Asbestos and Mesothelioma Awareness
by: Asbestos.com
Asbestos is a natural mineral used in many products since the 1920’s. Asbestos was a very popular material due to its great qualities such as its, high resistance to heat, flexibility, and it was cheaper than its counterparts. Being exposed to asbestos should not be taken lightly as it is the leading cause of [...]
Lions Clubs share vision to save children’s sight
Written by John English
The Highland Village, Flower Mound and Lewisville Lions Clubs are teaming up to secure new optical screening equipment to reduce the prevalence of visual impairment in children.
Dianne Ashmore of the Highland Village Lions Club said the device the organizations are looking to purchase is far more sophisticated then what they are currently [...]
Lions Club eye programs help needy see a better future
AUBURN CA – For nearly 100 years, the Lions Clubs International has worked on projects designed to prevent blindness, restore eyesight and improve eyecare for hundreds of millions of people worldwide.
Closer to home, its program for helping needy people in obtaining prescription eyeglasses plays a low-key role in helping give many the gift of better [...]
Lions clubs represented at annual Lions Vision Research Foundation banquet
Thirty Lions clubs and one Lioness Club from Western Maryland – Carroll, Frederick, Washington, Alleghany and Garrett counties – were represented at the annual Lions Vision Research Foundation banquet Nov. 5 at New Midway Volunteer Fire Company.
More than $19,000 was donated by the clubs present to support the foundation’s work.
The Deer Park Lions Club donated [...]
Blindness Awareness Month and World Sight Day, is Today Oct. 13
The Little Rock Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of children who are blind or visually impaired initiated a bill into law establishing October as “Blindness Awareness Month.” Last year, Mayor Barnett proclaimed October as Blindness Awareness Month. Studies indicate that over 14,000 persons in Collier County live with blindness or significant [...]
New Portable Video Magnifier Helps Low-Vision Users to Read on the Go
Ai Squared, the worldwide leader in screen magnification software for the visually impaired, has unveiled a new handheld device that helps people in need of visual assistance read, shop and write on the go.
The i-loview portable video magnifier is a sleek, ergonomically designed and lightweight device that enlarges text and objects for reading. Equipped with [...]
Social Entrepreneur Bringing Quality Vision Care to India’s Poor
Dr. R.V. Ramani, founder of the Sankara Eye Care in Coimbatore, India, has created a successful healthcare model to deliver quality vision care to the underprivileged in rural India. Dr. Ramani’s social enterprise model works on a unique 20/80 principle where 20 percent of the patients pay for the free treatment of the remaining 80 [...]
Clinic focuses on declining eyesight in Merced County
By YESENIA AMARO
yamaro@mercedsunstar.com
Margaret Buchmann-Garcia was taken by surprise 12 years ago when she suddenly began to lose vision in her right eye with no explanation.
“I started seeing dots, and I came home and it happened very quickly overnight,” she recalled Thursday morning.
The worst is that three months later, she also began to lose vision in [...]
