Nov 2005
CLEARWATER - Morton Plant Hospital's Neuroscience Program now offers NovaVision Vision Restoration Therapy for partial blindness caused by stroke or traumatic ...
- Tampa Bay Newspapers,
Wristband risk to patient safety highlighted 23 Nov 2005
...“Mismatching patients and their care can result in serious, lasting harm such as chronic pain, undiagnosed cancers, blindness and even death,� the agency ...
- E-Health Insider,
Google tames pop-up ads on Internet 23 Nov 2005
Monkeys that asked to be punched, pop-ups that spawned still more pop-ups, strobe effects that imparted temporary blindness these were legal forms of assault. ...
- Times of India,
ART & CULTURE There, but for the Will & Grace of God, goes Leslie ... 23 Nov 2005
He’s tried doing it before with less-than-stellar results. “My first play, Hysterical Blindness and Other Southern Tragedies, was also supposed to be a one ...
- San Diego CityBEAT,
Thanksgiving Menu Stuffed With Healthy Choices 23 Nov 2005
Collards are a rich source of lutein, an antioxidant that studies show may reduce the risk of age-related macular degeneration, a common cause of blindness. ...
- WBAL Channel.com,
The Present of Africa-the Past of Europe 23 Nov 2005
Political blindness, therefore, consists of being unaware that the growth of the extralegal section and the breakdown of the existing legal order are ...
- AllAfrica.com,
Another Free Pass to The Palestinians 23 Nov 2005
...failure of such diplomacy. The EU’s willful blindness concerning terrorism against Israel is not limited to Hizballah. The EU was ...
- FrontPage magazine.com,
New Multiple Sclerosis Vaccine 23 Nov 2005
...and 40. Often, the first symptom is blurred or double vision, red-green color distortion, or even blindness in one eye. Most MS ...
- WFtv.com,
Rotary Club's Free Cataract Removal Mission helps 200 23 Nov 2005
...a consultant of Negros Oriental Provincial Hospital, said the mission was held in partnership with the Philippine Rotary Avoidable Blindness Prevention Program ...
- Sun.Star,
MIT Museum puts geneticist on ’Soap Box’ 23 Nov 2005
...at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, gave the example of age-related macular degeneration, a leading cause of visual impairment and blindness in the ...
- WebWire (press release),
Empire's Gift on Mother's Day, 2005: A Review of Born into ... 23 Nov 2005
Briski's blindness to women of Sonagachi -- mothers of children she professes to care about -- brings me to the second assumption that underlies this film, ie ...
- Monthly Review,
The top ten super foods 23 Nov 2005
...degeneration (AMD). This affects 10 per cent of people over 60 and is a major cause of impaired vision and blindness. Finally, broccoli ...
- Daily Mail - UK,
Clarifying the Legality of WP use by American Forces 23 Nov 2005
1995. * Protocol IV prohibits the use and transfer of laser weapons designed to cause permanent blindness to un-enhanced vision. ...
- TPMCafe,
A nod to our underappreciated organs 23 Nov 2005
...cells. Worse, high glucose in the blood can damage the organs, leading to complications such as heart disease and blindness. Nearly ...
- Times Herald-Record,
The unmovable force of Rosa Parks 23 Nov 2005
Elimination of injustice takes a back seat to perpetuation of organizations. Emphasis on color difference is in; color blindness is out. ...
- Roanoke Times,
Speedway Children's Charities-Texas Chapter awarding a record ... 23 Nov 2005
Together (PACT), Inc., Partners Together for Health, Partnerships In Education, Inc., PediPlace, Performing Arts of Fort Worth, Inc., Prevent Blindness Texas-Ft ...
- WhoWon.com,
Judge sets bail in Porco case 23 Nov 2005
...are shady. Joan Porco suffered blindness in one eye, minor brain damage and severe scarring from the attack. Kindlon's argument ...
- Troy Record,
Study Shows Diabetes Hurts Local Economies 23 Nov 2005
Diabetes also is a leading cause of heart disease and stroke, as well as the leading cause of adult blindness, kidney failure and non-traumatic amputations. ...
- All American Patriots (press release),
ECape to get R100m blindness programme Nov 22, 2005
A R100 million project to fight blindness in the Eastern Cape is to be launched in the province next week. The provincial health ...
- Sunday Times,
The International Trachoma Initiative Joins with ORBIS ... Nov 22, 2005
22 /PRNewswire/ -- ORBIS International, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the prevention of blindness in the developing world, today announced that the ...
