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6/7/2010 12:00:00 AM
Dr. Palmon volunteered as part of the Christian Medical Eye Mission.
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2/28/2008 12:00:00 AM
FORT MYERS, Fla. (January 28, 2008) Vision disorders are the fourth most common disability in the United States and the most prevalent handicapping condition during childhood, yet only 14 percent of children under the age of 6 have had an eye and vision examination.
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2/12/2008 12:00:00 AM
FORT MYERS, Fla. (January 7, 2008) A tiny device about the size of a grain of rice is revolutionizing glaucoma surgery and saving the vision of patients diagnosed with glaucoma.
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5/16/2007 1:00:00 AM
A Fort Myers-based physician, experienced in performing laser vision correction, cataract surgery and in the treatment of corneal diseases, was a featured presenter at the annual conference of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) in San Diego.
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8/3/2005 1:00:00 AM
As children and teens head back to school, it's important to add an eye examination to the list of Back-to-School essentials.
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1/25/2004 12:00:00 AM
There are approximately 2.2 million Americans age 40 and older that have glaucoma and half are at risk for going blind because they do not know they have the disease. You could be one of them.
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7/31/2003 1:00:00 AM
Glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible vision loss in the United States - affecting about three million Americans.
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6/30/2003 1:00:00 AM
Last year an estimated 8,800 firework injuries landed Americans in a hospital emergency room, including 1,600 eye injuries. Most of the injuries occurred in the weeks surrounding the Fourth of July holiday.
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8/19/2002 1:00:00 AM
Rick Palmon, M.D., a board-certified ophthalmologist and medical director of Southwest Florida Eye Care was recently a featured presenter at the annual conference of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery in San Diego.
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