News, Links and Commentary
Tuesday, December 30, 2003
Young People with RD Achieving
The recent world triathlon championships held in New Zealand resulted in 21-year-old Michigan State student Aaron Scheidies, who has Stargardt's disease, winning in the athletes-with-disabilities division ('Legally Blind Athlete Kept Sight on Finish ', Washington Post, December 26, 2003).
Eneida Torres, a 17-year-old high school student who has Bardet Biedl Syndrome, was recently named Florida's Most Promising Visually Impaired High School Senior and hopes to become a court stenographer ('Visually Impaired Leto Senior Awarded For Her Dedication', in Tampa, Florida's Tampa Tribune, December 29, 2003).
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Eneida Torres, a 17-year-old high school student who has Bardet Biedl Syndrome, was recently named Florida's Most Promising Visually Impaired High School Senior and hopes to become a court stenographer ('Visually Impaired Leto Senior Awarded For Her Dedication', in Tampa, Florida's Tampa Tribune, December 29, 2003).
Saturday, December 20, 2003
Retinopathy of Prematurity Risk Model Studied
A recently developed risk model that will help identify premature babies at a greater risk of retinopathy of prematurity may lead to earlier treatment for those babies more likely to lose vision through retinal detachment. The US National Institutes of Healths National Eye Institute sponsored the study. 'UA-linked study: Early treatment may save babies' vision' ( Tucson Citizen, December 17, 2003).
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Seeing Eggs and Alfalfa Anew
A report from the US shows renewed consumer interest in eggs, thanks to the knowledge that lutein, found in eggs, may help prevent macular degeneration ('Big break for egg business' in Lowell, Massachusetts' Lowell Sun, December 19, 2003).
Alfalfa is also a source of lutein and another report from the US shows a greater interest in the farming and processing of the plant ('Rediscovering alfalfa' in Farmington, Minnesota's Rosemount Town Pages, December 19, 2003).
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Alfalfa is also a source of lutein and another report from the US shows a greater interest in the farming and processing of the plant ('Rediscovering alfalfa' in Farmington, Minnesota's Rosemount Town Pages, December 19, 2003).
Monday, December 15, 2003
Sports for Young and Old with RP
The UK's Ruth Small (70), a Commonwealth gold medallist who took up lawn bowls after losing her sight to retinitis pigmentosa recently received the Mid Kent Water Award for Disabled Sportswoman of the Year ('Blind Bowler Scoops Award', Sevenoaks Chronicle, December 12, 2003).
US teenager Marcus Hernandez, who has lost most of his sight through retinitis pigmentosa, is competing as a member of his high school wrestling team ('Blind ambition', The Pueblo Chieftain, December 11, 2003).
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US teenager Marcus Hernandez, who has lost most of his sight through retinitis pigmentosa, is competing as a member of his high school wrestling team ('Blind ambition', The Pueblo Chieftain, December 11, 2003).
Sunday, December 07, 2003
Stargardt's Rising Star
Mitch Sween is a ten-year-old boy with hopes of acting or becoming a lawyer in the future. Mitch, who has Stargardt's Disease, will star in his local community Christmas play, according to an article in Janesville, Wisconsin's GazetteExtra ('Delavan boy with disabilities comes up big in role', December 5, 2003).
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Tuesday, December 02, 2003
Individuals with RP in the News
Social worker Graham Findlay is featured in an article about the Grampian Society for the Blind, in which he tells of the assistance offered by the society when he needed to change careers and adjust to vision loss. ('Blind Charity That Offered a Ray of Light' (North Scotland's Evening Express, November 28, 2003).
Jackie Saunders of Taylors Lakes in Melbourne and her three children were alerted to a house fire by guide dog Gina ('Guide dog takes on life saving duties', Melbourne's The Age, December 2, 2003).
An AP article, 'Albert Nozaki, 91, Hollywood Art Director, Dies' (The New York Times, December 2, 2003) mentions that Mr Nozaki, who worked most famously on The Ten Commandments and War of the Worlds had retinitis pigmentosa.
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Jackie Saunders of Taylors Lakes in Melbourne and her three children were alerted to a house fire by guide dog Gina ('Guide dog takes on life saving duties', Melbourne's The Age, December 2, 2003).
An AP article, 'Albert Nozaki, 91, Hollywood Art Director, Dies' (The New York Times, December 2, 2003) mentions that Mr Nozaki, who worked most famously on The Ten Commandments and War of the Worlds had retinitis pigmentosa.
