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Array ( [results] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1495102 [Title] => Addressing corneal blindness in the Philippines [Summary] =>The epidemiology of corneal blindness is complicated and encompasses a wide variety of infectious and inflammatory eye diseases that cause corneal scarring, WHO said.
[DatePublished] => 2015-09-01 21:20:16 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/lifestyle/health-and-family/20150901/childblindness.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 335502 [Title] => Maambong warns contact lens users [Summary] => Provincial Board Member Victor Maambong has filed a resolution reiterating the warning of Philippine Academy of Ophthalmologist (PAO) to contact lens users against corneal infection, which can lead to blindness.
Maambong's resolution followed in view of the alarming number of contact lens wearers who were diagnosed with corneal infections.
Records at the Philippine General Hospital showed that 20 percent of the 35 cases of blindness every year in the country is due to corneal infections.
[DatePublished] => 2006-05-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 133218 [Title] => Corneal blindness [Summary] => The number of cornea blind Filipinos probably number half a million. This number may be low compared to the number of people blind because of cataracts but the rate corneal blindness is being addressed is far less at less than one percent per year.
Unlike cataract patients where cataract affects people in their 60s or 70s, cornea patients are usually affecting patients in their 20s and 30s.
[DatePublished] => 2001-09-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1284834 [AuthorName] => Dr. Noel Castillo [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) ) )
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By Dr. Noel Castillo | September 10, 2001 - 12:00am
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