| Regional agency helps blind stay independent
PLATTSBURGH "" Dolores Bradley enjoys a relaxing afternoon in front of the television with one of her favorite shows, "Murder She Wrote," playing. She can't visually follow the antics of super sleuth Jessica Fletcher in the popular TV series from the 1980s, but she listens intently to every clue uncovered by actress Angela Lansbury's character. Dolores suffers from macular degeneration and is legally blind. She describes her vision as like wearing glasses covered with a thick layer of Vaseline, but that has done nothing to impact her need for independence. "I love my children dearly, but I will not live with any of them," said the 80-year-old mother of four. "I like my freedom." Dolores, a retired history teacher of 34 years from New Jersey, moved to the North Country with her husband, Joseph, for their retirement years.
The Miami Herald
By Pablo Bachelet, pbachelet@MiamiHerald.com. July 18, 2007. WASHINGTON -- The State Department on Wednesday released more details of how Cuban authorities were preventing its mission in Havana from fulfilling its duties, citing containers being held up for a year and technical staff stopped from conducting needed repairs. The actions, according to the State Department, meant the U.S. Interests Section, which acts as an embassy since both nations do not have formal diplomatic relations, was falling behind in processing visas for Cubans wanting to leave the island. Cuba on Tuesday accused the Bush administration of deliberately handing out fewer visas to cause instability on the island. The foreign ministry said the State Department had issued fewer than 11,000 visas in the nine months ending June 30, well short of the 20,000 quota.
New LASIK Device Treats Differing Vision Problems
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first LASIK device designed to treat one eye to see far-away objects and the other eye to see things that are close up. The CustomVue Monovision device is designed to correct all nearsightedness in the dominant eye and only part of the nearsightedness in the other eye, the agency said. This allows use of the fully corrected eye for distance, and the partially corrected eye for objects that are close. People considering the surgery should wear specially designed contact lenses to monitor how they respond to having one eye's vision under-corrected, the FDA said. LASIK vision correction involves cutting a flap in the outer layers of the cornea, removing a small amount of tissue beneath it with a laser, then replacing the flap.
DENTISTRY IN THE 20TH CENTURY
1900 - Fifty-seven dental schools exist. 1905 - Alfred Einhorn, a German chemist, formulates the local anesthetic procain, later marketed under the trade name Novocain. 1907 - William Taggart invents a "lost wax" casting machine, allowing dentists to make precision cast fillings. 1910 - The first formal training program for dental nurses is established at the Ohio College of Dental Surgery. The program is discontinued in 1914 mainly due to opposition by Ohio dentists. 1924 - American Dental Assistants Association is founded by Juliette Southard and her female colleagues. 1930 - The American Board of Orthodontics, the world's first dental specialty board, is founded. 1930-1943 - Frederick S. McKay, a Colorado dentist, is convinced that brown stains (mottling) on his patients' teeth are related to their water supply.
Broken machine stopped my cancer op
A CANCER patient awaiting a vital operation to stop the disease spreading in his body claims his treatment was put back because the equipment at University Hospital was broken. Gregory Taylor says doctors told him new parts for the laser machine were ordered but no patients could be treated until they were fitted and in full working order. Mr Taylor, a 51-year-old father-of-three, of Addenbrooke Road, Keresley End, was diagnosed with throat cancer four years ago. Since then he has undergone half a dozen biopsies. He has now been told he needs a 10-minute laser operation to take out one of his vocal cords, in the hope of preventing the cancer from spreading to his lungs or other organs. Mr Taylor said he was told the operation had been scheduled for July 31, but was unable to undergo the surgery as the machine needed fixing and the hospital was waiting for parts to be delivered.
Most Popular Lasik Q&A Web Site: Dr. Dello Russo Educates Patients, One Question At A Time
Six years ago, Dr. Joseph Dello Russo founded online Lasik FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) web site in order to provide answers to the most common questions that trouble Lasik patients and surgery candidates. It has since become one of the most popular Lasik information websites, currently serving 50,000 visitors each month -- traffic has tripled since January 2007. .
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TLCVision Creates New Refractive Centers Medical Director Position; Louis Probst, M.D., Named to Role
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI--(CCNMatthews - July 23, 2007) - TLC Vision Corporation (TSX:TLC - News; NASDAQ:TLCV - News) today announced the appointment of Louis Probst, M.D., to the key role of Refractive Centers Medical Director. This newly created position will provide expanded clinical focus and leadership to the Company's growing refractive centers business. .
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