Casper native seeks cure for diabetes-related vision loss Nov 15, 2009
Diabetes can lead to heart disease, stroke, blindness, kidney failure, nerve problems responsible for 60 percent of all amputations, a sharply reduced quality of life and sometimes death, a researcher of the disease said Saturday ... Steinle, who graduated from Kelly Walsh High School in 1993, has been working on a medicine that may prevent blindness in diabetics ... Excess sugar also can damage nerves and cause new blood vessels to develop in the eye, which can interfere with vision and cause... (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Brain 'can beat early blindness' Nov 15, 2009
Brain 'can beat early blindness. Some blindness is reversible. (Yahoo News -- Brain Research)
Trials for 'bionic' eye implants Nov 15, 2009
Retinal implants are able to partially restore the vision of people with particular forms of blindness caused by diseases such as macular degeneration or retinitis pigmentosa. About 1. (Yahoo News -- Disabilities and the Disabled)
Today's PC Army Nov 15, 2009
Worse than the willful blindness with regard to his motives were the efforts by some to make excuses for Maj. Hasan's behavior. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Cataract Surgery Doesn't Worsen AMD Nov 14, 2009
AMD is the most common cause of blindness in adults 55 years of age and older. In the latest issue of the Archives of Ophthalmology, Dr. Neil M. Bressler from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, and colleagues describe the outcomes of cataract surgery performed on 86 eyes with AMD from 86 elderly patients. (Newsmax)
'An Act of War' Nov 14, 2009
This was committed by a person who had been actively in touch with and actively supportive of terrorist activities, and I think it takes a willful blindness to minimize this. And we're right back to where we were with the World Trade Center bombing the first time, in 1993, or to the FBI refusing to follow up on indications of terrorist pilot training before 2001. (Fox News)
Food-Borne Ills Can Have Lasting Consequences Nov 14, 2009
And infants whose mothers were infected with toxoplamosis, caused by a food-borne parasite, can develop mental retardation, crossed-eyes and in some cases blindness in one or both eyes. "It's not just these five," Roberts said. (MEDLINEplus)
CHAT TRANSCRIPT: James Healey answers yor questions Nov 14, 2009
Blindness to the appeal of retrained power. Nobody in other countries likes to listen to the rest of the song without having to keep the engine running, wasting fuel and causing needless emissions. (USA Today -- Money)
Read the story Nov 13, 2009
Now you will see all the rivals and enemies of the USA openly favoring Barack Obama, counting on our blindness and stupidity so we elect the other team -their team- and thus completing the economic and political ruin of this power in the coming four years. People, we are facing world class political chess players, appearances are deceiving. (CBS News -- Evening News)
Ponzo: Fall hazards Nov 13, 2009
The frost on your windows, combined with the rising sun causes temporary blindness. If your windows are not cleared, you can be cited for impeded operation by a police officer. (Stoneham Sun, MA)
Laser Surgery Does Not Appear To Have Long-term Effects On Corneal Cells Nov 13, 2009
This study was supported by a grant from the National Institutes of Health, by Research to Prevent Blindness Inc., and by the Mayo Foundation. Journal reference. (Science Daily)
November 14 is World Diabetes Day Nov 13, 2009
The disease is a leading cause of blindness, kidney failure, heart attack, stroke and amputation. Diabetes will cost the world economy at least US$376 billion in 2010, or 11. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
> Best in Business II: Retina Institute of Hawaii Nov 13, 2009
Michael Bennett founded the with a straightforward mission: enhance the quality of life by improving sight, preventing blindness and advancing medical knowledge through research ... For example, it is one of just 26 sites in the country conducting clinical trials for NeoVista s Novel Wet AMD Therapy, an alternative treatment for a type of macular degeneration cited as the leading cause of vision loss and blindness in Americans age 65 and older. (Pacific Business News, HI)
Lack Of VEGF Can Cause Defects Similar To Dry Macular Degeneration Nov 13, 2009
(June 16, 2009) Scientists have identified a new target for the diagnosis and treatment of age-related macular degeneration, the most common cause of blindness in older ... 15, 2006) A drug commonly used to slow the loss of central vision has shown promise in stemming a common precursor of blindness in diabetics, which involves the same central light-sensitive area of retina. (Science Daily)
