| More preteens wearing contact lenses
When Alexis Swartz started playing volleyball and marching in the school band this past fall, she could see that her glasses were causing problems. "When it was really cold outside," she said, "they would fog up." So the 12-year-old seventh-grader from Mogadore, Ohio, did what a growing number of preteens are doing: She traded in her clumsy glasses for contacts. "I think it's nicer than having glasses, because the contacts don't get in the way or anything," Alexis said. Gone are the days when near-sighted kids had to wait until their teen years to swap their spectacles for soft contact lenses. Recent studies have shown that children as young as 8 can handle their contacts properly without any increase in complications.
Talk Back: The Kyle Lograsso story
As I was making pancakes for my two and half year old son and flipping through the pages of Golf Digest I happened upon the story of Kyle Lograsso. I showed the picture of Kyle swinging the golf club to my son, who immediately stopped eating and wanted the magazine in his own hands (syrup and all). As we turned the pages, my son noticed the picture of Kyle with his eye bandaged and with deep concern asked what was wrong. I told him that Kyle had a boo-boo but was doing great. I then asked him if he too would like to play golf like Kyle. He nodded, yet continued to stare at the pictures with great fascination. As a father of three young children, I cannot imagine what this family has gone through. My father was recently diagnosed with a GBM brain tumor and has now gone through surgery/radiation/chemo and is now on to experimental treatments.
First Cross-China Motorcycle Challenge for charity
Operating under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, local charity Gulf for Good is inviting keen adventurers and motorcycling enthusiasts from across the Region to take part in the first China Classic Motorcycle Challenge between September 7th and 17th. .
Watchdog TV show claims Nahariya eye surgeon takes bribes for ...
Channel 2's Kolbotek consumer watchdog program claimed Tuesday night that it had caught redhanded the head of ophthalmology at Nahariya's Western Galilee Government Hospital demanding and taking bribes for performing cornea transplants on patients in exchange for tens of thousands of shekels. None of the families who donated their loved ones' corneas had been told they would be transplanted in exchange for the alleged under-the-table payments. Dr. Uri Reihani, who has worked at the government hospital for 20 years and performed thousands of eye operations, was said to have taken cash from patients before surgery after explaining to them during visits in his clinic that they would have to wait months, if not longer, to get a cadaver cornea and that young, inexperienced surgeons would operate as corneas became available if he were not paid to perform the operations.
Study aims to see whether pigment can block degeneration
ST. LOUIS - Pigments that tint leaves in the fall and give orange peppers their color are also nestled in the back of the eye. Can they help stop a blinding disease and protect sensitive eyes from bright lights? Dennis Gierhart is betting they can. He even started a company based on the faith that supplements containing the pigments can reverse light sensitivity and slow down macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness in the elderly. He's commissioned a study at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, where researchers are testing the supplements to see if they truly can help the health of the eye. Washington University is also conducting tests on the pigments and their effect on eye disease. The impact of the pigments is "speculative" right now, said Dr.
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