The Sixth Annual Gibbs Golden Turkey Awards Nov 17, 2009
(11-16) 14:03 PST -- As is my wont at this time of the year, I am taking the opportunity to point out those individuals, companies or entities that don't, won't or can't come to grips with reality, maturity, ethical behavior or social responsibility because of their blindness, self-imposed ignorance, thinly veiled political agenda, rapaciousness and greed, or their blatant desire to return us to the Dark Ages. More IDG Headlines. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)
Intel debuts text reading device Nov 17, 2009
"The Intel Reader is a tool that can help give people with dyslexia, low-vision and blindness - or other reading-based disabilities - access to the resources they need to be successful in school, work and life," according to Mr Foss. So much information is delivered in a print format and a device like this will help to break down barriers to accessing information. (BBC News -- Technology)
High cost of feral cats (210) Nov 17, 2009
Toxoplasmosis also damages human embryos, causing infant mortality, cerebral palsy, blindness, mental retardation and other birth defects. Plus, feral cats transfer roundworms, hookworms and ringworm to humans and wildlife. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
Charita Goshay: Teen angst shouldn't include violence, abuse Nov 17, 2009
When it comes to bad relationships, love and fear are the two leading causes of blindness. Admitting as much, Rihanna said she broke free from Brown out of concern that she was sending a wrong and dangerous message to her young fans, particularly girls. (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)
Many People With Hemianopia Have Difficulty Detecting Pedestrians While Driving Nov 16, 2009
15, 2009) Schepens Eye Research Institute scientists have found that--when tested in a driving simulator--patients with hemianopia (blindness in one half of the visual field in both eyes) have significantly more difficulty detecting pedestrians (on their blind side) than normally sighted people. These results, published in the November 2009 issue of Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, fly in the face of some recent on-road studies that have found most people with hemianopia safe to... (Science Daily)
16 Comments Nov 16, 2009
One infiltrated the ranks of our Military because of PC blindness, and he killed 13 and wounded countless others. Sounds like they were in a combat zone and that we are setting the stage for a 5th column that we are not prepared for nor have the will to fight. (KWTX.com, TX)
Carter To Introduce Bill Giving Fort Hood Victims Combatant Status Nov 16, 2009
"Our wounded and the families of those who lost their lives should receive the same treatment, recognition, and benefits as if the attack occurred on a U.S. military installation in Iraq or Afghanistan, he said. While many of the military and survivor benefits for the Fort Hood victims are the same as for combatants, the combatant status would make the dead and injured soldiers eligible for the Purple Heart Medal and the civilian casualties eligible for the Secretary of Defense Medal of... (KWTX.com, TX)
Only Make-Believe Nov 16, 2009
Given his talent for invention, and the mileage that he gets from his disability in the first scene a young woman who has helped him cross the road is invited back to his apartment, there to be swiftly seduced you can t help wondering, for a while, if there is more to his blindness than meets the eye. That is purest Almod. (New Yorker)
A shamed nation turns a blind eye Nov 16, 2009
Trachoma is a disease that starts as conjunctivitis but gradually, with repeated infection, turns the eyelashes inwards so that they scrape the cornea, scarring it, rendering it opaque, causing blindness ... How in a nation where the rich and their physicians habitually rort the system to cheat Medicare out of exorbitant cosmetic procedures, in the very nation that produced and reveres Fred Hollows, can avoidable blindness still be rife ... This is a strategy you might call voluntary avoidable... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Casper native seeks cure for diabetes-related vision loss Nov 15, 2009
Diabetes can lead to heart disease, stroke, blindness, kidney failure, nerve problems responsible for 60 percent of all amputations, a sharply reduced quality of life and sometimes death, a researcher of the disease said Saturday ... Steinle, who graduated from Kelly Walsh High School in 1993, has been working on a medicine that may prevent blindness in diabetics ... Excess sugar also can damage nerves and cause new blood vessels to develop in the eye, which can interfere with vision and cause... (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Today's PC Army Nov 15, 2009
Worse than the willful blindness with regard to his motives were the efforts by some to make excuses for Maj. Hasan's behavior. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Cataract Surgery Doesn't Worsen AMD Nov 14, 2009
AMD is the most common cause of blindness in adults 55 years of age and older. In the latest issue of the Archives of Ophthalmology, Dr. Neil M. Bressler from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, and colleagues describe the outcomes of cataract surgery performed on 86 eyes with AMD from 86 elderly patients. (Newsmax)
Lions return to Washington area Nov 14, 2009
