Word: eyesight
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...lens is approved only for nearsighted people and works best if you're under 40 and don't need reading glasses. What's more, while 95% of subjects enjoyed improved vision, the sample group was small--not the best data when you're making decisions about your eyesight...
...life coincident with saving your own - and certainly not the instinct for self-preservation. Bradley J. Hartman Havana, Florida, U.S. I very much appreciated Weisskopf's article and started to cry when I read about Specialist James Fair, the young man who suffered a brain injury, lost his eyesight and both hands. He weighs on my conscience because I support our mission. I have not reconciled myself to my responsibility for his injuries as an outspoken supporter of our liberation of Iraq. I have work to do on that, and it continues to keep me awake. Karen Howard Redmond, Washington...
...very much appreciated Weisskopf's article and started to cry when I read about Specialist James Fair, the young man who suffered a brain injury, lost his eyesight and both hands. He weighs on my conscience because I have not reconciled myself to my responsibility for his injuries as an outspoken supporter of our liberation of Iraq. I have work to do on that, and it continues to keep me awake...
...scientific community and the gut feelings of ordinary people can be. The ABS's National Health Survey tells us that most Australians consider themselves to be in very good or excellent health, and that the most commonly reported complaints are not ghastly complications of obesity but poor eyesight, hay fever, allergies and sore backs. And while BMI tables say many of them are wrong, nearly two-thirds of respondents consider themselves to be of acceptable weight...
...prevents the blood-vessel leakage in the back of the eye that causes damage in the first place, leaving patients with distorted, wavy vision, and eventually a gap in the center of their vision. Up to 40% (depending on the dosage) of those in Lucentis trials improved their eyesight by at least three lines on a vision chart, and nearly all given the drug at least maintained their vision...