- Yahoo! News (press release)
What is ... 'Colour Blindness'? Nov 16, 2005
I do it because I really am colour blind. Colour blindness is an affliction, not a virtue. ... There, racial colour blindness is both a virtue and an affliction. ...
- Disabilities.AFreePress.com,
I-Team:Battling blindness Nov 19, 2005
Diabetes is the No. 1 cause of blindness in Americans between the ages of 25 and 74. Now, a Texas researcher is trying to come up ...
- San Antonio Express (subscription),
UAE Red Crescent anti-blindness campaign bound to Yemen Nov 16, 2005
The campaign is part the RCS's programme to reduce the number of casualties and death resulting from malaria and to control the spread of blindness in the ...
- WAM - Emirates News Agency,
Sexy Roadside Ads a Traffic Hazard UK Poll Finds Nov 21, 2005
...psychologists from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, showing that viewing sexually explicit images can result in a split second of mental blindness ...
- Lifesite,
Brave Trujillo bilked by Canberra blindness Nov 15, 2005
THERE are many reasons to like Sol Trujillo's opening four months as Telstra's chief executive. Not least is the fear and loathing ...
- Australian IT,
Vitamins Combat Age-Related Blindness Nov 9, 2005
...of people could benefit from vitamin supplements shown to help prevent macular degeneration, a condition that is the leading cause of blindness from age 65, a ...
- PakTribune.com,
Blindness no handicap for golf ace Nov 15, 2005
A BLIND Israeli golfer realised the dream of every amateur hacker when he shot a hole-in-one. Zohar Sharon aced the 160-metre, 15th ...
- NEWS.com.au,
Implant may prevent blindness in diabetics Nov 8, 2005
Leading American eye specialist Dr Peter Kaiser presented the keynote lecture on diabetic macular edema at a national ophthalmology conference in Hobart today. ...
- ABC Online,
AN AREA OF BLINDNESS Nov 12, 2005
There’s something splendid about this willed blindness. ... But we also know that this affected blindness, this insistence that one size must fit all, is mad. ...
- Calcutta Telegraph,
Construction worker sues for blindness Nov 9, 2005
A construction worker who became permanently blind following a job-site accident is suing H&L Builders for failing to provide him with a hard hat and eye ...
- Madison County Record,
Blindness gives student special take on ‘Tommy' role Nov 10, 2005
Towers said people have asked him to play up the angle that O'Rourke is legally blind, but he refuses to publicize O'Rourke's blindness to promote the musical. ...
- Lowell Sun,
Scientists Link a Bacterium to Age-Related Blindness Nov 14, 2005
A bacterium linked to heart disease may also be a factor in age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness in people over 55 in the United ...
- New York Times,
Blindness: Fifth Reported Hospital Case Oct 28, 2005
The country representative of Sight Savers International, Abigail Suka has revealed that blindness is the fifth reported case in all the hospitals in the ...
- AllAfrica.com,
Diabetes leading cause of blindness Nov 7, 2005
...retinopathy. Diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of blindness in adults. ... surface. These changes can decreased vision or cause blindness. ...
- Texarkana Gazette,
Study: Progress fighting type of blindness Nov 1, 2005
States (UPI) -- Case Western Reserve University scientists are testing a treatment for an eye disease that causes irreversible congenital blindness in millions ...
- Monsters and Critics.com,
Combination therapy for mouse model of human inherited blindness Nov 1, 2005
US researchers have taken the first steps in treating an eye disease that causes irreversible blindness in humans by successfully testing two novel treatments ...
- Medical News Today (press release),
First steps taken to treat human hereditary blindness Nov 3, 2005
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, has taken the first steps in treating an eye disease causing irreversible congenital blindness in millions ...
- News-Medical.net,
The Blindness of the Liberals-- With a Case in Point (Tom Friedman ... Oct 28, 2005
To illustrate in somewhat greater depth this liberal blindness to the nature of evil when it's staring them in the face, here is something --never before ...
- OpEdNews
Democracy: the Way Out of Blindness, Poverty And Depravation Nov 3, 2005
As the Liberian general elections of 2005 enter its final course, the contrast between two final candidates of the original 22 could not be any sharper. ...
- AllAfrica.com,
FDA Asked to Require ED-Blindness Label Oct 24, 2005
WASHINGTON - A prominent consumer advocacy group is calling for the government to add the most serious of warnings to the labels of Viagra and other impotence ...
- Herald News Daily,
TREE TO LIGHT UP LIVES OF BLIND PEOPLE Nov 22, 2005
Birmingham Focus on Blindness has launched their Tree of Light Appeal by asking people to sponsor one of the 450 lights on the landmark Austrian Pine Tree ...