Africa: Chewing Gum Fights Malnutrition Nov 11, 2009
Currently, Vitamin A deficiency is the leading cause of preventable blindness in children and increases disease risk and death from severe infections. In pregnant women it causes night blindness and may increase the risk of maternal mortality, according to WHO.. (allAfrica.com)
Cant we recognize domestic terrorism? Nov 11, 2009
Or just your good old fashioned repuglican chutzpah and blindness by not mentioning another BIG DOMESTIC TERRORIST PLOT that killed hundreds of innocents including CHILDREN. Makes me wonder. DebbieDoRight. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
The horse genome: Riding high Nov 11, 2009
This afflicts spotted horses, particularly a breed called Appaloosas, with a form of night blindness similar to one that sometimes afflicts people ... If they have two copies (one from each parent), they show no spots in their patches and are likely to suffer from night blindness. (The Economist)
2010 Will Not Be Like 1994 Nov 11, 2009
Another example of national GOP messaging at odds with local interests was Hoffman s anti-earmark pledge, which was crazy in a district that relies on Fort Drum for a significant part of its economy and a perfect expression of the Washington-oriented blindness that has afflicted the national party leadership for years. It is another expression of the absolutely unfounded notion that the public turned against the GOP because of spending and especially because of earmarks. (The American Conservative)
8 basic diabetes questions answered Nov 10, 2009
Long term, exercise helps lower the risk of complications like blindness and nerve and kidney damage by helping you better manage blood-sugar levels. On the diet front, a recent study found that type 2 diabetics who ate a Mediterranean diet, which is rich in fish, fruits, nuts, and olive oil, lost more weight and went longer without blood-sugar-lowering medication than those on a low-fat diet. (CNN)
Letters to the editor (11/9/09) Nov 9, 2009
Diabetes is the number one cause of kidney failure, amputation, and blindness. There is no cure for diabetes, but most of the complications from diabetes can be prevented if people are diagnosed and treated early. (Anchorage Daily News)
Breeding Better Broccoli: Research Points To Pumped Up Lutein Levels In Broccoli Nov 9, 2009
25, 2006) Eating spinach could protect your eyes from the leading cause of blindness in western society, say experts at The University of Manchester. With the aid of a new eye instrument, they have launched a. (Science Daily)
Majority cannot deprive the minority Nov 8, 2009
t jefferson wrote on Nov 7, 2009 10:20 AM:" v - if you can't see the rights that have been taken away by the progressives over the years, no one can help you. Blindness is a common aliment among progressive, unless it has to due with rights they invent, then they claim to see violations everywhere.How about these:Right to be free of government intervention in my life.Right to raise my children without government intervention.Right to keep the money I earn.Right to bear arms.Right to petition... (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Tia H. Cheney Nov 7, 2009
She fought through pain, blindness, ulcers, dialysis, a coma, loss of teeth and many other health issues, all while maintaining an attitude of what do I need to do next. As she learned the struggles of waiting for a kidney and pancreas transplant, she became a staunch advocate and activist for organ donation and juvenile diabetes. (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)
After setbacks, small successes for gene therapy Nov 7, 2009
There were three recent, though small, successes -- one involving children with a fatal brain disease, one with an eye disease that causes blindness and one with children who have a disease that destroys the immune system ... There were three recent, though small, successes -- one involving children with a fatal brain disease, one with an eye disease that causes blindness and one with children who have a disease that destroys the immune system. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Researchers find new way to attack inflammation in Graves' eye disease Nov 7, 2009
Funding: National Institutes of Health, Research to Prevent Blindness (including a Research to Prevent Blindness Career Development Award), and the Bell Charitable Foundation. Learn more at. (EurekAlert!)
