Do you know you can have a chip implanted in your dog to identify him if he gets lost? The same technology is now available for humans - and it's not about identity, it's about health.

   A team at Stanford (Palo Alto, California) has developed a prototype of a chip that can be implanted in the eves of people who suffer from macular degeneration, an incurable, progressive disease that slowly robs those afflicted of their sight. The chip is light-activated and can sample biochemicals in the body (hopefully reporting its findings back to doctors through a minuscule transmitter) and can dispense medication.

   Chips are being developed to treat all kinds of diseases, including diabetes.

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Question from : Carlos Cordova

I do not wear glasses, even though I believe I need them. Sometimes, I see a small white shape (flash or move across) in the lower left hand corner of my left side of vision. What is it?

Dr. Webber:

The flash may be a sign of the jelly of the eye pulling on the retina. I suggest seeing your eye doctor for a complete dilated eye exam.

   Cutting-edge treatment; The Verisyse implantable lens. People with extreme nearsightedness (myopia) don't have enough corneal tissue to undergo LASIK surgery, and the new lens offers a way for them to forgo glasses. "Think of it as a contact lens that goes inside the eye," says Robert Maloney, M.D., an associate clinical professor of ophthalmology at UCLA and a principal researcher during recent clinical trials of the Verisyse lens. And because no tissue is elimnated when the lens is implanted, patients experience fewer side effects than with typical LASIK surgery.

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    A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America

   Eye disease causes suffering, loss of productivity, and diminished quality of life for all of Americans. During Save Your Vision Week, we raise awareness of eye disease and encourage all our citizens to take action to safeguard their eyesight.

   Now, therefore, I, George W. Bush, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim March 6 through March 12, 2005, as Save Your Vision Week. I encourage eye care professionals, teachers, the media, and public and private organizations dedicated to preserving eyesight to join in activities that will raise awareness of the measures all citizens can take to protect vision.

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Ever notice how many times your eyes blink? Probably not, because we blink so fast. The average person blinks about 12 times a minute. That's an outstanding 10,080 blinks in a kids day (14 waking hours). That's why when someone says "it happened in the blink of an eye," they mean it happened really fast.

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