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May 12, 2010
With over 100 years of established leadership within the blind community and the field of low vision, The Chicago Lighthouse honors its reputation by unveiling a one of a kind low vision clinic.
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May 5, 2010
Nursing home abuse and neglect are on the rise in Arizona and across the U.S., as the numbers of seniors who require nursing home care increase.
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April 30, 2010
If you have been noticing blurriness in book print and have been holding restaurant menus further away to see them clearly, and if you are aged 40 or more, you are noticing presbyopia.
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April 30, 2010
PRK (Photorefrective Keratectomy) is a laser vision correction surgery that gives results as good as those of LASIK.
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April 29, 2010
New KLAS report compares the merits of healthcare-specific and industry-agnostic business intelligence solutions.
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April 23, 2010
Dr. Anthony Rhorer and Dr. Gil Ortega have been recognized as 'Top Docs' in orthopedic medicine by Phoenix Magazine. This award recognizes doctors whose quality treatments and outstanding patient care are making a mark on the community.
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April 20, 2010
For people who are blind or visually impaired, Lighthouse's Tools for Living is specifically designed to enable ease, efficiency, and independence.
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April 20, 2010
Former Ray Charles Raelette Cynthia Scott has written a song about her mother's illness with Alzheimer. It is told from the perspective of the person who is suffering from this disease and featured in the New York Times under The New Old Age.
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April 17, 2010
When an older individual receives care at a nursing home, they are supposed to be cared for by attentive, helpful nursing home staff.
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April 17, 2010
Selecting a surgeon to operate on your cataracts involves more than walking your fingers through the Yellow Pages. The competency of a cataract surgeon isn't something you can easily judge from a print ad, glossy magazine or television commercial.
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April 17, 2010
Our eyes age with the rest of our body, and as they do they lose some of their youthful attributes. Aging alone brings many changes, but aging also brings the potential for systemic diseases that affect vision as well.
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April 7, 2010
New KLAS report looks at ambulatory EMR buying decisions and which vendor solutions make the short list
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March 27, 2010
Falls are a major cause of hospitalizations accounting for 40% of hospital admissions for seniors covered by medicare. More than 1/3 of seniors 65 and older fall annually. Neuromuscular orthotics help reduce the numbers of patients falls.
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February 24, 2010
New report highlights the adoption of wireless digital x-ray detectors and the growing provider demand for more economical equipment
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February 6, 2010
More than $150,000 in federal grant dollars are coming to Ashland University to allow an Ashland University biology professor and his team of undergraduate students to continue research to better understand cataracts, one of the leading causes of human blindness.
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January 8, 2010
If you believe your loved one has been the victim of nursing home rape, you must take immediate action to make sure your loved one's rights are protected.
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December 3, 2009
MaxiAids Products for Independent Living is holding a Web-A-Thon all day Thursday, December 3, 2009, during which time a portion of all profits from web purchases will be donated to the Perkins School for the Blind.
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November 24, 2009
Despite the spotlight on clinical systems, the market for large- and small-scale revenue cycle services continues to grow, according to a report from KLAS
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