- Community Newswire,
The eyes have it Nov 22, 2005
Jai Narayan, an ophthalmologist at the hospital said at the Fred Hollows Foundation Pacific Eye Workshop in Deuba that the major causes of blindness in people ...
- Fiji Times,
Health Workers Fight Blindness Oct 31, 2005
Health workers from six districts of Umutara Province who met in Nyagatare district have been urged to join forces against blindness. ...
- AllAfrica.com,
Diabetes-Related Blindness Topic Of Public Seminar Oct 25, 2005
TAMPA -- Prevent Blindness Florida offers a free public seminar today to educate people about vision loss associated with diabetes. ...
- Tampa Tribune,
Road to Blindness Oct 24, 2005
He advised that an early visit to an eye clinic will avert blindness. The Ophthalmologist Society of Nigeria lists cataract, glaucoma ...
- Newswatch (subscription),
Blindness no barrier Oct 25, 2005
By KELLY ANDREW. NO BARRIER: Bubbly Renee Patete can't see the keys, but she loves to play the piano and sings along in a strong, sure voice. ...
- Stuff.co.nz,
Greenwood boy tackles blindness while pursuing gridiron dream Nov 3, 2005
By Jeff Maher, NewsWest 9. GREENWOOD, TEXAS - Every week, the lights of Friday night football shine bright over West Texas. But, there's ...
- Standard-Speaker,
Blindness no handicap for Israeli golf ace Nov 15, 2005
JERUSALEM, Nov 15 (Reuters) - A blind Israeli golfer realised the dream of every amateur hacker when he shot a hole-in-one. Zohar ...
- Reuters.uk,
Alumnus launches newspaper to tell Africa’s stories Nov 22, 2005
...“(His blindness) comes across to ... Gubek’s blindness, caused by the measles at the age of 10, provides him a unique passion and perspective, McFarlane said. ...
- Minnesota Daily,
10.22.2003 » "From the Cradle to the Stage" Book Price, Release ... Nov 21, 2005
...commentary by Dave Fanning and Tom Dunne. All proceeds will benefit Irish charity Fighting Blindness. Copies of the book will be ...
- Zombie Guide,
Study: Progress fighting type of blindness Nov 1, 2005
1 (UPI) -- Case Western Reserve University scientists are testing a treatment for an eye disease that causes irreversible congenital blindness in millions of ...
- United Press International
Wide Angle Mobility Lamp improves nightime mobility in persons ... Nov 20, 2005
The Wide Angle Mobility Lamp (WAML), a low-vision mobility device used by people experiencing night blindness but few daytime travel problems, provides travel ...
- Medical News Today (press release),
Watch Out for Sight of the Blind Nov 21, 2005
Adrian, who is visually impaired, always refers to his blindness. Whatever topic they start, somehow ends up touching the blindness issue. ...
- AllAfrica.com,
Skipping meals a slimming dud Nov 22, 2005
Obesity is linked to the development of type 2 diabetes, which can put people at risk of heart disease, blindness and limb amputation. ...
- New Zealand Herald,
Lots of 'Blinding,' little 'Light' Nov 20, 2005
He was blind in a powerful way, in the thrall of a luminosity he had never known before, so that blindness was not the shadowy obstacle of something dark but ...
- Indianapolis Star,
The drinking bill your body pays Nov 22, 2005
...condition known as alcoholic optic neuritis. This can impair eyesight and, in time, lead to blindness. Excessive drinking can block the ...
- Daily Mail - UK,
Free spectacle for school students Nov 17, 2005
Those who could not take part in the programme, organised by the district Blindness Control Society, Sankara Eye Hospital, Pammal, Sight Savers International ...
- Newindpress,
Diabetes prevention needs attention Nov 21, 2005
Type 2 diabetes, now showing up in overweight children, can cause heart disease, stroke, eye problems, blindness, kidney disease, nerve damage, skin infections ...
- NewsOK.com (subscription),
UAE Red Crescent team conducts eye surgeries Nov 20, 2005
He also indicated that blindness cases in Yemen constitute up to two per cent of the 20 million populations, ''The campaign will continue in cooperation with ...
- Yemen Times,
South Africa - 23 November 2005 Nov 22, 2005
Results are to be announced on December 29. A R100 million project to fight blindness in the Eastern Cape is to be launched next week. ...
- Cape Times (subscription),
RCS medical team continues operations in Yemen Nov 20, 2005
05 (WAM) - The UAE Red Crescent Society's medical team which is currently visiting Yemen, continued to operate on patients suffering blindness and cataract. ...
