Word: retina
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...covering over the eye. Other conditions may be triggered after years of exposure. Studies have linked UV radiation to an increased risk of cataracts, in which the lenses of the eyes become cloudy, as well as to macular degeneration, in which the cells in the central part of the retina slowly...
This blind guy. Erik Weihenmayer, 33, wasn't just another yuppie trekker who'd lost a few rounds to the mountain. Blind since he was 13, the victim of a rare hereditary disease of the retina, he began attacking mountains in his early...
...This blind guy. Erik Weihenmayer, 33, wasn't just another yuppie trekker who'd lost a few rounds to the mountain. Blind since he was 13, the victim of a rare hereditary disease of the retina, he began attacking mountains in his early...
...First Team All-Ivy last season as well, despite missing 11 games with a detached retina. And in the previous year, he garnered Honorable Mention from the league with a hobbled ankle...
...diagnosis was a detached retina, and it could have ended his career...