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Doctor: Driver in Okla. Train Wreck Had Bad Eyes
colliding with the oncoming train. McKay told the panel said that driver of the eastbound train had suffered from glaucoma and cataracts , and that from 2006 to 2009 he complained of deteriorating vision in his left eye. "He repeatedly complained
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For Legally Blind Pole Vaulter, the Sky's the Limit
weeks old, Charlotte started losing her sight. Doctors didn't know why. She endured several surgeries. Doctors removed cataracts and tried artificial lenses. Nothing seemed to help. Charlotte now reads and writes in Braille, uses large magnifying glasses
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Two More Compounding Pharmacies Recall Drugs Over Infection Fears
a cancer drug but has been used off-label to treat macular degeneration . Clinical Specialties is a small compounding pharmacy called Lucentis, which has been FDA-approved to treat macular degeneration but costs about $2,000 per injection. Avastin, on
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Cancer Risk From Fukushima Found in Japanese Infants
told reporters. The agency report said direct effects of radiation – the so-called deterministic effects, which include cataracts and infertility – would not be expected at the estimated radiation levels. The report was not able to say how many people
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J.Crew's Lyons Emerges a Swan After Childhood Disorderpotential vision problems, including crossed eyes, cataracts or blindness . Emily Batista, an 18-year-old who made a film develop the severest symptoms like retardation or blindness , and who, like Jenna Lyons, will escape its devastation
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Aspirin Use Tied to Age-Related Vision Loss
increased risk of vision loss with age age-related macular degeneration . The results high risk for macular degeneration . Aspirin Use Tied to Vision Loss Any risk-benefit age-related macular degeneration . "Any decision
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Cosmic Radiation Could Cause Alzheimer's in Mars Astronautsdeep space. Cosmic radiation beyond low Earth orbit, researchers say, could lead to cancer, cardiovascular disease, even cataracts . Radiation exposure can cause acute effects such as nausea, vomiting, fatigue, skin injury and changes to white blood
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Ann Romney Shares Her $137.50 Costco Listwith raising a family while suffering from multiple sclerosis, a neurological disease that can cause weakness, numbness and vision loss . She's also a breast-cancer survivor. She noted that Costco rotisserie chicken was a staple in the Romney household
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Four Generations Skydive for Washington Man's 87th BirthdayHaskins to take the jump, but he said it was important to him to do it now because he is going blind. "He has macular degeneration , so he's losing his eyesight, and my son is deploying to Afghanistan in the near future, and he wanted to
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Will we be the first Martians?
from solar events is significant," he concedes. Even with shielding, Mars travel poses lifetime radiation risks for " cataracts , skin damage, central nervous system damage, and impaired immune systems," as well as fatal cancers, according
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Landing people on Mars: 5 obstacles
spacesuits, and a thin layer of polyethylene could be used in suits. Helmet visors would be coated to reduce the chance of cataracts . Sex in the solar system Problem: Human nature. Sex in space is a subject that has fascinated people ever since men and women
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How Old Is Too Old to Drive?offers the following advice for senior drivers to evaluate when it's time to stop driving: Conditions like cataracts and glaucoma can diminish sight and hamper driving ability. An eye doctor can help establish whether your sight is good enough
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West Nile Virus: Know the Signs and Symptoms
characterized by high fever, headache, neck stiffness, stupor, disorientation, coma, tremors, convulsions, muscle weakness, vision loss , numbness and paralysis. Illness may last several weeks, and neurological effects may be permanent. Shaffner says people
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Miss Florida USA Contestant Is Legally BlindStargardt's disease, a genetic disorder that causes progressive vision loss . Now 18 and soon to be a freshman at Florida State University, Boss prefers that her blindness be kept under wraps, her mother Traci Boss said. "She doesn't
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Jack Osbourne Gets Montel Williams' Help on MS Diagnosis
after receiving the shocking diagnosis that he has multiple sclerosis, Jack Osbourne says he is doing "pretty good." The vision loss that caused doctors to diagnose the former reality-TV star and son of Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne with the chronic disease
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Contact Lenses Considered for Elephantundergo two rare surgeries to correct cataracts , caretakers at the zoo and a team of African bull elephant, was diagnosed with cataracts in 2010. His caretakers noticed he seemed is in middle-age in elephant years, cataracts aren't the only health problem he has
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Two Grieving Fathers Help Rebuild Haiti in Their Deceased Children's Honorhere, women coming in labor, people bleeding out, it's just chaotic." In a country where cataracts and glaucoma routinely lead to blindness , eye surgery had never been performed at the hospital before Dougherty arrived. Patients waited
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Fla. Car Reaches 567K Miles; How to Make Your Car Lastpurring along nicely, but Veitch opted to end her driving days in March after becoming legally blind due to macular degeneration . While Chariot's mileage is extreme, automobile experts say most modern cars should easily go as many as
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All About the Egg - Fun Facts and Cooking Tipsfor your eyes because of the high quantity of lutein, a caroteniod that might help prevent age-related macular degeneration and cataracts . Eggs are rich in choline, a nutrient that helps to boost brain health and one large egg contains more
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Prescription Painkillers for Outpatient Surgeries May Lead to Long-Term Use000 Canadian patients ages 66 and older who received an opioid prescription within seven days of undergoing surgery for cataracts , gallbladder removal, prostate tissue removal, or varicose vein stripping. What they found was that more than 10 percent