- WAM - Emirates News Agency,
Acton News & Commentary Nov 22, 2005
...them from blame. For the blindness under which they labor is almost always mixed with proud vanity and obstinacy. Indeed, vanity ...
- Acton Institute,
Milford Regional fights shaken baby syndrome: With bill in wings ... Nov 22, 2005
...baby syndrome results when the brain is knocked against the skull, causing swelling and possible long-term disabilities, such as blindness, cerebral palsy and ...
- Milford Daily News,
Something wrong with oil company profits picture Nov 22, 2005
...soon, the number of American deaths could be passing the 3,000 or even 4,000 mark, with tens of thousands more suffering amputations, blindness and other ...
- Delphos Herald,
Dual Citizenship & Politics In The Caribbean Nov 22, 2005
...before the date of his appointment or is domiciled and resident in Grenada at that date; and is able to speak and, unless incapacitated by blindness or other ...
- Hardbeatnews.com,
Diabetes -- how sweet it isn't Nov 22, 2005
...earlier age than other people. Diabetes is the leading cause of adult blindness in the United States. People with diabetes should ...
- Pittsburgh Tribune-Review,
France and the issue of integration Nov 22, 2005
...a simple, mundane process. This policy of "color-blindness" has left the French government "culture-blind" as well. That is, the ...
- University of Dallas University News,
Group awards $34,138 to area nonprofits Nov 20, 2005
Prevent Blindness WI has been granted $4,000 to cover the cost of free screenings for approximately 500 at-risk adults. It is believed ...
- Green Bay Press Gazette,
GNC educates public during National Diabetes Month Nov 21, 2005
Only when diagnosed with a life — threatening complication such as heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure or blindness and kidney disease do they become ...
- Searcy Daily Citizen,
Commentary: Ward Connerly Needs a French Lesson to Clearly See ... Nov 22, 2005
Colorblindness didn’t work for Diouf, who, in spite of being French, saw suspicions about his ambitions, and blindness to his talent, arise in spite of all ...
- Black America Web,
A one in a million recovery Nov 22, 2005
Bolden says. Not that recovery was easy. Soon after the accountant returned home, she struggled with blindness. Her sight reappeared ...
- Greensboro News Record,
Animal-free lutein beadlet Nov 22, 2005
...between consumption of lutein and a lower incidence of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and cataracts, the leading causes for acquired blindness in the ...
- Ferret,
Blind Wanyoike has vision for the future Nov 20, 2005
..."We share our experiences and I explain to them how I coped with blindness and how I have managed to scale the heights of success in sports," he said. ...
- Standard,
MASTURBATION IS A DIRTY WORD. Nov 22, 2005
...horrific fantasies of debauchery it once did. Long gone are the days of hairy palms and blindness. Instead, fear and shame have given ...
- The Black Table,
Parking Lots, Pearl Jam, and Parshat Bereshit Nov 22, 2005
The higher level of knowledge and self-consciousness they eventually obtained eradicated their naïveté. A similar blindness exists in concert lots. ...
- The Commentator (subscription),
SNL comedian promotes local stem cell research Nov 22, 2005
It recognizes and supports stem cell biology’s potential for creating new therapies for the treatment of blindness and other debilitating eye diseases. ...
- The Duke Chronicle,
You were wondering ... Nov 22, 2005
Only a small percentage of people with color blindness cannot see any color at all. As a result, some people refer to the condition as color vision deficiency. ...
- The News Journal,
Van Sambeek, Peter A. Nov 22, 2005
...service, he returned to the Kimberly mill and worked his way up to Machine Tender, running paper machine #5. Despite his later onset of blindness, Pete enjoyed ...
- Appleton Post Crescent,
The blind fighting the blind over Christmas fundraiser Nov 22, 2005
The NZ foundation did not fundraise in Australia, believing this would be an invasion into areas served by Australian blindness organisations, Mrs Daye said. ...
- New Zealand Herald,
Dinner guests contribute to fight against blindness 02 Oct 2005
The reason surfaced later: The boy was suffering from retinitis pigmentosa, a degenerative eye disease that can eventually lead to blindness. ...
- Miami Herald
Genetic Testing Effective for eye Disease 02 Oct 2005
RP is a group of diseases, affecting one in every 3,500 individuals, in which retinal degeneration leads to blindness or severe vision loss. ...
- Ivanhoe
The Daily Dose: When good design goes bad 02 Oct 2005
Or, for that matter, the parasite Onchocerca volvulus, which causes river blindness — a particularly odious worm that generates nodules inside the brain ...
