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1. Moon Blindness (Uveitis) in Horses Moon blindness is a major cause for concern with horses, as permanent vision loss may occur, and management of a blind horse can be very tricky. Watch for the warning signs of equine recurrent uveitis and consult a vet to begin treatment immediately...
2. DIABETES IS NOT A BLOOD SUGAR IMBALANCE! POPULAR UNDERSTANDING: Diabetics do not make enough insulin or the body does not use all the insulin it produces. Insulin is a hormone that makes possible for glucose (sugar) to permeate cells and then transformed to energy. The pancreas secretes e...
3. Helen Keller Helen Keller, American author and lecturer, who was deaf and blind and who served as an inspiration for other people with disabilities. She was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama, the daughter of well-to-do parents: Arthur Keller, a former officer in the Con...
4. Kindle for the Blind and Visually Impaired You spoke, Amazon listened and is improving the Kindle wireless reader to make it even more easily usable for the blind and visually-impaired as well as those with other learning disabilities such as dyslexia. The features that make Kindle so popula...
5. Ronnie Milsap: Country Music Legend With forty number one country singles, Ronnie Lee Milsap is a true country music legend. Despite being born blind in 1943, Milsap went on to become one of country music's most popular artists in the 1970s and 1980s.
6. The Miracle Worker: Anne Sullivan Macy We have a busy lifestyle in our times. Most of us don't take the time to look back and remember those who came before us, even those who did amazing things. Anne Sullivan didn't fly airplanes like Amelia Earhart or fight wars like Joan d'Arc. Neverth...
7. Macular Degeneration: The Blindness You Can Prevent I go for yearly eye checkups and no one has ever suggested I get tested for Macular Degeneration. I have asked for the simple test and gotten it, but learned that while insurance companies pay for other tests, they don't pay for this one. Here is my...
8. Caring For Animals This lens is a hundred percent dedicated to caring for animals. All royalties made on the lens will be donated to different animal charities and hopefully in the mist of the lens you will find some useful information. When it comes to animals, they...
9. Diabetes Complications: Hidden And Long Term Dangers Diabetes - A modern day, scary word. Its dangers are often unseen, creeping up on you till you are overwhelmed by its myriad of complications! Diabetes has secreted dangers that commence before diagnosis and persist to deteriorate if certain steps ar...
10. The Mystery Of Diabetes Causes There are certain factors which may help toward Diabetes Causes but it is a mystery to the medical scientists and is still not clearly known what causes diabetes. There are certain things which may lead to Diabetes. These things are considered as ri...
11. Organisations for the Visually Impaired Today, 8th October, is World Vision Day. When Sylvia at Senior Squids reminded us of that and set the challenge to create a lens on visual impairment, I thought I just didn't have the time. Now the day is here, this is my way of showing how grateful...
12. How to Clean your Contact Lenses Over the past few years I have noticed that more people are not cleaning their contact lenses properly as they should. Was it the Eye Doctor that assumed that the patient should know how to clean their contacts or was it the label on the contact...
13. Diabetes and You Did you know that the number one cause of blindness in the world is Diabetes! Even with proper treatment over the years you can develop diabetic retinapathy ( leakage in the back of the eye) Did you also know that increases your risk for cataracts an...
14. Kramer the Canine I have a very good friend who is not only a man who is blind but is a wonderfully creative and gifted storyteller. John travels around to elementary schools and discusses his blindness with children as a way of educating them and typically takes alo...
15. Sunglasses: Who Needs 'Em? Sunglasses have become so much more than a fashion statement. They have become a necessary accessory in the arsenal against sun damage to the body - along with sunscreens and hats and protective clothing. Wearing sunglasses not only makes you look co...
16. Emily Rose Hindle and International Child Abduction Hi, I'm Karl father to Emily Rose who is my youngest daughter. Emily was born in the UK and taken by her American mother, Sheila Kay Fuith, to the US when Emily was 11 months old. This blog is where I'm placing the media reports and evidence of the r...
17. Macular Degeneration Macular degeneration is a medical condition usually of older adults which results in a loss of vision in the center of the visual field (the macula) because of damage to the retina and is the leading cause of blindness. It is often called AMD or ARMD...
18. Macular Degeneration Age-related macular degeneration is a very common complaint in elderly individuals over the age of 55. In the United States alone 104,000 people are legally blind because of age-related macular degeneration while over 10,000,000 people are suffering...