Gene Therapy Helps 2 Kids Suffering From Rare Brain Disease Nov 7, 2009
The disease typically strikes between the ages of four and 10, leading to blindness, deafness, dementia and loss of muscle control, and killing them within a few years. Bone marrow transplants can halt ALD by letting new myelin-forming stem cells take root. (Fox News)
Drugs Can Help Treat Diabetes Nov 7, 2009
If diabetes goes untreated, it can cause serious health problems including blindness, loss of limbs and even death. According to , Type 1 diabetes is diagnosed when the body cannot produce any insulin; Type 2 when the body can produce insulin, but not a sufficient amount to properly regulate blood sugar. (KFOXTV.com, TX)
Selma Cancer Support helps people and families Nov 7, 2009
Doctors told him that more surgery could leave him a vegetable, and more radiation could result in blindness. For those reasons, he decided against further treatment. (Selma Enterprise, CA)
Tech Helps Curb Infant Blindness Nov 6, 2009
One of the most frightening was a risk of blindness that doctors sometimes don't recognize until too late. Thanks to a Stanford telemedicine program, doctors can remotely diagnose , or ROP, a condition that threatens 80,000 premature babies annually in the United States and causes blindness in up to 600 ... Weighing the risk of blindness and the risks of treatment, the physician must strike a fine balance between delaying treatment for those babies who might recover on their own and rapidly... (Yahoo News -- Children's Health)
Help available for people living with diabetes Nov 6, 2009
"I often tell the patients I work with that improving their A1C scores can make a positive impact on lowering their risk for developing diabetes-related complications like blindness and amputation.". Innovations like continuous blood sugar monitors and insulin pen delivery devices have made managing diabetes easier, but the health care system has struggled to keep up with what is rapidly becoming a global diabetes crisis. (Lake City Reporter, FL)
Gene therapy halts brain disease Nov 6, 2009
Sufferers gradually lose the myelin sheath, a protective layer coating the brain's nerve fibers, leading to disabilities such as blindness, deafness, seizures and progressive dementia ... A study published in October showed success with gene therapy in a type of inherited blindness call Leber congenital amaurosis and in January a follow-up study of SCID children concluded that eight of 10 treated seemed to be cured. (MSNBC -- Health)
Domestic Horse Genome Sequenced Nov 6, 2009
Horses carrying this trait often suffer from a form of night blindness, a disorder that also afflicts humans. The researchers narrowed the list of genetic suspects in horses to 42 associated SNPs, including two candidate mutations residing near a gene involved in pigmentation. (Science Daily)
The value of life, part II Nov 6, 2009
It is no simple thing to rationally entertain the thought that the $50 we spend on an evening out would pay for simple cataract surgery, curing a young girl s blindness. Is the value of a pleasurable night out worth more to us than a stranger s future. (Paragould Daily Press, AR)
Understanding Diabetes in America Nov 4, 2009
As symptoms progress, heart disease, kidney disease, pancreatic cancer, and blindness are a few of the life-threatening ailments linked to diabetes. Ultimately, diabetes has the potential to cause premature death in adults, and death from insulin complications in children and teens is not uncommon in American society. (Suite101.com)
Eyebrow Waxing Can Spread Herpes Nov 4, 2009
Beauty Treatment Can Lead To Blindness ... According to recent information in the Digital Journal of Opthalmology, which is affiliated with Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, there are approximately 500,000 cases of ocular herpes each year in the U.S. While most cases can be treated, there is no cure and severe cases can also lead to blindness. (Click2Houston, TX)
Diabetes education effort launched Nov 4, 2009
The gathering was to announce a new effort aimed at helping people identify diabetes and take steps before it results in amputation, kidney failure, blindness and even lethal complications, such as heart disease. The county's Florida Hospitals, Halifax Health Medical Center and Bert Fish Medical Center are working through the O'Neill Foundation for Community Health on the effort that will result in a community forum coming up this week and distribution of pamphlets that identify the disease's... (Daytona Beach News Journal)
Giving sight by therapy with genes Nov 3, 2009
Starting at about two weeks, all 12 had significant improvement, said Stephen Rose, chief research officer at the Foundation Fighting Blindness, which helped finance the study ... But its certainly a reversal of the blindness. (India Times, India)
Health Care Overhaul IV: This Time, It's Personal Nov 3, 2009
Even careful users will frequently experience highs (which increase the likelihood of long-term complications like heart disease and blindness) and lows (which can be immediately life-threatening). . (Townhall.com)
Bay Bridge Back in Business Nov 3, 2009
I can't drive due to blindness but do use mass transit. Am in Seattle. (CBS News)
Calif. Man Gets Prison For Aiming Laser At Planes Nov 3, 2009
The laser beam struck one pilot in the eye, causing "flash blindness," and interfered with pilots' ability to land the other plane. Copyright 2009 by. (Click2Houston, TX)
Mortality Rates Reduced Among Children Whose Mothers Received Iron-folic Acid Supplements Nov 3, 2009
The research was supported by the Center for Human Nutrition; National Society for the Prevention of Blindness; the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; the Sight and Life Research Institute; the National Institutes of Health; the Office of Health; Infectious Diseases; and Nutrition; the US Agency for International Development and the Johns Hopkins University. Journal reference. (Science Daily)
Tap wealth of local products emerging to fight 'neglected' diseases of poor: study Nov 3, 2009
NTDs include trachoma, the leading cause of preventable blindness worldwide, elephantiasis, leprosy, dengue fever, hookworm infection and schistosomiasis. World spending to battle such illnesses, however, amounts to a relative drop in the bucket -- just $500 million in 2007 or about 5% of the total invested in new drugs, vaccines and diagnostics worldwide. (EurekAlert!)
