Eyes are the Window to Your Soul and Health! DADE CITY, FLORIDA – (July 22, 2013) – According to the World Health Organization, in high-income countries two-thirds of people live beyond the age of seventy and predominately die of chronic diseases, such as cardiovascular disease, chronic obstructive lung disease, cancers, diabetes or dementia. If caught…
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Ophthalmologists Offer Sight-Saving Eye Care to Prevent Blindness
EyeCare America promotes vision loss prevention in U.S. through no out of pocket-cost eye exams and care According to the World Health Organization, nearly 180 million people suffer from blindness or visual impairment globally, yet 75 percent of blindness could be prevented or treated with sight-saving eye care. In observance of World Blindness Awareness Month,…