Macular Degeneration

FARGO, N.D. - The snow had finally melted and the ground was no longer soggy, so I began inspecting our landscape. I wanted to see if our perennial plants had survived the winter. Fortunately, our rosebushes were budding, the tall grasses were growing and...

A Lake County ophthalmology practice has been selected as one of only four practices in the country to participate in a clinical trial of a new lens that will be used in cataract surgery. Doctors from Mid-Florida Eye Center will test the new lens —...

An Orlando retina medical group has  created an iPhone app for its practice — in what may be a first in the Central Florida medical community. Central Florida Retina's free app — which provides information  on macular degeneration...

According to the defendant's lawyer, the North Woodmere man busted in a CVS refund scam is "as shocked as anyone" that he was arrested and charged with buying and returning pills after swapping them for cheaper drugs. Rabin Purnsrian, 43, would then...

I last wrote about donuts and how they aren’t the best choice for breakfast. There are lots of other foods that people tend to eat for breakfast that also aren’t the best foods for your health. They include pastries, refined donuts and toast,...

Jane Russell, the dark-haired siren whose sensational debut in the 1943 film "The Outlaw" inspired producer Howard Hughes to challenge the power and strict morality of Hollywood's production code, died Monday at her home in Santa Maria, Calif. She was 89....

T Lee Corso of ESPN, Jim Minow of the Foundation Fighting Blindness and  former Orange County school superintendent Jim Schott are working together on the upcoming VisionWalk fundraiser. It's not too late to sign up for VisionWalk — a fundraiser...

Jews here and around the world are celebrating Passover, which began Monday at sundown. Passover pays homage to the story of the Exodus of ancients Israelites lead by Moses out of Egypt, where they were slaves. It's a time of family gatherings and...

Mark Yudof became president of the University of California in 2008. Some timing. Since then, the university has seen its state funding, which accounts for about 13% of its operating budget, cut again and again. Now Gov. Jerry Brown wants another $500...

LaVern Gill, who was adopted, didn't know anything about his family until this year, when his daughters and a pastor's wife solved the mystery. Thanks to their work, the 82-year-old Java man learned he has a half-sister in Luverne, Minn. He also found...