 Blind Information - January 9, 2009
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Retailers across the country have started pulling a Bausch and Lomb contact lens solution off their shelves, as the company warned it was not able to gauge the fallout from a federal investigation into whether the product was linked to a serious eye infection. Bausch and Lomb stopped shipping ReNu with MoistureLoc cleanser to stores April 10 after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it was probing 109 reports of a rare fungal eye infection that can lead to blindness |
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According to researchers, congenital rubella syndrome, also known as German measles has practically been eliminated in the U.S. The data findings published in the journal of The Teratology Society notes that rubella is no longer an endemic disease in this country and congenital rubella syndrome "is almost a thing of the past in the United States |
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The most comprehensive study of calcium and vitamin D supplements for older women released this week showed they offered only limited protection against broken bones. Prompting questions over what has long been much preached by health care professionals and nutritionists |
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The most comprehensive study of calcium and vitamin D supplements for older women released this week showed they offered only limited protection against broken bones. Prompting questions over what has long been much preached by health care professionals and nutritionists |
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An international team is working on a cure for children who have mysteriously gone blind in Brazil. Health officials are finding lesions on their eyes, with no answers as to a possible cause, or prevention methods |
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