Founded in 1917, Lions Club International is best known for fighting blindness but its members also volunteer for many different community projects including caring for the environment, feeding the hungry and helping the elderly and disabled ... In 1990, Lions Clubs International launched SightFirst and, since then, have raised more than $346 million to target the major causes of blindness on a global scale. (Washington Daily News, NC)
Food-Borne Ills Can Have Lasting Consequences Nov 14, 2009
And infants whose mothers were infected with toxoplamosis, caused by a food-borne parasite, can develop mental retardation, crossed-eyes and in some cases blindness in one or both eyes. "It's not just these five," Roberts said. (MEDLINEplus)
CHAT TRANSCRIPT: James Healey answers yor questions Nov 14, 2009
Blindness to the appeal of retrained power. Nobody in other countries likes to listen to the rest of the song without having to keep the engine running, wasting fuel and causing needless emissions. (USA Today -- Money)
Holmes: Britain could lead on nuclear disarmament Nov 14, 2009
The budgetary ax hangs over the carrier project in particular, prompting Admiral Jonathon Band, the navy's top uniformed officer, to inveigh against the "sea blindness" of government officials. Band warns that the Royal Navy risks finding itself a second-rank force. (Athens Banner-Herald)
'An Act of War' Nov 14, 2009
This was committed by a person who had been actively in touch with and actively supportive of terrorist activities, and I think it takes a willful blindness to minimize this. And we're right back to where we were with the World Trade Center bombing the first time, in 1993, or to the FBI refusing to follow up on indications of terrorist pilot training before 2001. (Fox News)
Laser Surgery Does Not Appear To Have Long-term Effects On Corneal Cells Nov 13, 2009
This study was supported by a grant from the National Institutes of Health, by Research to Prevent Blindness Inc., and by the Mayo Foundation. Journal reference. (Science Daily)
Lack Of VEGF Can Cause Defects Similar To Dry Macular Degeneration Nov 13, 2009
(June 16, 2009) Scientists have identified a new target for the diagnosis and treatment of age-related macular degeneration, the most common cause of blindness in older ... 15, 2006) A drug commonly used to slow the loss of central vision has shown promise in stemming a common precursor of blindness in diabetics, which involves the same central light-sensitive area of retina. (Science Daily)
> Best in Business II: Retina Institute of Hawaii Nov 13, 2009
Michael Bennett founded the with a straightforward mission: enhance the quality of life by improving sight, preventing blindness and advancing medical knowledge through research ... For example, it is one of just 26 sites in the country conducting clinical trials for NeoVista s Novel Wet AMD Therapy, an alternative treatment for a type of macular degeneration cited as the leading cause of vision loss and blindness in Americans age 65 and older. (Pacific Business News, HI)
Ponzo: Fall hazards Nov 13, 2009
The frost on your windows, combined with the rising sun causes temporary blindness. If your windows are not cleared, you can be cited for impeded operation by a police officer. (Stoneham Sun, MA)
Read the story Nov 13, 2009
Now you will see all the rivals and enemies of the USA openly favoring Barack Obama, counting on our blindness and stupidity so we elect the other team -their team- and thus completing the economic and political ruin of this power in the coming four years. People, we are facing world class political chess players, appearances are deceiving. (CBS News -- Evening News)
November 14 is World Diabetes Day Nov 13, 2009
The disease is a leading cause of blindness, kidney failure, heart attack, stroke and amputation. Diabetes will cost the world economy at least US$376 billion in 2010, or 11. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
Tech Helps Curb Infant Blindness Nov 12, 2009
One of the most frightening was a risk of blindness that doctors sometimes don't recognize until too late. Thanks to a Stanford telemedicine program, doctors can remotely diagnose , or ROP, a condition that threatens 80,000 premature babies annually in the United States and causes blindness in up to 600 ... Weighing the risk of blindness and the risks of treatment, the physician must strike a fine balance between delaying treatment for those babies who might recover on their own and rapidly... (Yahoo News -- Children's Health)
Cant we recognize domestic terrorism? Nov 11, 2009
Or just your good old fashioned repuglican chutzpah and blindness by not mentioning another BIG DOMESTIC TERRORIST PLOT that killed hundreds of innocents including CHILDREN. Makes me wonder. DebbieDoRight. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Africa: Chewing Gum Fights Malnutrition Nov 11, 2009
Currently, Vitamin A deficiency is the leading cause of preventable blindness in children and increases disease risk and death from severe infections. In pregnant women it causes night blindness and may increase the risk of maternal mortality, according to WHO.. (allAfrica.com)
2010 Will Not Be Like 1994 Nov 11, 2009
Another example of national GOP messaging at odds with local interests was Hoffman s anti-earmark pledge, which was crazy in a district that relies on Fort Drum for a significant part of its economy and a perfect expression of the Washington-oriented blindness that has afflicted the national party leadership for years. It is another expression of the absolutely unfounded notion that the public turned against the GOP because of spending and especially because of earmarks. (The American Conservative)
