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Glaucoma may be neurologic disorder

By Ophthalmology Times Staff Reports

San Francisco—A new research paradigm may move glaucoma out of the realm of eye disease and characterize it as a neurologic disorder that causes nerve cells in the brain to degenerate and die, similar to what occurs in Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases. For many years, the prevailing theory was that...

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Super Bowl Sunday Turns Into A Precious Day For Blind 12-Year-Old Fan And His Dad

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Super Bowl Sunday Turns Into A Precious Day For Blind 12-Year-Old Fan And His Dad Source: thepostgame.com Super Bowl Sunday Turns Into A Precious Day For Blind 12-Year-Old Fan And His Dad Sunday, February 5, 2012 8:53 pm Jon Miller will never see an NFL game, but his doting father made sure he came to the Super Bowl anyway. As much as the Super Bowl is known for its celebrities, corporate tickets and big money glitz, it can also be an epic and heartfelt event for families seeking the most unique and bonding of experiences. One of those stories could be found in the upper decks of Lucas Oil Stadium o...

Batten's Disease: MOney for Austin

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Cortical Visual Impairments

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Batten's Disease

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Batten's Disease: Children's Hospital Celebrates First Year of Discoveries

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Neighbors Come Together to Light Up Randall Park Neighborhood, Raise Funds — Downers Grove news, photos and events — TribLocal.com

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A Legacy For and Beyond Batten Disease - Bio-IT World

Batten's disease is a horrible thing to watch your children go through. I have had at least five students with this conditon that I know of. It may have been fortunate that a couple of them had the infantile type and that they were severely cognitvely impaired from birth and not aware of their condition. However, three of them had the later onset juvenile type of Batten's and were aware of the differences in their abilities and health as the disease progressed. I did not want to know until years later when they had passed. Those same three were included among the "Faces of Batten's" on the national foundation web site.

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