Breaking News from The Birmingham News - al.com (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Participants walk at Homewood Central Park in Homewood, Ala., on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009, during VisionWalk, a fundraising event for the Foundation Fighting Blindness. The walk takes place in 46 locations nationwide throughout the year. This year was Birmingham's first...
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
The reported progress reflects the success of the Onchocerciasis Elimination Program for the Americas (OEPA), which promotes health education and twice-yearly administration of the deworming drug Mectizan® (ivermectin) to more than 85% of the eligible population of endemic communities in six countries. The OEPA was formed in response to a 1991 Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) resolution...
Hotfile Megaupload Rapidshare links (Free subscription) | yesterday
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The Devil's Kitchen (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
One can only assume, given how much he constantly and irritatingly whines about how the blogosphere is ignoring the big questions (also neatly rounded up by my impecunious Greek friend ), that Richard North is ignoring the blogosphere's reactions to the CRU documents out of some kind of misplaced spite. Or maybe he is just sore that he didn't get there first. * Whatever the reason, for once EU Referendum...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A regional initiative launched in the 1990s to eliminate onchocerciasis (river blindness) in the Americas has substantially reduced the prevalence of the disease in recent years, as evidenced by a 31% decrease in the number of individuals requiring mass drug administration in six endemic countries. Results were reported today at the 58th annual meeting...
Mind Mart (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
It’s estimated that one third of new cases of blindness could have been averted with preventive care. Unfortunately, most of us aren’t as conscientious about caring for our eyes as other parts of the body — even though most people say the sense they’re most afraid of losing is their sight. The most common vision ailments [...]
Snowdrop (Free subscription) | yesterday
Thanks to ' Scienceblog ' for this report, which again clearly demonstrates just how plastic the brain actually is. It is this inherent plasticity that Snowdrop aims to direct in our programmes of rehabilitation for brain injured children Visually impaired people appear to be fearless, navigating busy sidewalks and crosswalks, safely finding their way using nothing more than a cane as a guide. The...
New York Post (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
He enjoys growing sunflowers, has daddy issues, and suffers from disabling blindness in his right eye. But this man is no sympathy figure — he’s the world’s most wanted terrorist Osama Bin Laden. “Growing up Bin Laden” follows the intimate inside st...
Tabloid Watch (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Today's Daily Express has its second 'miracle cure' front page of the week. There's been two others about the Royal Family (but not - shock - Diana) and three anti-Europe ones, but none (shock) on immigration or Islam. Monday's cover looked like this : The main story was based on a new ten-point list from the World Cancer Research Fund, explaining that eating less salt and fatty foods, drinking less...
Covers.com (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
This is no rematch of the infamous "Fog Bowl,'' although that would explain Bears QB Jay Cutler's recent bout with night blindness. The "Fish Bowl'' may be more like it with Cutler coming off a five-interception performance and Eagles QB Donovan McNa...
Advanced Cell Technology (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
WORCESTER, MA –November 19, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE). Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. (OTCBB: ACTC – News announced today that it filed an Investigational New Drug (IND) Application with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to initiate a Phase I/II multicenter study using embryonic stem cell derived retinal cells to treat patients with Stargardt’s Macular Dystrophy (SMD). Among the...
edblog (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
The story of Inky Jim Jinkers should be one known to every schoolboy in the land. It is a story of commitment, love and, in the end addiction. As tales go, it is both romantic and cautionary. By rights, Jim Jinkers should be as famous to British people as Sir Winston Churchill or Henry VIII. Jim Jinkers was born in 1971 to Terry and Sheila Jinkers, both shepherds. Like many people of his generation,...
urShadow's Blog (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
An ocular opacity, partial or complete, of one or both eyes, on or in the lensor capsule, especially an opacity impairing vision or causing blindness. Cataract Development The lens is made mostly of water and protein. The protein is normally arranged to let light pass through and focus on the retina. Protein clumps together Small areas of lens begin to cloud Light is blocked from reaching the retina...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. (OTCBB:ACTC) announced that it filed an Investigational New Drug (IND) Application with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to initiate a Phase I/II multicenter study using embryonic stem cell derived retinal cells to treat patients with Stargardt's Macular Dystrophy (SMD). Among the most common causes of untreatable blindness in the world are degenerative diseases...
The Torch (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
I think Damian deals well the difficult substantive issues that have been involved in dealing with Afghan detainees. I'm going to look at how the matter is now being dealt with in Canada. I find the government's approach reprehensible. But first full audio of Richard Colvin's testimony Nov. 18 to the Commons' Special Committee on the Canadian Mission in Afghanistan (I could not find a video). Then...
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reesuq3nh | 11/07/2009
LOS ANGELES – The cast and crew of "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" continued their unexpected journey from a scrappy little screening 10 months ago at the Sundance Film Festival to a star-studded gala at the legendary Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. "I'm speechless," said director Lee Daniels at an event hosted by the American Film Institute on Sunday. "I'm humbled and speechless....
cynthiafreeman2009 | 10/29/2009
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