- Science & Theology News
Contaminated liquor kills at least 14 people 02 Oct 2005
Such incidents are common in rural India, where cheap, homemade brew is sometimes mixed with methyl alcohol, which can cause blindness or death. ...
- London Free Press
Lady Pack hosting College Park 02 Oct 2005
...more). FIELD ENGINEER Lufkin/Huntsville Livingston area C.....more). PROGRAM DIRECTOR Prevent Blindness Texas is curre.....more).
- Lufkin Daily News
A CHANCE TO MEND RELATIONS 02 Oct 2005
...in water, unchecked looters and abandoned corpses shows is an American failure, just as the photographs from Abu Ghraib point to our own moral blindness. ...
- Chicago Tribune
Partnership has ethical implications 02 Oct 2005
...system. High-dose exposure can result in severe mental retardation, cerebral palsy, blindness, deafness, seizures and even death. ...
- Tallahassee Democrat
Lawmakers want drivers off the phone 02 Oct 2005
...long conversations on cell phones fail to recognize objects and events in their field of vision, a phenomenon he called, "inattention blindness." Another study ...
- DetNews.com
Reviewing the P910i from Orange 02 Oct 2005
On the other hand it is very easy to get 'spec-blindness', and forget what a powerful device the P910 is, it remains a very well integrated and very powerful ...
- All About Symbian
ZESA accused of selling transformers with contaminated oil 02 Oct 2005
It is recommended that they be handled by experts as they can cause cancer, sterility, blindness and complications to pregnant women. ...
- Zimbabwe Mirror
Atlas of the folds of the cerebral cortex, online 02 Oct 2005
...other studies, PALS is already helping scientists understand how an inherited disorder changes the brain and how brain function adjusts in response to blindness ...
- Dominican Today
Glaucoma Study Compares Medication With Laser Treatments 02 Oct 2005
The second leading cause of irreversible blindness, glaucoma is called the silent killer of sight -- the loss of peripheral vision is gradual and can go ...
- Medical News Today (press release)
Program helps disabled hunters 02 Oct 2005
...held a rifle to his shoulder and downed a prime buck antelope in a field outside of Douglas, jittery joy building as he discovered his blindness could not ...
- Jackson Hole Star-Tribune
Eclipse of the Sun to occur 02 Oct 2005
He said viewing the sun without using appropriate filters may cause permanent eye damage or blindness. This is the fourth annular eclipse of the 21st century. ...
- Kenya Broadcasting Corporation
Blind have a ball at dinner event 02 Oct 2005
Maria Petas was born with a degenerative eye disease that eventually causes blindness, so as a girl her chef father taught her to cook blindfolded. ...
- Gainesville Sun
Hospitals urged to create awareness on glaucoma 02 Oct 2005
GLAUCOMA has been identified as one of the major causes of blindness in Malaysia and studies have shown that 54,000 people in the country have lost their ...
- New Straits Times
Medical innovations promise longer, better life 02 Oct 2005
...trimester pregnancy loss. Genetic disorders account for 50% of all childhood blindness and 50% of all childhood deafness. And between ...
- Engineering News
Importance of blood sugar control from onset of diabetes 02 Oct 2005
...loss of feeling. Serious complications can include foot ulcers, gangrene, amputations, blindness and kidney failure. In the study ...
- RxPG NEWS
NRI philanthropist works to remove blindness Oct 1, 2005
...philanthropist who lost his wife and two children in the 1985 Air India bombing is here to create awareness of his efforts at removing blindness among the ...
- Hindustan Times
Health official pats India on back Oct 1, 2005
He said the improved quality of blindness control programme was another success story and the country had set a 'Vision 2020' goal of narrowing the national ...
- Webindia123
Red Cross helps to curb blindness in Brong Ahafo Sep 26, 2005
Nkoranza, Sept 26, GNA - Brong-Ahafo Regional Chapter of the Ghana Red Cross Society has organised a four-day training workshop for 50 community leaders and ...
- GhanaWeb
Surgeon wins award for global eye charity work Sep 30, 2005
A HIGHGATE eye surgeon has been named volunteer of the year for her work to help prevent blindness across the globe. Gill Adams, who ...
- Hampstead Express
Study: Missouri diabetics struggle Sep 30, 2005
...pioneered the theory that controlling blood sugar levels could delay or prevent life-threatening complications such as heart disease and blindness in diabetics ...
