Word: eyesight
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...Major League history to win a home run title and the youngest to reach 100 career home runs, visited hospitals in Vietnam with Coleman during the winter of 1967. Earlier that year, Conigliaro had been hit in the face by a pitch—an injury that impaired his eyesight and from which he never fully recovered. In 1942, 47-year-old Babe Ruth walked to the plate to face 54-year-old Walter Johnson, one of the greatest pitchers to ever play the game, in a home run hitting contest that raised $80,000 for the Army-Navy relief...
...been the focus of public concern for months. Yet Margaret too had been unwell. When last seen in public, just before Christmas, she was confined to a wheelchair, her face disfiguringly puffy - apparently from medication - and shrouded by enormous dark glasses. With both her left side and her eyesight seriously affected by strokes, Margaret was a frail, spectral figure - in poignant contrast to the vibrant young woman who once rewrote the book on proper royal behavior...
VITAMIN OVERDOSE Healthy skin, shiny hair...and hip fractures? They're all associated with retinol, a vitamin-A compound found in liver, fish oils and other supplements. Retinol is usually linked to good skin and improved eyesight, but researchers say too much of the stuff can also increase the risk of hip fractures. An 18-year evaluation of more than 72,000 postmenopausal women found that those ingesting about 2,000 mcg or more a day were nearly twice as likely to injure their hips in a fall...
...three authors also openly confront the fact that everyone puts up facades of well-being at reunions, as Joe’s crumbling marriage and Joe’s deteriorating eyesight come to the surface. A touching lovestory between Joe’s estranged wife, Natalie, and a certain nice guy named Paul rekindles after the two met decades before at the freshman musical. And in one last blast of humor, a classmate’s coming out turns into a Broadway-esque showshopper tune...
Douglas Sidialo, 31, lost his eyesight on Aug. 7, 1998, when terrorists bombed the U.S. embassy in Nairobi, Kenya. A simultaneous bombing at the embassy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, resulted in a total of 224 people dead and thousands injured. The U.S. responded quickly with $50 million in humanitarian aid. But, says Sidialo, who heads Nairobi's largest survivors' group, "It's our hope that Americans could help us even more...