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Mom goes blind so daughters can see

Monique Zimmerman-Stein has been nearly blind for the last two years from Stickler syndrome, a rare genetic disorder. She recently decided to forego her own treatment to save funds to treat her two daughters, who also suffer from the condition, reports Lane DeGregory of the St. Petersburg Times. The family is covered under husband Gary's Blue Cross/Blue Shield plan, but that coverage only pays for 80 percent of medical expenses. … Continue

Added by Dr. Keshav Bhat on September 29, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Information System for Blind and Visually Impaired

The artificial intelligence group at Freie Universität Berlin, under the direction of the computer science professor Raúl Rojas, has developed a new type of information system for blind and visually impaired individuals. “InformA” is a small computer that is connected wirelessly to the Internet. The device is operated like a radio. The… Continue

Added by Dr. Keshav Bhat on September 24, 2009 at 10:16am — No Comments

Smoking Bans Reduce Heart Attacks

Community smoking bans have an immediate and dramatic effect on reducing heart attacks, according to two new analyses of laws in the USA, Canada, and Europe. Researchers in both studies found that heart attack rates fall 17 perce… Continue

Added by Dr. Keshav Bhat on September 22, 2009 at 10:37am — No Comments

September is Home Eye Safety Awareness Month

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Added by Dr. Keshav Bhat on September 9, 2009 at 3:38pm — No Comments

Art exhibit focuses on macular degeneration

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Added by Dr. Keshav Bhat on September 9, 2009 at 10:49am — No Comments

Implant gives new hope to the blind

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that two months ago, surgeons at the Wills Eye Institute implanted a small array of electrodes in the back of Michael Adler's left eye. Now, in the last few weeks -- with the aid of a small video camera in his sunglasses that transmits images to his retinal implant -- he has begun to gain some limited vision. Much like a cochlear implant ena… Continue

Added by Dr. Keshav Bhat on September 8, 2009 at 11:22am — No Comments

Summer Classes for Men

My sister in law sent me this! Funny! Summer Classes for Men at THE LEARNING CENTER REGISTRATION MUST BE COMPLETED By Monday , August 31st, 2009 NOTE: DUE TO THE COMPLEXITY AND DIFFICULTY LEVEL OF THEIR CONTENTS, CLASS SIZES WILL BE LIMITED TO 8 PARTICIPANTS MAXIMUM Class 1 How To Fill Up The Ice Cube Trays--Step by Step, with Slide Presentation. Meets 4 weeks, Monday and Wednesday for 2 hours beginning at 7:00 PM. Class 2 The Toilet Paper Roll--Does It Change Itself? Round Table Discussion… Continue

Added by Dr. Keshav Bhat on September 1, 2009 at 12:01pm — 3 Comments

US Open Tennis

Day 1 of the 2009 United States Open features plenty of great matchups and interesting story lines. Here is a fantastic interactive graphic (from the New York Times) of the greatest player in men’s tennis history

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Added by Dr. Keshav Bhat on August 31, 2009 at 11:30am — No Comments

Makes one proud....

In this Wednesday Aug. 19, 2009 photo, Spc. Paul Pickett, 22, of Minden La., right, of the U.S. Army's Apache Company, 2nd Battalion 87th Infantry Regiment, covers an injured U.S. soldier as a helicopter lands to evacuate the wounded after their armored vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in the Tangi Valley of Afghanistan's Wardak Province. I g… Continue

Added by Dr. Keshav Bhat on August 27, 2009 at 10:06am — No Comments

Online art with a personal twist

Personas is a component of the Metropath(ologies) exhibit, currently on display at the MIT Museum by the Sociable Media Group from the MIT Media Lab. It uses sophisticated natural language processing and the Internet to create a data portrait of one's aggregated online identity. In short, Personas shows you how the Internet sees you. Enter your name, and Personas scours the web for information and at… Continue

Added by Dr. Keshav Bhat on August 25, 2009 at 1:28pm — No Comments

Fashion eyeglasses for children

Nebraska's Journal Star reported that eyeglasses are no longer the fashion don't for kids they once were, as wearers and manufacturers have realized they can be another accessory used to make a style statement.

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Added by Dr. Keshav Bhat on August 25, 2009 at 10:46am — No Comments

Adults underestimate how frequently children have vision problems

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Added by Dr. Keshav Bhat on August 24, 2009 at 11:18am — No Comments

Tom Delay in Dancing with the stars

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Added by Dr. Keshav Bhat on August 24, 2009 at 10:13am — No Comments

BLOOD STEM CELLS PROGRAMED TO BECOME VISION CELLS

In a University of Florida Health Science Center press release, the school announced that a group of its researchers were able to program bone marrow stem cells to repair damaged retinas in mice. According to the… Continue

Added by Dr. Keshav Bhat on August 1, 2009 at 5:31pm — 1 Comment

Ning founder speaks...

How many of you knew that imatthews works on a social media platform called Ning? They recently reached their 1 millionth social network! Here is an excellent interview with the CEO and co founder of the company. Enjoy Continue

Added by Dr. Keshav Bhat on June 10, 2009 at 4:18pm — No Comments

Surgery for reading glasses

Light from a single point of a distant object ...

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Added by Dr. Keshav Bhat on June 3, 2009 at 2:58pm — No Comments

Stem Cells May Solve Eye Problems

Human eye cross-sectional view.

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Added by Dr. Keshav Bhat on May 13, 2009 at 10:30pm — No Comments

Math: The Eyes Have It

A study in the journal Science finds that the same brain circuitry that moves the eyes right does mental addition. t moves the eyes right does mental addition. And circuits for moving eyes left does mental subtraction. Researchers in France scanned the neural activity in the brains of people who were moving their eyes right or left. Then study participants were asked to do arithmetic in their he… Continue

Added by Dr. Keshav Bhat on May 11, 2009 at 4:54pm — No Comments

Construction in Matthews

Waiting For Medicine

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Wow, Have you noticed all the construction activity around the… Continue

Added by Dr. Keshav Bhat on May 1, 2009 at 9:19pm — 1 Comment

Dry eyes and Hormones

dryer eyes

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According to Schepens Eye Research Institute 2 out of 3 people who are blind or… Continue

Added by Dr. Keshav Bhat on April 28, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments

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