Russia 'simulates' nuclear attack on Poland... Nov 3, 2009
I being the first born in the United States have nothing but contempt for the weakness and blindness of this administration and the inconsideration that they hold for the sacrafices of so many that died with this wishy washy good for nothing appeasment philosophy. Everyone will soon see in their life what this kind of approach brings. (The Drudge Report)
Headaches and heartaches: Wife's persistence leads to relief Nov 2, 2009
Jason received a new quiver of pills, but still drew no relief, at one point suffering a temporary side effect of near blindness. With 40 to 100 ice-pick attacks a day, the emergency room became a frequent destination, and he took a six-month medical leave from work. (Allston Brighton TAB, MA)
Cataract surgery helps AMD patients; steroid improves DME; online eye health forum Nov 2, 2009
Data was obtained from the multicenter, prospective Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS), funded by the National Eye Institute (NEI), which was organized primarily to evaluate the effects of high-dose vitamin and mineral supplements on cataract and AMD. As the American population ages AMD prevalence is expected to rise, and many patients will concurrently develop cataract; both diseases can cause blindness if untreated. "Earlier epidemiology had suggested cataract surgery might worsen AMD, so... (EurekAlert!)
Edit: Talking Tough Nov 2, 2009
Other statements made by her regarding the denial, the wilful blindness so prevalent in the Pakistani polity and politics, go to the heart of the problems plaguing the country today. The political space for secular parties has been occupied by weak, squabbling actors. (India Times, India)
More kids have diabetes, fewer schools have nurses Nov 2, 2009
A leading cause of death in the USA, diabetes can lead to debilitating or fatal complications, including heart disease, stroke, blindness and kidney disease. More than 65% of people with diabetes die from heart disease or stroke. (USA Today)
Brain 'can beat early blindness' Nov 1, 2009
Brain 'can beat early blindness. Some blindness is reversible. (Yahoo News -- Brain Research)
NKF sets aside S$10m to help needy kidney donors Nov 1, 2009
It covers the donor against death, total and permanent disability, and 30 critical illnesses including stroke and blindness. Under the amended HOTA, organ recipients may have to compensate living donors for costs incurred as a result of the transplant. (Channelnewsasia.com)
Patent medicine makers claimed to cure all Nov 1, 2009
Aggressively marketed patent medicines, offering supposed cures for anything and everything, from bowel complaints to blindness, were all the rage in the 19th and early 20th centuries. In an age of nonexistent government regulation, these proprietary medicines were often formulated by entrepreneurs with little or no medical background who then made hyper-exaggerated claims for their curative properties. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Trials for 'bionic' eye implants Oct 31, 2009
Retinal implants are able to partially restore the vision of people with particular forms of blindness caused by diseases such as macular degeneration or retinitis pigmentosa. About 1. (Yahoo News -- Disabilities and the Disabled)
Change may curb diabetes risk Oct 31, 2009
Diabetes is the main cause of kidney failure, limb amputations and new onset blindness in adults and a major cause of heart disease and stroke. The outcomes study is a follow-up to a Diabetes Prevention Program clinical trial involving 3,234 overweight or obese adults with elevated blood glucose levels, a precursor to diabetes. (Honolulu Advertiser)
A Ballerina's Triumph Over Diabetes Oct 31, 2009
Like many people who receive the diagnosis of diabetes she spent a lot of time in denial and yet in intense fear of developing the possible complications she was warned about such as stroke, heart attack, kidney failure and blindness. When Zippora was finally correctly diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes because her body fails to produce insulin, she began to gain glycemic control. (Suite101.com)
Sight gone, but not necessarily lost? Oct 31, 2009
Poorly developed blood vessels can lead to visual impairment or even blindness ... Mice lacking functional Fz4 have poor blood vessel growth in the retina and are blind, but it was not known whether the blood vessel deficiency was the cause of blindness or whether the absence of Fz4 leads to some other defect that causes blindness. (EurekAlert!)