Trials for 'bionic' eye implants Nov 11, 2009
Retinal implants are able to partially restore the vision of people with particular forms of blindness caused by diseases such as macular degeneration or retinitis pigmentosa. About 1. (Yahoo News -- Disabilities and the Disabled)
In Matthew Rich’s IRE & ICE, opposites are successfully married Nov 11, 2009
In my favorite piece, Blindness, all takes place under a haze of white - bright tones, turquoises and yellows, solid forms and shadowy ones. It s a tremendous amount of intrigue just beneath the surface. (Boston Globe)
The horse genome: Riding high Nov 11, 2009
This afflicts spotted horses, particularly a breed called Appaloosas, with a form of night blindness similar to one that sometimes afflicts people ... If they have two copies (one from each parent), they show no spots in their patches and are likely to suffer from night blindness. (The Economist)
8 basic diabetes questions answered Nov 10, 2009
Long term, exercise helps lower the risk of complications like blindness and nerve and kidney damage by helping you better manage blood-sugar levels. On the diet front, a recent study found that type 2 diabetics who ate a Mediterranean diet, which is rich in fish, fruits, nuts, and olive oil, lost more weight and went longer without blood-sugar-lowering medication than those on a low-fat diet. (CNN)
Breeding Better Broccoli: Research Points To Pumped Up Lutein Levels In Broccoli Nov 9, 2009
25, 2006) Eating spinach could protect your eyes from the leading cause of blindness in western society, say experts at The University of Manchester. With the aid of a new eye instrument, they have launched a. (Science Daily)
Brain 'can beat early blindness' Nov 9, 2009
Brain 'can beat early blindness. Some blindness is reversible. (Yahoo News -- Brain Research)
Letters to the editor (11/9/09) Nov 9, 2009
Diabetes is the number one cause of kidney failure, amputation, and blindness. There is no cure for diabetes, but most of the complications from diabetes can be prevented if people are diagnosed and treated early. (Anchorage Daily News)
Majority cannot deprive the minority Nov 8, 2009
t jefferson wrote on Nov 7, 2009 10:20 AM:" v - if you can't see the rights that have been taken away by the progressives over the years, no one can help you. Blindness is a common aliment among progressive, unless it has to due with rights they invent, then they claim to see violations everywhere.How about these:Right to be free of government intervention in my life.Right to raise my children without government intervention.Right to keep the money I earn.Right to bear arms.Right to petition... (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Tia H. Cheney Nov 7, 2009
She fought through pain, blindness, ulcers, dialysis, a coma, loss of teeth and many other health issues, all while maintaining an attitude of what do I need to do next. As she learned the struggles of waiting for a kidney and pancreas transplant, she became a staunch advocate and activist for organ donation and juvenile diabetes. (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)
Selma Cancer Support helps people and families Nov 7, 2009
Doctors told him that more surgery could leave him a vegetable, and more radiation could result in blindness. For those reasons, he decided against further treatment. (Selma Enterprise, CA)
Gov launches statewide campaign ads Nov 7, 2009
The ads portray him as a man who overcame blindness as a child and who, as governor, did the right thing by making tough fiscal decisions, even if it hurt him politically. Paterson also acknowledges he's made some mistakes as governor. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Drugs Can Help Treat Diabetes Nov 7, 2009
If diabetes goes untreated, it can cause serious health problems including blindness, loss of limbs and even death. According to , Type 1 diabetes is diagnosed when the body cannot produce any insulin; Type 2 when the body can produce insulin, but not a sufficient amount to properly regulate blood sugar. (KFOXTV.com, TX)
Lions, teens team for Fall Clean-Up Day Nov. 14 Nov 7, 2009
4 million men and women in 190 countries who volunteer their time and energy to serve their communities and lead the effort to prevent and reverse blindness. Lions are members of the world s largest and most active service club organization. (Medfield Press, MA)
After setbacks, small successes for gene therapy Nov 7, 2009
There were three recent, though small, successes -- one involving children with a fatal brain disease, one with an eye disease that causes blindness and one with children who have a disease that destroys the immune system ... There were three recent, though small, successes -- one involving children with a fatal brain disease, one with an eye disease that causes blindness and one with children who have a disease that destroys the immune system. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Gene Therapy Helps 2 Kids Suffering From Rare Brain Disease Nov 7, 2009
The disease typically strikes between the ages of four and 10, leading to blindness, deafness, dementia and loss of muscle control, and killing them within a few years. Bone marrow transplants can halt ALD by letting new myelin-forming stem cells take root. (Fox News)
Researchers find new way to attack inflammation in Graves' eye disease Nov 7, 2009
Funding: National Institutes of Health, Research to Prevent Blindness (including a Research to Prevent Blindness Career Development Award), and the Bell Charitable Foundation. Learn more at. (EurekAlert!)
