Diabetes can cause blockages or abnormal growth of blood vessels in the retina, the part of the eye that reads images. Blood vessel changes in the retina can lead to vision problems and even blindness. People with diabetes are also more likely to develop cataracts or glaucoma, two other serious eye diseases.
The project grant was awarded and funded by FEMA. The total project cost is $39,274,060, the Federal share $29,455,545. The remainder of the cost of the project will come from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protectionâs Green Acre/Blue Acre Program.
Keck Medicine of USC and Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian (Hoag) have announced a partnership that establishes a new comprehensive cancer and oncology services program for Orange County at Hoag Family Cancer Institute. Hoag and USC also announced the hiring of Burton Eisenberg as executive medical director of the cancer program. Eisenberg, who will be based at Hoag, comes from the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center, where he served as deputy director and associate director of ...