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      <title>Cost and Availablity of Medical Care USA</title>
      <description>If you live in the United States there is no reason you can't get  quality medical care. A high deduc</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:50:56 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>Premium IOLs have a disproportionately high number of complaints: </title>
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Patients voice concerns about cataract surgery/IOL implantation on Internet eye care forums
&#8220;Pre</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:06:05 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>EyeNet Article about MedHelp.com Eye Forums</title>
      <description>Internet Advice:
When Patients Go Online
by miriam karmel, contributing writer
When it comes to th</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 16:44:42 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>Activity after Retinal Detachment Surgery</title>
      <description>Retinal holes/tears are very common and depending on size, location, personal and family history and </description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 16:40:07 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>General Information on Eye Exams</title>
      <description>The slit lamp is a bio-microscope usually used to examine the front of the eye. When you are in it yo</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 16:37:29 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>General Information on Glaucoma</title>
      <description>glaucoma is an extraordinarily complex disease. It's actually a whole group of diseases-depending on </description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:32:04 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>2B or Not 2B: Flying In the Age of Innocence</title>
      <description>2B or Not 2B: Flying in the Age of Innocence 
Missouri Medicine Editorial #12
John C. Hagan III, MD</description>
      <dc:creator>John C Hagan III, MD, FACS</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:30:20 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>Global Warming is NOT PROVEN SCIENCE</title>
      <description>U.S. Senate Report: Over 400 Prominent Scientists Disputed Man-Made Global Warming Claims in 2007
De</description>
      <dc:creator>John C Hagan III, MD, FACS</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:27:36 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>General Information on Myopic Macular Degeneration</title>
      <description>The use of scleral reinforcement for treatment of progressive high myopia is not a procedure universa</description>
      <dc:creator>John C Hagan III, MD, FACS</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:25:11 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>General Information on "Premium" Multifocal &amp; Accommodating IOLs</title>
      <description>A "mono-focal" intraocular implant (IOL) is the standard IOL used in most surgery. It has a fixed foc</description>
      <dc:creator>John C Hagan III, MD, FACS</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:22:47 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>General Information About Recurrent Corneal Erosions</title>
      <description>You have "recurrent corneal erosion syndrome". The condition is common and will not destroy your sigh</description>
      <dc:creator>John C Hagan III, MD, FACS</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:02:03 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>General Information on Intraocular Lens Power Determination</title>
      <description>Hello Garrett,    Your mother's optical situation is not uncommon. Choosing an intraocular implant (I</description>
      <dc:creator>John C Hagan III, MD, FACS</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:59:40 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>General Information on Fuchs' Corneal Dystrophy</title>
      <description>There is no exact definition of how many guttatta it takes to diagnosis Fuchs' Endothelial Corneal Dy</description>
      <dc:creator>John C Hagan III, MD, FACS</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:51:39 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>Information about Eye Muscle Disorders (Strabismus)</title>
      <description>Hello, Eye alignment disorders/diseases are called "strabismus" by Ophthalmologists. If the misalignm</description>
      <dc:creator>John C Hagan III, MD, FACS</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:48:06 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>General information on dry eyes/tears dysfunction syndrome</title>
      <description>General Information on Dry Eyes-Now known as Tears Dysfunction Syndrome.

a Schirmer test of zero i</description>
      <dc:creator>John C Hagan III, MD, FACS</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:22:48 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>Don&#8217;t Forget to Protect Your Eyes This Summer</title>
      <description>One of the greatest threats to your eyes is all around you: sunlight. Studies show that exposure to b</description>
      <dc:creator>John C Hagan III, MD, FACS</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:18:39 -0500</pubDate>
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