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Prevent Blindness, the nation's leading patient advocacy organization dedicated to preventing blindness and preserving sight, is once again declaring July as Dry Eye Month with the goal to raise ...

Mayo Clinic physicians, researchers and patients had been working together to learn more about this devastating disease when a 22-year-old patient, who has two rare genetic conditions that ...

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Several heat-related illnesses pose life-threatening risks amid extreme heat in Michigan. Here's what to know.

Tennis was thought to add up to 9.7 years of life expectancy, and badminton 6.2 years. This is compared to swimming, which added 3.4 years, and jogging, which added 3.2 years.

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