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Popular Reno library in danger of closing

March 14th, 2010 | Comments Off

Jada Bishop lives within walking distance of the Downtown Reno Library but prefers to visit the Sierra View branch at Reno Town Mall, saying it’s a much better set-up. “It would be an atrocity to close either one of them,” said Bishop, a cook who was laid off Dec.

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Finding his way (Bucks County Courier Times)

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There’s no cure or treatment for Zach Nicosia’s rare eye condition, which affects one in 10,000 children.

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Finding his way (The Intelligencer)

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There’s no cure or treatment for Zach Nicosia’s rare eye condition, which affects one in 10,000 children.

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New glasses offer help to people with low vision (KING5 Seattle)

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New glasses for those with low vision combine a high-powered led light in the frame, magnifying lenses, and prism correction that prevents eye fatigue.

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Popular Reno library in danger of closing (Reno Gazette-Journal)

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Jada Bishop lives within walking distance of the Downtown Reno Library but prefers to visit the Sierra View branch at Reno Town Mall, saying it’s a much better set-up.

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Some Older ER Patients Are Getting The Wrong Medicines

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A University of Michigan study recently published in Academic Emergency Medicine says that it is common for patients 65 and older to receive potentially inappropriate medications when treated in an emergency room. Nearly 19.5 million older patients, or 16.8 percent of eligible emergency visits from 2000-2006, received one or more potentially inappropriate medications – or PIMs…

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EHSI: New High-Level Telemedicine Study Launched

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Emerging Healthcare Solutions, Inc. (Pink Sheets: EHSI) was pleased on learning the news that Intel, The Mayo Clinic and GE Healthcare have launched a new initiative to study the care and cost benefits of home-based telemedicine for elderly patients with chronic illnesses. Emerging Healthcare Solutions has licensed a cutting-edge mobile telemedicine platform from Telemedicus, Inc…

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Exhibit shows artists “inner vision” (Louisville Courier-Journal)

March 13th, 2010 | Comments Off

Having a basement full of ladybugs didn’t bother the employees and volunteers at The Carnegie Center for Art & History in New Albany on Saturday. In fact, they all seemed to enjoy it.

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New glasses offer help to people with low vision

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What looks like a normal activity is actually a remarkable feat for Barbara Whitlock.

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Medical students looking at eye disease :Medical students train with doctors during annual event. (South Bend Tribune)

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SOUTH BEND — Jerry Morris shines a bright pinpoint light, peering closely into the patient’s left eye.

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