There’s a recent research paper from the Archives of Ophthalmology on the health care costs of retinitis pigmentosa (RP) that’s spurred lots of discussion around the FFB office. Led by Dr. Kevin Frick, of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, the study compared the annual health care costs of nearly 3,000 people with RP to 3,000 people without. The bottom line: People with RP had $7,317 more in annual health care expenditures.
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Tel Aviv, Israel
Now that I’m back from my trip to Israel, I wanted to offer a couple more posts about my visit, the first covering a fascinating research conference in Tel Aviv.
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Photograph by Andy Manis.
When I joined the University of Wisconsin (UW) in 2003, I saw stem cell research as having great potential to benefit patients with retinal degenerations. I also saw stem cells as a way to answer basic science questions about the retina and the conditions that affect it. As a scientist and a pediatric ophthalmologist, these goals were really important to me.
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The Wailing Wall, Israel
So, my prayers were answered. As I mentioned in my last post, my luggage did not arrive with me in Israel, but, as the airlines promised, it did a day later, so I haven’t had to keep wearing the same clothes. Thank goodness.
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Imagine being born completely deaf or with profound hearing loss. Certainly, there are many challenges, but you find ways to navigate the hearing world. You learn sign language or get a cochlear implant. Through cultural and advocacy programs and education, you learn how to succeed in school, enjoy sports and social activities and plan for the future.
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Remember the 1970s TV show The Six Million Dollar Man, featuring Lee Majors as Col. Steve Austin? Also known as the “Bionic Man,” he had a number of bionic – electronic and/or mechanical – body parts, including one eye, which gave him super-human powers to fight evildoers and save pets, small children and damsels in distress from imminent peril.
Steve is highly respected for his expertise and tireless commitment to finding treatments and cures for vision-robbing retinal diseases. 
As the Foundation's senior science writer, Ben writes science and research articles for the Foundation’s website, newsletters and Eye on the Cure blog. 
As the Foundation's senior writer, Rich writes and edits content for all of the Foundation’s print and online publications, including its blog, Eye on the Cure. 
Rockin’ and Rollin’ for a Good Cause
By Dr. Steve Rose on June 1, 2012 | 0 Comments
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