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  • Lending a Helping Paw

    Lending a Helping Paw

    Service Dogs Offer More Than You Might Think   by MATT NORMAN When you think service dogs, what comes to mind? You probably think of a beautiful lab in a vest and helping the visually impaired. While many service dogs are used for guiding those who are blind, there are a lot more ways service…

  • Caring Canine

    Caring Canine

    Meet Victory Ridge Academy’s Superstar, Dub the Service Dog by TERESA SCHIFFER If there’s one face familiar to all at Victory Ridge Academy, it’s Dub, the dog. Dub, short for Dublin, has been working at the school for children with special needs for the last 10 years. Dub is a Labrador retriever who has been…

  • Riding for Therapy

    Riding for Therapy

    Equine-Assisted Activities Offer Heartfelt Help for Vets, Children with Special Needs by Mary Toothman At TiAnViCa Riding Academy, more than a dozen horses are on hand to allow people to ride — and heal. Sara Meadows, executive director and co-founder of TiAnViCa Riding Academy, says horseback riding for people with special needs has been offered…

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  • What Is Age-Related Macular Degeneration, or AMD?

    What Is Age-Related Macular Degeneration, or AMD?

    by NADER MOINFAR, M.D., M.P.H. Geographic atrophy (GA) is an advanced form of dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD).  In general, AMD is a disease that progresses in stages.  Patients with advanced AMD experience vision loss from either excess fluid and blood (wet AMD) or the death of cells (GA).  It is estimated that 1.5 million…

  • Understanding Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

    Understanding Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

    An aneurysm is a “weakening” or “dilatation” in a part of an artery. An estimated 15,000 people die of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) every year in the US. About 200,000 new cases of AAA are diagnosed every year. Most of these are diagnosed by tests that are done for unrelated reasons.  The aorta is…

  • The Future Is Clear: The Shift to Daily Disposable Contact Lenses

    The Future Is Clear: The Shift to Daily Disposable Contact Lenses

    by DANIEL SMITH, O.D. Contact lenses offer a wonderful alternative to traditional eyeglasses, providing wearers with a range of unique benefits that suit various lifestyles. They offer a natural, unobstructed field of vision, and the absence of frames on the face may be highly beneficial, especially during physical activities where glasses may pose a risk…

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