Algunas personas desarrollan ojo seco crónico debido a que sus párpados no cierran completamente mientras duermen. Si sospechas que este puede ser tu caso y vives solo, Udell sugiere que un visitante revise tus ojos cuando duermes. Una foto de celular sería muy útil para mostrarle a tu médico. ¿Cómo se mantiene lubricado el ojo? […]
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How does the eye stay lubricated? Think of the tear film that coats and lubricates the eye as a three-layer sandwich, with each layer produced by different glands. The meibomian glands in the upper and lower eyelids create an oily outer layer that stabilizes the film. If the film breaks up too quickly, blurry vision […]
The Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine has been shown to be safe and highly effective in young children aged 5 to 11 years, the companies announced early Monday morning. The news should help ease months of anxiety among parents and teachers about when children, and their close contacts, might be shielded from the coronavirus. The need is […]
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted September 19, 2021 11:43 am Updated September 19, 2021 3:45 pm Smaller font Descrease article font size –A Larger font Increase article font size A+ Quebec is reporting 742 new cases of COVID-19 […]
As children return to classrooms across Canada, there has been a surge in COVID-19 cases, but this is not causing a rise in hospitalizations, Canadian pediatricians say. Just days into the new school year that kicked off this month, COVID-19 outbreaks forced schools to shut in several provinces, raising concerns about how the rest of the […]
VIRGINIA BEACH — Kenzie Smith is “not big into politics,” she said, and while she votes faithfully in presidential elections, for Democrats, she is less interested in off-year races, such as those seven weeks away in Virginia for governor and the legislature. But the recent news that the Supreme Court had allowed Texas to ban […]
Canadian snowbirds will be watching closely this week, suitcases at the ready and RVs full of fuel, to see if the United States finally eases the travel restrictions preventing them from driving south for the winter. Some aren’t waiting for the White House, opting for the perfectly legal option of flying to the U.S. […]
When the schools in Marietta, Ga., opened their doors on Aug. 3, the highly contagious Delta variant was sweeping across the South, and children were not being spared. By Aug. 20, 51 students in the city’s small school district had tested positive for the coronavirus. Nearly 1,000 others had been flagged as close contacts and […]
When astronauts return to Earth from space, they can experience a number of health and physical issues after they land — a result of living without gravity. For flights that go as long as six months, astronauts can experience difficulties with balance, muscle weakness and cardiovascular deconditioning, according to NASA. Although the Inspiration4 flight was […]
The extremely transmissible Delta variant of the coronavirus, which overtook all other variants in the United States just a few months ago, now represents more than 99 percent of cases tracked in the country, according to the data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The variant caused caseloads to surge in Britain and […]