- Columbia Daily Tribune
Trust seeks aid for anti-blindness drive Sep 27, 2005
...of Pakistan’s Al-Shifa Trust, Lt Gen (retired) Jahan Dad Khan has urged Pakistanis to support the trust in its efforts to fight the scourge of blindness. ...
- Gulf Times
Take the Politics Out of Disaster Relief Sep 30, 2005
The journey of an ice truck providing Katrina relief illustrates FEMA’s inability to coordinate and its blindness to cost effectiveness. ...
- The Independent Institute
A Knight to remember Sep 30, 2005
We never meet the husband, and the threat of blindness seems to open Knight's life to new experiences — like that weird and slightly wacky bike ride through ...
- The Journal News.com
NPCB review meeting on blindness inaugurated Sep 28, 2005
Assam Health Minister Bhumidhar Barman today said National Programme for Control of Blindness (NPCB) should get prominence for prevention of blindness in the ...
- Webindia123
The Price of President Bush's Blindness to the Clinton Menace Sep 19, 2005
Key political opponents say that President Bush is oblivious or insensitive to racism and poverry, or worse. BUT, President Bush ...
- The Conservative Voice
THE PRICE OF PRESIDENT BUSH'S BLINDNESS TO THE CLINTON MENACE Sep 19, 2005
By Michael J. Gaynor. Key political opponents say that President Bush is oblivious or insensitive to racism and poverty, or worse. ...
- MichNews.com
The gender blindness of current health care policy Sep 17, 2005
Democratic senators are griping that after spending three days questioning President George W. Bush's nominee for the most influential judgeship in the nation ...
- eTaiwan News
Advertisers Fight Banner Blindness With News Feeds Sep 18, 2005
...have a ready supply of content to dynamically place in ad units, but other brands are joining in the hopes of warding off "banner blindness" and building ...
- Adweek
Fighting Blindness tries to raise awareness of causes of blindness Sep 24, 2005
A meeting is being held in Dublin today to raise awareness about the largest single cause of blindness in Ireland. Age related macular ...
- Drogheda Independent
Study looks at gene linked to blindness Sep 19, 2005
LONDON, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- Scientists in Britain hope that studying a gene linked to a heredity form of congenital blindness will lead to a treatment. ...
- United Press International
Survey shows smokers risk blindness Sep 6, 2005
Many of the UK's 13 million smokers will be unaware of the link between smoking and age-related macular degeneration (AMD), which can lead to blindness. ...
- Scotsman
Cigarettes Linked to Late-Life Blindness Sep 7, 2005
AMD is the most common cause of legal blindness in people over the age of 55; it occurs in nearly one out of three people over the age of 75. ...
- FOX News
Smokers' blindness risk 'doubled' Sep 6, 2005
Smokers are twice as likely as non-smokers to lose their sight in later life, experts warn. The link between age-related macular ...
- BBC News
Blindness link Sep 7, 2005
The new anti-smoking message is that it makes you blind - but if lung cancer doesn't scare people enough to quit why should blindness? ...
- Channel 4 News
Smoking Linked To Blindness Sep 8, 2005
AMD is the most common cause of legal blindness in people over the age of 55; it occurs in nearly one out of three people over the age of 75. ...
- CBS News
'Bionic eye' has potential to cure blindness Sep 10, 2005
SCOTTISH scientists are developing an electronic implant that will be capable of curing two of the most common forms of blindness. ...
- Scotland on Sunday
Blunkett blames his manner on blindness Sep 6, 2005
Critics have called him harsh and abrasive, but now David Blunkett has blamed his blindness for making him seem "unresponsive and uncaring" at times. ...
- Guardian Unlimited
On our blindness to disaster Sep 10, 2005
By REX MURPHY. On half the Nations, and with fear of change Perplexes Monarchs. John Milton, Paradise Lost. The word disastrous is ...
- Globe and Mail
President Obasanjo tasks experts on blindness Sep 8, 2005
President Olusegun Obasanjo has called on opthalmologists to reverse the rising trend of blindness in Nigeria. He said the statistics ...
- The Tide
Prevent Blindness Indiana Names New CEO Sep 15, 2005
INDIANAPOLIS – Prevent Blindness Indiana (PBI) has selected Dick Lofgren to serve as its Chief Executive Officer. Lofgren will ...
- Inside INdiana Business (press release)
Smoking Linked to Blindness Sep 7, 2005
Smokers have double the risk of developing age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a condition that can cause blindness in later life, the BBC reported Sept. ...
- JoinTogether.org
Smoking 'doubles' blindness risk Sep 7, 2005
Campaigners, AMD Alliance UK and the Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB), are urging for blindness warnings on cigarette packets to alert the public ...