Gene therapy halts brain disease Nov 6, 2009
Sufferers gradually lose the myelin sheath, a protective layer coating the brain's nerve fibers, leading to disabilities such as blindness, deafness, seizures and progressive dementia ... A study published in October showed success with gene therapy in a type of inherited blindness call Leber congenital amaurosis and in January a follow-up study of SCID children concluded that eight of 10 treated seemed to be cured. (MSNBC -- Health)
Domestic Horse Genome Sequenced Nov 6, 2009
Horses carrying this trait often suffer from a form of night blindness, a disorder that also afflicts humans. The researchers narrowed the list of genetic suspects in horses to 42 associated SNPs, including two candidate mutations residing near a gene involved in pigmentation. (Science Daily)
Help available for people living with diabetes Nov 6, 2009
"I often tell the patients I work with that improving their A1C scores can make a positive impact on lowering their risk for developing diabetes-related complications like blindness and amputation.". Innovations like continuous blood sugar monitors and insulin pen delivery devices have made managing diabetes easier, but the health care system has struggled to keep up with what is rapidly becoming a global diabetes crisis. (Lake City Reporter, FL)
The value of life, part II Nov 6, 2009
It is no simple thing to rationally entertain the thought that the $50 we spend on an evening out would pay for simple cataract surgery, curing a young girl s blindness. Is the value of a pleasurable night out worth more to us than a stranger s future. (Paragould Daily Press, AR)
Messages from the natural world Nov 4, 2009
It s a fascinating picture of decay and wisdom, of insight and also blindness. That may address life in Cuba, but it also captures the human condition. (Boston Globe)
Despite Her Blindness, She Had No Time for Fears or Tears -- A Story About a Young Girl Who Bravely Faced Her Disability to be Featured at the 2010 London Book Fair Nov 4, 2009
blindfolded so that she could really get the feel of how these children related to their blindness or near blindness. She says that this was one of the most memorable and greatest times of her life for she really learned to appreciate what sightless and vision impaired children have to deal with. (Primezone Releases)
Calif. Man Gets Prison for Aiming Laser at Planes Nov 4, 2009
The laser beam struck one pilot in the eye, causing "flash blindness," and interfered with pilots' ability to land the other plane. FOX NEWS VIDEOS. (Fox News)
Diabetes education effort launched Nov 4, 2009
The gathering was to announce a new effort aimed at helping people identify diabetes and take steps before it results in amputation, kidney failure, blindness and even lethal complications, such as heart disease. The county's Florida Hospitals, Halifax Health Medical Center and Bert Fish Medical Center are working through the O'Neill Foundation for Community Health on the effort that will result in a community forum coming up this week and distribution of pamphlets that identify the disease's... (Daytona Beach News Journal)
Eyebrow Waxing Can Spread Herpes Nov 4, 2009
Beauty Treatment Can Lead To Blindness ... According to recent information in the Digital Journal of Opthalmology, which is affiliated with Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, there are approximately 500,000 cases of ocular herpes each year in the U.S. While most cases can be treated, there is no cure and severe cases can also lead to blindness. (Click2Houston, TX)
Understanding Diabetes in America Nov 4, 2009
As symptoms progress, heart disease, kidney disease, pancreatic cancer, and blindness are a few of the life-threatening ailments linked to diabetes. Ultimately, diabetes has the potential to cause premature death in adults, and death from insulin complications in children and teens is not uncommon in American society. (Suite101.com)
Mortality Rates Reduced Among Children Whose Mothers Received Iron-folic Acid Supplements Nov 3, 2009
The research was supported by the Center for Human Nutrition; National Society for the Prevention of Blindness; the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; the Sight and Life Research Institute; the National Institutes of Health; the Office of Health; Infectious Diseases; and Nutrition; the US Agency for International Development and the Johns Hopkins University. Journal reference. (Science Daily)
