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Blind Filmmaker's Amazing Story Will Open Your Eyes

HooplaHa | Posted 02.12.2013 | Good News
Read More: Overcoming Obstacles, Disability, Film, Blindness, Video, Joseph Lovett Documentary, Glaucoma, Going Blind, Vision Going Blind, Joseph Lovett Going Blind, Going Blind Documentary, Good News News
HooplaHa

When faced with an obstacle as severe as vision loss most would throw up their hands and accept their newfound misfortune. Some refuse to give in.

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To See Better Is to Live Better

Calvin W. Roberts, M.D. | Posted 02.02.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Vision, Eye Health, Glaucoma, Ophthalmologist, Eye Disease, Annual Eye Exam, Healthy Eyes, Macular Degeneration, Annual Eye Exams, Vision Health, Eye Exams, Eye Health Diabetes, Eyes Health, Personal Health, Diabetic Retinopathy, Ophthalmologists, Optometrist, Eye Exam, Eye Diseases, Healthy Living News
Calvin W. Roberts, M.D.

True or false: I can see well, so my eyes are healthy. If you answered "true," then you're one of millions who believe in this common eye health myth.

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Low Estrogen Linked to Increased Glaucoma Risk

Mache Seibel, MD | Posted 10.28.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Low Estrogen, Menopause Symptoms, Glaucoma, Menopause, Personal Health, Risk of Glaucoma, Glaucoma Blindness, Glaucoma Blind, Low Estrogen Glaucoma, Estrogen Glaucoma, Glaucoma Risk, Healthy Living News
Mache Seibel, MD

If you are in or near menopause and considering whether or not to take estrogen, in addition to hot flashes and low libido, it's time to include your risk of glaucoma with your doctor.

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Bill Would Prohibit Glaucoma Patients From Using Medical Marijuana

The Huffington Post | David Sands | Posted 03.29.2012 | Detroit
Read More: Glaucoma Pot, State Sen. Rick Jones, Video, Rick Jones Michigan, Michigan Medical Marihuana Act, Glaucoma, Corrections, Michigan Marijuana Amendment, Medical Marijuana, Medical Marijauna, Michigan Marijauna Law, Medicinal Pot, Medical Marijuana Glaucoma, Glaucoma Marijauna, Detroit News

The sponsor of a state Senate bill in Michigan is looking to outlaw the use of medical marijuana by glaucoma patients. In 2008, voters passed the ...

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Some Local Governments Just Saying No To Medical Pot Dispensaries

AP | GEOFF MULVIHILL | Posted 03.10.2012 | Business
Read More: Local Governments, Cannabis, Video, Marijuana, Glaucoma, National League of Cities, Aids, Marijuana Dispensaries, Medical Marijuana, Multiple Sclerosis, Cancer, Business News

More and more states are saying yes to medical marijuana. But local governments are increasingly using their laws to just say no, not in our backyard....

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The Top Ten "Reefer Madness" Stories of 2011

Russ Belville | Posted 02.29.2012 | Weird News
Read More: Norml, Glaucoma, Marijuana, Medical Marijuana, Psychosis, Synthetic Pot, NORML Blog, Dispensaries, Propaganda, Mental Illness, Chronic Pain, Medical Marijuana Program, Cocaine, Weird News News
Russ Belville

Reefer Madness is the 1936 anti-pot propaganda film showing young people becoming crazed and violent on the effects of "reefer." Today, we use it as shorthand to describe the hysterical warnings by the anti-drug zealots as reported by a complacent media.

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Medical marijuana's not getting any better - the time for RE-legalization is NOW!

Russ Belville | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Home Grow, Marijuana Law Reform, Dispensary, Glaucoma, Dispensaries, Washington, Vermont, Oregon, Multiple Sclerosis, Massachusetts, Caregiver, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Legalization, Minnesota, New York, Election, California, Possession Limits, Stats, New Mexico, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Initiatives, Chronic Pain, Initiative, Cancer, Rhode Island, Personal Use, Politics News
Russ Belville

With New Jersey recently becoming the 14th medical marijuana state, activists in marijuana law reform have been celebrating. After all, over 82 mil...

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Holder's Baby Step On Medical Marijuana

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Chris Weigant

Obama's plan is good news for medical marijuana advocates, but although this is a historic shift in the War on Drugs, it does not go far enough because it does not resolve the illogic of the underlying legal issue.

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Duke! Mama's Home: From the Detroit Stories

Lester Sloan | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Ferndale Michigan, New Jersey, Influenza Epidemic, Diabetes, South Carolina, Glaucoma, Elbe Alabama, Detroit, Dachshund Dog, Dialysis, Growing Old, Healthy Living News
Lester Sloan

Back home again, her three-and-one-half hours of dialysis over, my mother negotiates her way through a maze of bags, chairs and boxes, toward the hazy out-of-focus shapes of the kitchen.

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Taxing THC: Turning Old New York into New New Amsterdam

Warren Holstein | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
Read More: New Orleans, Rockefeller Drug Laws, Marijuana, Drugs, Amsterdam, California, Military Industrial Complex, Glaucoma, Norml, David Paterson, Drug War, Medical Marijuana, Blue Laws Repealed, Decriminalization, Budget Deficit, New York, Tom Ammiano, Politics, Cannabis, Intractable Pain, Federal Budget Deficit, Marijuana Amsterdam, Blue Laws, Neoconservatives, Weed, Legalize Marijuana, Ground Zero, Law Enforcement, Economy, Comedy News
Warren Holstein

Bollocks! How is that California, the crossroads of implants, spray tans and superficiality, has a leg up on the Empire State, on the possible legalization and taxation of Cannabis sativa?

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"The Eyes Have It"

Jerry Zezima | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
Read More: Marriage, Real Estate, Fashion, Humor, Health, Optometry, Happiness, Eye Exams, Eyesight, Eye Drops, Glaucoma, Glasses, Eyes, Style News
Jerry Zezima

I have always viewed myself as a farsighted person, a visionary who, like a great leader, could clearly see the world around me. However, I now know I'm a nearsighted person.

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Glaucoma: The Thief That Can Rob You Blind

Dr. Rock Positano | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Glaucoma Detection, Sneak Thief of Sight, The Balanced Life, Glaucoma Blindness, Glaucoma, World Glaucoma Day, Healthy Living News
Dr. Rock Positano

It is a leading cause of blindness around the globe. Yet more than half of the people who have the disease don't even know they have it. No wonder G...

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