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It wasn’t easy for Madeleine Robb to send an e-mail to another mom warning that her baby might have a deadly form of eye cancer. But she’s glad she did it — and so is the mother of 1-year-old Rowan Santos.
“I didn’t want to scare her,” Robb told TODAY co-host Meredith Vieira from London […]
1. Mix a cup of blueberries with a cup of yogurt for breakfast this morning.
2. Spread bilberry jam on your morning toast.
3. Have spinach twice a week.
4. Cook with red onions, not yellow.
5. Aim your car vents at your feet — not your eyes.
6. Move your computer screen to just below eye level. […]
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 1 /PRNewswire/ — A recent survey by the American Optometric Association (AOA), revealed that Americans aren’t taking their eye health as seriously as they should, particularly when it comes to protecting their eyes from the potentially blinding effects of diabetes and diabetic eye disease.
According to the AOA’s 2007 American Eye-Q® survey, more […]
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS — (MARKET WIRE) — May 23, 2007 — The Tear Film & Ocular Surface Society (”TFOS”) presented the findings of the International Workshop on the Definition, Diagnosis and Classification of Dry Eye Disease.
The Dry Eye WorkShop (”DEWS”), sponsored by TFOS, was created to provide an evidence-based critical review and summary of the classification, […]
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 13 /PRNewswire/ — Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of visual impairment and blindness in Americans older than 50, affecting more than two million people.
March is AMD Awareness Month, and the American Academy of Ophthalmology wants to remind people that although AMD is incurable, there are new treatments that can […]
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U.S. spending on health care hit nearly $2 trillion in 2005, fueled by the cost of hospital care, doctor fees and prescription drugs, government experts said in an annual report released on Tuesday.
Health-care spending grew 6.9 percent to about $1.99 trillion from about $1.86 trillion in 2004, a slower pace than the 7.9 […]