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SIU to host talk on Afghanistan and UN's global work, local impact.

Authors : Globally, By Pete Rosenbery Siu News Service Carbondale A Panel Discussion Next Month Will Explore Local Impact Of The United Nations' Work; Before, Along With Organization'S Efforts In Afghanistan Both;

Source: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL). 2022, pages. 4

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HBO documentary 'Our Towns' finds unity.

Authors : Hyperpartisanship, By Ann Hornaday The Washington Post It'S A Jittery Time To Be An American.; Holes, Media Rabbit;

Source: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL). 2021, pages. 14

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Water system project in Herrick to commence Herrick: Park, water meters discussed.

Authors : Concluded, Millie Meyerholz Correspondent When The April Meeting Of Herrick Village Board; $970, The Outlook Looked Dim For The Village'S Water System Improvement Plan Through United States Department Of Rural Development. Prices For Materials During The Past Two Years Had Risen So Extremely That Nearly Another Million Dollars Was Needed To Fulfill All The Needs For The Project. The Second Amount Needed Was; 6, 000 The Bid Which Came On May

Source: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL). 2022, pages. 1

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Max Baucus's Moment.

Authors : United States Senate finance committee chairman Max Baucus is faced with the challenge of pushing health care reform legislation. Baucus has announced a schedule aimed at sending a bill to the Senate floor by July 2009. Comments from Baucus' colleagues are also presented.

Source: National Journal. 2009, Vol. 41, Issue 11, pages. 18-5

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Offices of all levels on local ballot for Tuesday election Election: Several races are unopposed.

Authors : Tuesday, Compiled By John Broux Staff Writer Voters Who Head To The Polls; Republican, Mar. 17 Will Have Their Choice Of Three Ballots '; Democrat

Source: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL). 2020, pages. 1

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Authors : Pariol, Stephen Harris Cesana; Team, Italy - It Has Been A Season To Forget For The United States Skeleton; Controversy, Filled With

Source: The Boston Herald. 2006, pages. 116

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FAITH ABOUNDS; In a land where things only seem to get harder, Haitians have learned to puttheir trust in the hands of the Lord.

Authors : Alexandre, Mary Mccarty o: Beceline; Leogane, Of; Haiti

Source: Dayton Daily News (Dayton, OH). 2004.

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Yanks' Savvy Move Should Be Blessing For All of Baseball.

Authors : Schiller, Harvey W. Schiller; Harvey W.; Ph.D.

Source: The New York Times. 2004.

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PDT potential breakthrough for many AMD patients.

Authors : Guyer Newly announced study results offer hope to some previously untreatable people QLT and CIBA Vision have just announced an important breakthrough for patients with the exudative form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). As we all know, the great majority of patients with exudative macular degeneration are presently untreatable. Only about 15% or fewer patients with wet macular degeneration are eligible for conventional laser treatment based upon guidelines of the Macular Photocoagulation Study Group. For the 85% of untreatable cases, the usual progression is to legal blindness or worse. The exciting results of photodynamic therapy (PDT) for exudative macular degeneration featured on our cover in this issue represent a remarkable potential breakthrough for the treatment of this disease. The trial was extremely well executed under the leadership of Neil Bressler, MD, at the Wilmer Institute, and involved 22 centers in North America and Europe. Study of 609 patients in two independent and identical studies revealed statistically significant results as far as the primary endpoint of three or more lines of vision loss at 1 year. A total of 61.4% of patients on Visudyne therapy compared to 45.9% of patients administered placebo showed stable or improved visual acuity at 1 year. This difference was statistically significant at a p=0.0002 level. Importantly, statistically significant results on all of the data favoring treatment were found for all secondary endpoints including contrast sensitivity and lesion growth. In addition, the drug was well tolerated with only 2% of patients withdrawing due to adverse events. A few important points should be made. The first involves the magnitude of the statistical significant difference. A p=0.0002 difference in treatment versus placebo is truly a great difference for this devastating progressive disease. In addition, these results were verified in two independent studies, which is important for FDA approval. The difference of approximately 15% in the treatment versus control groups is a very important clinical parameter. Most retinal specialist feel that a 10% to 15% or greater change in the natural outcome of this disorder would be necessary for them to use such a treatment in most of their patients. Thus, PDT appears to be not only statistically but clinically important. Although it will be almost a year until this treatment is offered for public use pending FDA approval, the demand for it is potentially huge. Because of the great statistical significance and the magnitude of the problem (200,000 or more people per year have the wet form of the disease in the United States alone), this therapy may be in widespread use once approved. Most importantly, we finally have a treatment for these patients who have been devastated by going blind from this condition. We, at Ophthalmology Times, would like to congratulate not only Ciba Vision and QLT for a very well-done study, but also Dr. Bressler, the study chairman, and all the investigators from the 22 sites around the world for conducting an incredibly important pivotal study for the leading cause of irreversible blindness in the Western world. Although these spectacular results should make us very excited, of course the high recurrence rate following PDT emphasizes the fact that macular degeneration is a chronic progressive disease and that PDT is not a cure for AMD. Multiple treatments will be necessary and there may become a point where no further treatment is possible due to toxicity. In addition, we must await results of the VIP study of PDT for occult choroidal neovascularization, the most common form of exudative AMD, which will probably not be available for about 1 year in order to know if this therapy will be useful for all patients. Clearly, new drugs of an antiangiogenic nature also will be seen in the near future. The beginning of '99 has brought great potential hope for patients with macular degeneration., David R.

Source: Ophthalmology Times. 1999, Vol. 24, Issue 3, pages. 1

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U.S. schoolkids unite in Pledge.

Authors : Afghanistan, Students Across The United States Simultaneously Recited The Pledge Of Allegiance Marie Szaniszlo As Bombing Continued Yesterday In; Children., Began Heeding President Bush'S Call To Raise Money For Afghan

Source: The Boston Herald. 2001.

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FAITH ABOUNDS; In a land where things only seem to get harder, Haitians have learned to puttheir trust in the hands of the Lord.

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