- DeHavilland
Smoking can cause blindness Sep 7, 2005
...journal Eye. According to the World Health Organisation, AMD is the leading cause of blindness in developed countries worldwide.
- 999 Today
OBJ raises alarm over rising cases of blindness Sep 6, 2005
...“The available evidence-based data on the incidence and prevalence of blindness in our country shows that 1.2 million Nigerians are blind and the number will ...
- Nigerian Tribune
How I beat blindness, illness and the school bullies to follow my ... Sep 14, 2005
By Gareth Bicknell, Daily Post. TIM STIRLING is a talented athlete, has just scaled one of the most dangerous mountains in Wales ...
- ic NorthWales
The gender blindness of current health care policy Sep 14, 2005
Taiwan needs more daycare facilities to take care of Alzheimer's patients whose number is on the rise but the public does not have adequate knowledge of the ...
- eTaiwan News
Stars come out to support corneal blindness Sep 5, 2005
THE "Tears of Hope, Tears of Helath" campaign of the Eye Bank of the Philippines (EBFP) and Visine Refresh gathered its famous supporters at the Nicotina ...
- Tempo
River Blindness Can Be Controlled Sep 7, 2005
COMMUNITIES near fast running rivers stand a risk of being affected by river blindness. Though it seems a 'forgotten' disease, river ...
- AllAfrica.com
Fund-raiser brings awareness to blindness Sep 9, 2005
Mart Vision Center Manager Ryan Murray, the annual "Campaign to Save Sight" event will run from 11 am to 5 pm to raise funds for Prevent Blindness America, a ...
- Cheboygan Daily Tribune (subscription)
Dirty On Purpose, Mind Blindness Video Sep 15, 2005
...overwhelming mixture, simultaneously tugging and hugging your heart. Check out the companion video to the single "Mind Blindness"!
- Filter Magazine
Preventing blindness Sep 1, 2005
The meetings will be addressed by expert speakers on the condition. Attendance is free and all are welcome, according to the organisers, Fighting Blindness.
- Irish Health
Bauchi spends N25m on river blindness Sep 2, 2005
More than N25 million has been spent for the treatment of 964,139 river blindness patients in Bauchi State since the year 2000. ...
- The Tide
Over 3.6 million cured of river blindness in DR Congo`s Kasai Sep 10, 2005
...people representing about 58 percent of the population in DR Congo`s Western Kasai province received mectizan drugs to cure river blindness (Onchocerciasis) in ...
- AngolaPress
Blindness prevalent in SI Sep 6, 2005
Dr Adu said most of the blindness in SI were caused by cataract. ... Meanwhile, Dr Adu advised the public to protect their eyes to avoid future blindness. ...
- Solomon Star Newspaper
Bennettsville eye clinic gets tool to help diabetics fight ... Sep 5, 2005
A new piece of optical hardware, which is designed to help people diagnosed with diabetes avoid the associated risk of blindness, has come to a Bennettsville ...
- Florence Morning News
Doctors Blame Parasite During Pregnancy for Blindness, Brain ... Sep 13, 2005
...doesn't know whether it was the undercooked eggs she ate while she was pregnant or parasites from the pet cat that caused her daughter's blindness and brain ...
- KPHO Phoenix
Smoking May Lead to Blindness Sep 13, 2005
Many smokers don't seem to know it, but lighting up can lead to blindness. Researchers in the UK found cigarette smoking was associated ...
- WLNS
Research Could Lead To New Treatments for Blindness Sep 12, 2005
Scientists have discovered how to make cells sensitive to light in what may lead to a new approach to treating certain forms of blindness. ...
- eMaxHealth.com
Right Parietal Cortex Plays a Critical Role in Change Blindness Sep 3, 2005
When that region of the brain was effectively switched off, ‘change blindness’ (a failure to notice large changes in a visual scene) occurred. ...
- RxPG NEWS
Blindness is no obstacle; it's a blessing Sep 12, 2005
By Sarah Wright. Juan Pablo Guzman, 26, public information officer at the City of Nogales, said, "I thank God for making me a blind individual.". ...
- Nogales International
A Case of Tranquil Blindness at APSA Sep 4, 2005
Yesterday I attended a panel at the APSA convention, chaired by Robert A. Pape, with the grandiose title: Suicide Bombing, Counter Terrorism and Mobilizing a ...
- Jawa Report
Mt. Shasta International & Taos Mountain Film Festival to Screen ... Oct 1, 2005
His mission: to end preventable blindness in Tibet — which has the highest rate of untreated cataract blindness in the world — by 2020. ...
