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(author unknown), Y! Health Eyes & Vision News
Reuters - Parents now have another reason to shoo their kids outdoors to play, along with making sure they get enough fresh air and exercise. In a study, Australian researchers found evidence that children who spent the most time outdoors were the least likely to suffer from myopia, also called nearsightedness...
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Aug 11, 2008
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(author unknown), Y! Health Eyes & Vision News
HealthDay - MONDAY, Aug. 11 (HealthDay News) -- About half of all American adults don't have the 20/20 vision physicians consider optimal because they are nearsighted, farsighted, or have an irregular corneal curve known as astigmatism, a large, new study reports....
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Aug 11, 2008
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Reuters - Half of all Americans have some sort of vision problem, most of them myopia or astigmatism, U.S. researchers reported on Monday....
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Aug 11, 2008
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(author unknown), Prevent Blindness America Eye Health and Safety News
Brenda J. Luckritz, of Novartis Corporation, Richard C. Elias of PPG Industries and Richard A. Meier of Advanced Medical Optics (AMO) were elected to the Prevent Blindness America Board of Directors....
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Aug 08, 2008
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(author unknown), Prevent Blindness America Eye Health and Safety News
Late last week, the Senate voted on -- but was unable to pass -- a package of bills that included the Advancing America's Priorities Act and the Vision Care for Kids Act....
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Aug 05, 2008
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(author unknown), Prevent Blindness America Eye Health and Safety News
Amblyopia is responsible for more loss of vision in people age 45 and younger than all other eye diseases and trauma combined....
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Aug 04, 2008
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AP - Dr. Paul Dougherty delicately slipped a tiny lens inside the right eye of 7-year-old Megan Garvin ? a last-ditch shot at saving her sight in that eye....
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Aug 04, 2008
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(author unknown), Prevent Blindness America Eye Health and Safety News
More than 22 million Americans age 40 and older have cataracts. It is the number one age-related eye disease, with more cases than glaucoma, macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy combined....
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Jul 30, 2008
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(author unknown), Prevent Blindness America Eye Health and Safety News
"Our Vision for Children's Vision" provides a detailed strategy to promote children's vision and eye health and creates a framework for bringing key stakeholders together to make children's vision health a national priority....
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Jul 21, 2008
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(author unknown), Y! Health Eyes & Vision News
HealthDay - FRIDAY, July 18 (HealthDay News) -- Correcting lazy eye in adults is supposed to be impossible, but researchers report they have been able to do that -- at least partially and temporarily -- by beaming magnetic pulses into the brain....
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Jul 18, 2008
