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		<title>New Study says Hearing and Vision Loss go Hand-in Hand  (Wet macular degeneration)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	New Study says Hearing and Vision Loss go Hand-in HandEarthtimes.org&#160;- Oct 10, 2006&#8230; Another revelation was that those suffering from age-related macular degeneration and cataracts were found to be more prone to develop hearing problems when &#8230; Source: www.earthtimes.org

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		<title>Research Shows Drug Reverses Macular Degeneration In Some  (Dry macular degeneration)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Research Shows Drug Reverses Macular Degeneration In SomeNBC6.net,&#160;FL&#160;- Oct 4, 2006MIAMI &#8212; Macular degeneration is the leading cause of blindness in people over the age of 50. &#8230; Macular degeneration cost Mosely Barker her driver&#8217;s license. &#8230; Source: www.nbc6.net
	National Eye Institute to finance two-year study comparing &#8230;News-Medical.net,&#160;Australia&#160;- Oct 8, 2006&#8230; year study comparing the effectiveness [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cautious stem-cell outlook  (Dry macular degeneration)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Cautious stem-cell outlookSt. Paul Pioneer Press - And Advanced Cell Technology of Alameda intends to ask for approval next year to test people with its stem-cell treatment for an eye disorder called macular degeneration. Hall said it has long been the institute&#8217;s plan to recruit businesses to pay the   Source: www.twincities.com
	&#8216;Something keeps telling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Macular degeneration treatment - WHO Releases New Global Estimates to Mark World Sight Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	WHO Releases New Global Estimates to Mark World Sight DayWATE - WHO previously estimated that 161 million people were visually impaired from eye diseases such as cataract, glaucoma and macular degeneration. Uncorrected refractive errors were not included in these earlier estimates. These latest WHO estimates add &#8230; Source: www.wate.com

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		<title>NEJM AUDIO SUMMARY  (Macular degeneration treatment)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	NEJM AUDIO SUMMARYNew England Journal of Medicine - Supplement to the New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 355, No. 14. This summary covers the issue of October 5, 2006. Featured are articles on ranibizumab for age-related macular degeneration, ranibizumab versus verteporfin for age-related macular &#8230; Source: content.nejm.org

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		<title>New sight treatment has plenty of patients</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	New sight treatment has plenty of patientsColumbus Ledger-Enquirer,&#160;GA&#160;- Oct 5, 2006AP. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Growing numbers of people are trying new treatments for macular degeneration that use shots in the eye to restore sight. &#8230; Source: www.ledger-enquirer.com

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		<title>Wet macular degeneration - Lowering The Cost Of Preserving Vision</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Lowering The Cost Of Preserving VisionMedical News Today (press release),&#160;UK&#160;- 20 hours ago&#8230; in the New England Journal of Medicine demonstrate that the drug ranibizumab is an effective treatment for neovascular macular degeneration, a complication of &#8230; Source: www.medicalnewstoday.com

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		<title>HEATHER MALLICK:  (Macular degeneration)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	HEATHER MALLICK:CBC News - I know two people with macular degeneration, an irreversible slide into blindness. They&#8217;re stoic, but I can&#8217;t say they&#8217;re happy about it. For this, I was chastised by the board&#8217;s moderator (a sensation I associate with Jimmy Swaggart for some reason   Source: www.cbc.ca

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		<title>Dry macular degeneration - New wonder drug that could beat blindness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	New wonder drug that could beat blindnessDaily Mail - Around 26,000 Britons a year could benefit from using Lucentis, which is designed to combat the wet form of a condition called age-related macular degeneration, or AMD. AMD normally affects the over-60s. The wet form progresses quickly and can cause   Source: news.homesandproperty.co.uk

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		<title>New treatment for macular degeneration (KMOV St. Louis)  (Macular degeneration)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	New treatment for macular degeneration (KMOV St. Louis) (KMOV) - There&#8217;s a new treatment for the leading cause of blindness in patients over 55. The New England journal of medicine has published studies showing lucentis can, in many cases, help restore vision. Source: www.kmov.com

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