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20-MINUTE ‘CURE’ FOR AGEING EYES – UK Express

February 27th, 2010 | Comments Off

20-MINUTE 'CURE' FOR AGEING EYESUK ExpressExperts hope the technique could one day also be used to treat patients with severe macular degeneration, in which the central part of the retina stops …

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Simple home saliva test that tells your risk of going blind (Daily Mail: World News)

February 27th, 2010 | Comments Off

An at-home genetic test that predicts the risk of macular degeneration could motivate thousands of people to take measures to avoid blindness.

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Simple home saliva test that tells your risk of going blind (Daily Mail)

February 27th, 2010 | Comments Off

An at-home genetic test that predicts the risk of macular degeneration could motivate thousands of people to take measures to avoid blindness.

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Coach doesn’t see the big picture (Yahoo! Sports via Yahoo! Sports)

February 27th, 2010 | Comments Off

Canada’s cross-country coach apparently believes a medal is more important than an athlete’s dream and a story that would have moved the nation.

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Team Canada ruins McKeever’s dream (Yahoo! Sports via Yahoo! Sports)

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A legally blind skier had a chance to move the hearts of a nation, but Canadian coaches chose numbers over nerve.

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The voyage of Watery melon

February 27th, 2010 | Comments Off

In our younger days, summers were fun; not just because of two months of sweaty and muddy playing, but also because of the cool delicacies we would get on the pretext of heat.

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Simple home saliva test that tells your risk of going blind – Daily Mail

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Simple home saliva test that tells your risk of going blindDaily MailAn at-home genetic test that predicts the risk of macular degeneration, a leading cause of blindness, could motivate thousands of …

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Blind skier ‘crushed’ he won’t get chance to compete (Toronto Star)

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Brian McKeever was in tears when he learned he’d been left off the start list for the 50km cross country race.

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Blind skier ‘crushed’ he won’t get chance to compete – Toronto Star

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Blind skier 'crushed' he won't get chance to competeToronto StarMcKeever is legally blind with Stargardt's disease, a form of macular degeneration that affects central vision. His story was reported widely by the …Team Canada ruins McKeever's dreamYahoo! SportsOlympic dream over for Canada's blind skier (Roundup)Monsters and Critics.comLegally blind Canadian skier struggles after being left on Olympic sidelinesWinnipeg Free PressMetro Canada – Halifaxall 190 news articles »

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Local obituaries (Lansing State Journal)

February 27th, 2010 | Comments Off

Jack Gordon McClow, 93, passed away peacefully at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Feb. 18, 2010.

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