- PR Web (press release)
Autism and Blindness. Research and Reflections Aug 31, 2005
This intriguing issue can be explored by means of a fourfold table of people with/without blindness (or other sensory-perceptual damage) and with/without autism ...
- British Journal of Psychiatry (subscription)
Diagnosis of mysterious symptoms can prevent blindness of ... Aug 31, 2005
...solved. They were diagnosed with temporal arteritis, a dangerous inflammation of the arteries in the face that can lead to blindness. ...
- South Bend Tribune
FDA Announces Recall of Potentially Contaminated Eye Solution for ... Aug 30, 2005
The product may be contaminated with Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a bacterium, that if applied to the eyes, might lead to serious injury including possible blindness ...
- Newsinferno.com
The price of President Bush's blindness to the Clinton menace Sep 19, 2005
Key political opponents say that President Bush is oblivious or insensitive to racism and poverty, or worse. BUT, President Bush ...
- renewamerica.us
Media Invitation - Media are invited to attend the launch of World ... Sep 29, 2005
TORONTO, Sept. 29 /CNW/ - Keynote speaker; Dr. Daniel Etya'ale is a world expert on blindness and a highly skilled Cameroonian ophthalmologist. ...
- Canada NewsWire (press release)
Vitamin Angel Alliance Oct 1, 2005
..."Vitamin Angel Alliance, a non-profit, non-sectarian organization, was created in 1994 to fight malnutrition and childhood blindness around the world.Initially ...
- Bella Online
BLIND CHARITY LEFT LEGACY Sep 30, 2005
Birmingham Focus on Blindness (BFB) has been able to add words and pictures as well as messages in various languages, completing the final stage of the ...
- Community Newswire
Cigarettes Linked to Late-Life Blindness Sep 7, 2005
...age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in a review of studies conducted by researchers in the UK AMD is the most common cause of legal blindness in people over ...
- Borsa-Italia.Net
Report: Most Missouri diabetics at risk for complications Sep 29, 2005
...the theory 30 years ago that controlling blood sugar levels could delay or prevent life-threatening complications like heart disease and blindness in diabetics ...
- Kansas City Star
Extremely Premature Babies Often Face Lifelong Disabilities Sep 29, 2005
Cerebral palsy, mental retardation, chronic lung disease, blindness and hearing loss are among the lifelong challenges that often face extremely premature ...
- Daily News Central
Wiener is first Faculty Senate Distinguished Service winner Sep 25, 2005
He was honored for his achievements in blindness and low vision studies and for his service to students and faculty of the Graduate College. ...
- WMU News
Sirna Partners With Allergan on AMD Sep 29, 2005
...to develop compounds to treat age-related blindness. ... AMD is a condition where abnormal blood vessels grow in front of the retina and leak, causing blindness. ...
- MSN Money
Biotech, Drug Stocks Spun By Suits Oct 1, 2005
...sold off shares of biotech leader Genentech (nyse: DNA - news - people ) last week amid heightened concerns regarding an experimental blindness treatment and ...
- Forbes
Ms President gets TV vote Oct 1, 2005
...than in Britain. I expected a culture that was more friendly to gender equality and more advanced in gender-blindness. It was a ...
- Scotsman
Blind to eyecare Oct 1, 2005
...donated. Though blindness is either curable or avoidable in 80% of the cases, but initiatives are lacking in this direction. These ...
- Financial Express
Novartis, new products portfolio Oct 1, 2005
...ranibizumab ), the potential new "gold standard" treatment for wet age-related macular degeneration ( AMD ), the leading cause of blindness in people over age ...
- Xagena.it
Good chance of seeing solar eclipse – but don't risk eye damage Oct 1, 2005
But astronomers and health charities have warned that serious and permanent damage with a real risk of blindness can occur if the sun is observed with the ...
- Yorkshire Post Today
CFS sees 'City Lights' Sep 30, 2005
This sometimes-friend acts as benefactor for Chaplin, and he in turn becomes a benefactor for the blind girl, whose blindness he has vowed to cure. ...
- Villanovan (subscription)
Partial eclipse over Norfolk Oct 1, 2005
..."Those who take the chance to try and observe the eclipse mustn't look straight at it. Serious damage, even blindness, can result.". ...
- Norfolk Eastern Daily Press
Tehran observes partial eclipse Oct 1, 2005
Eclipses should be observed by means of special filters used to interrupt harm into human eyes, which if neglected will end into blindness at times.
- Persian Journal
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