Giving sight by therapy with genes Nov 3, 2009
Starting at about two weeks, all 12 had significant improvement, said Stephen Rose, chief research officer at the Foundation Fighting Blindness, which helped finance the study ... But its certainly a reversal of the blindness. (India Times, India)
* Twenty years after the Wall Nov 3, 2009
Arrogance of power and blindness about reality were the two main causes for the decline of the sole remaining superpower. While most of the blame lies with former US president George W. Bush, numerous negative trends had preceded him. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Bay Bridge Back in Business Nov 3, 2009
I can't drive due to blindness but do use mass transit. Am in Seattle. (CBS News)
Health Care Overhaul IV: This Time, It's Personal Nov 3, 2009
Even careful users will frequently experience highs (which increase the likelihood of long-term complications like heart disease and blindness) and lows (which can be immediately life-threatening). . (Townhall.com)
Russia 'simulates' nuclear attack on Poland... Nov 3, 2009
I being the first born in the United States have nothing but contempt for the weakness and blindness of this administration and the inconsideration that they hold for the sacrafices of so many that died with this wishy washy good for nothing appeasment philosophy. Everyone will soon see in their life what this kind of approach brings. (The Drudge Report)
Tap wealth of local products emerging to fight 'neglected' diseases of poor: study Nov 3, 2009
NTDs include trachoma, the leading cause of preventable blindness worldwide, elephantiasis, leprosy, dengue fever, hookworm infection and schistosomiasis. World spending to battle such illnesses, however, amounts to a relative drop in the bucket -- just $500 million in 2007 or about 5% of the total invested in new drugs, vaccines and diagnostics worldwide. (EurekAlert!)
Ship built with WTC steel comes to namesake city Nov 2, 2009
Although she won a Golden Globe for her lead performance as a working-class single woman in Mira Nair's "Hysterical Blindness" (2002) and was nominated for an Oscar for her role in Quentin Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction" (1994), she doesn't consider those celebrated roles, or her work in Tarantino's "Kill Bill" movies, to be her greatest achievement. NEW YORK -- A Navy assault ship built with steel from the fallen World Trade Center and named in honor of the city and state that were home to the twin... (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Kenya: Beer Market War Looms in Bid to Legalise Traditional Liquor Nov 2, 2009
More recently the government has been pushed into disaster management as a significant proportion of low income earners turned to cheap illicit drinks -- sometimes laced with deadly additives that have caused deaths or mass blindness among consumers. If passed by Parliament, the new law could see the proliferation of small but regulated brewers of chang'aa leading to better packaging of the drink and intense competition with established brewers for the spirits market. (allAfrica.com)
More kids have diabetes, fewer schools have nurses Nov 2, 2009
A leading cause of death in the USA, diabetes can lead to debilitating or fatal complications, including heart disease, stroke, blindness and kidney disease. More than 65% of people with diabetes die from heart disease or stroke. (USA Today)
Headaches and heartaches: Wife's persistence leads to relief Nov 2, 2009
Jason received a new quiver of pills, but still drew no relief, at one point suffering a temporary side effect of near blindness. With 40 to 100 ice-pick attacks a day, the emergency room became a frequent destination, and he took a six-month medical leave from work. (Allston Brighton TAB, MA)
Cataract surgery helps AMD patients; steroid improves DME; online eye health forum Nov 2, 2009
Data was obtained from the multicenter, prospective Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS), funded by the National Eye Institute (NEI), which was organized primarily to evaluate the effects of high-dose vitamin and mineral supplements on cataract and AMD. As the American population ages AMD prevalence is expected to rise, and many patients will concurrently develop cataract; both diseases can cause blindness if untreated. "Earlier epidemiology had suggested cataract surgery might worsen AMD, so... (EurekAlert!)