Heroic challenge Oct 30, 2009
" L/Cpl Lundberg explained his blindness did not diminish his experience in any way. "I've had a whole team of people explaining what they can see. You don't get one view, you get 10 views of what it looks like. (BBC News -- UK)
Nestl: The unrepentant chocolatier Oct 30, 2009
Some 2 billion people suffer from deficiencies of such vitamins and minerals, with impacts ranging from blindness to premature death. The firm had dismissed infant cereal as a niche product, but now its researchers are using that product as a carrier for probiotics and vitamins for children. (The Economist)
2009 Glaucoma Week is launched Oct 30, 2009
Untreated glaucoma results in blindness because of the irreversible damage it causes ... Dr Imoro Braimah, an Ophthalmologist at Korle-bu Teaching Hospital, said the disease was a silent 'thief' of sight and the second cause of blindness after cataract ... He said glaucoma like diabetes and hypertension were diseases that could be managed and not cured and blindness could cost the nation dearly. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
High cost of feral cats (7) Oct 29, 2009
Toxoplasmosis also damages human embryos, causing infant mortality, cerebral palsy, blindness, mental retardation and other birth defects. Plus, feral cats transfer roundworms, hookworms and ringworm to humans and wildlife. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
"Sight for Africa" screens 1,500 people in Accra Oct 29, 2009
Mr Antwi said Sight for Africa was set up in 2003 with the sole aim of providing eye care services to the poor and vulnerable and the need to avoid preventable blindness. He said the NGO also offered free education on the eye through partnership with other organizations and governments. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Why the CIA Can't Be Picky About Afghan Partners Oct 29, 2009
We came into Afghanistan in October 2001 with the same willful blindness. The CIA knew that its ally the Tajik Northern Alliance was a paid-up proxy of Iran, just as it was fully aware that another ally, Uzbek General Dostum, was one of Afghanistan's great butchers (though Dostum has always denied the widespread allegations of his brutality). (Time.com)
A Decade Later, Lifestyle Changes Or Metformin Still Lower Type 2 Diabetes Risk Oct 29, 2009
It is the main cause of kidney failure, limb amputations, and new onset blindness in adults and a major cause of heart disease and stroke. Type 2 diabetes, which accounts for up to 95 percent of all diabetes cases, becomes more common with increasing age. (Science Daily)
Could medical homes help improve health care in the U.S.? Oct 29, 2009
Put primary care doctors like Klitgaard on the front end, the theory goes, and they could make sure patients see the right specialists, avoid duplicative tests, get proper medications and prevent the worst complications of chronic illness, such as diabetes-related blindness. Our system has gotten very good at paying for things to be done to patients, as opposed to keeping patients from having to have things done to them, said Dr. Ted Epperly, chair of the American Academy of Family... (MSNBC -- Health)
Potential sentence could vary for juvenile Oct 28, 2009
kalihees wrote on Oct 26, 2009 5:06 PM:" Byron, I will not waste my time in attempt to reach some sort of sanity from you. You have your right to believe what it is you would like top believe. That said, you should know that I believe that this child perpetrator has God to judge them-not you or anyone else. Adult prision is not going to help them. It will only worsen whatever emotional and psychiatrical issues that they have. I am sure past trauma to this child has caused them to become the way... (Jefferson City News Tribune, MO)
Gene therapy experiment restores sight in a few Oct 27, 2009
"The study by Bennett and co-workers will further boost gene therapy trials and provide hope for patients with inherited blindness and other genetic disorders," Dr Frans Cremers and Dr Rob Collin of Nijmegen Medical Center in the Netherlands wrote in a commentary. A faulty gene means patients with LCA start to lose their vision in childhood. (MSNBC -- Health)
Type two diabetes tipped to double over next 40 years Oct 27, 2009
Despite best efforts, the majority of Australians with type 2 diabetes are unable to achieve their treatment goals, placing them at greater risk of developing complications - including heart disease, kidney failure, blindness and ; amputations. . (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
