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Julie McGregor - Partially Blind Lottery Winner (Nystagmus) Wants…

Lottery Winner Bios | 9 days ago by Tino Sundin

Are you one of those people that believe that money can't buy happiness? Everyone's entitled to their own opinions, but consider this - What if you were partially blind and needed surgery to get your eyesight back. The surgery is expensive and, reallread more

Alcohol effects

Legal Herbal Drugs | cocaine, ecstasy and etc. | 11 days ago by velislav

Positive effects of alcohol* mood lift, happiness, giddiness* relaxation* lowered inhibitions / reduced social anxiety* analgesia (kills pain) * talkativenessNeutral effects* flushed skin * slurred speech * nystagmus, difficulty focusing eyes * dread more

Augusta Georgia drunk driving defense lawyer

Augusta GA Criminal Lawyer- Evans Georgia DUI Attorney | 18 days ago by Michael Waddington

Augusta Georgia drunk driving defense lawyerHorizontal Gaze Nystagmus and DUI in Evans GAHorizontal Gaze Nystagmus (HGN) is an eye test. Nystagmus is means an involuntary jerking of the eyes as the eyes move from the center position off to the side.read more

Adult Brainstem Ependymoma

Cancer Ground | 1/06/10 by Gem Roy

Ependymoma is a benign tumor that usually arises in the ventricles of the brain causing non communicating hydrocephalus and damage due to pressure to other vital tissues of the brain. In adult cases, ependymoma arises in brainstem, usually pons, midread more

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ophthalmology | 12/30/09 by dramroo

Rapid Diagnosis in Ophthalmology Series: Neuro-Ophthalmology Product Description: This title in the Rapid Diagnosis in Ophthalmology Series presents a wealth of full-color images - along with differential diagnoses - in side-by-side page layoutsread more

LASIK Surgery on a Nystagmus Patient

New York Lasik | 12/22/09 by Samuel

On Thursday, Dec 10, I put my sight on the line and underwent LASIK eye surgery at Will Vision and Laser Centers in Vancouver, Washington. Dr. Brian R. Will has extensive experience in the field, and felt confident we could achieve success despite read more

Allan Lindo aka "apl.de.ap" of BLACK EYED PEAS

ROCKING PINOY | 12/18/09 by JUANdelaCRUZ

Apl.de.ap was born in Sapang Bato, Angeles City, Pampanga, in the Philippines, to a Filipino mother and an African American father. His father, a U.S. airman stationed at Clark Air Base, abandoned the family shortly after his birth; his mother Cristiread more

Recall of Premium Edge Brand Cat Food Issued by Diamond Pet Foods

Petlane Pet Care Blog | 12/02/09 by Tara Nemeth

Diamond Pet Foods has issued a voluntary recall of some of its bags of Premium Edge Finicky Adult Cat and Premium Edge Hairball cat foods. The recall was originally issued in late September after it was discovered that these brands of food did not prread more

Meniere's disease and eye movement

My life and meniere's disease | 11/25/09 by David Stillwagon

Recently I received an email from one of my readers, Jeff, about nystagmus, which is an involuntary eye movement. He makes some excellent observations drawing on his own experiences with Meniere’s disease and the movement of his eyes. I'm stillread more

The Scottish Field Sobriety Test

The Houston Criminal Defense Attorney Blog | 11/14/09 by Herman Martinez

Over the years there have been many field sobriety tests used to determine if someone is intoxicated.  Currently,  Houston police officers typically use three tests called the Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus, walk and turn, and theread more

What Should You do If Stopped for DUI in Idaho?

Idaho DUI Defense | 10/26/09 by Mark Petersen

If you are stopped and detained for a DUI in Idaho, these are some things that you can do to better help your defense of any potential DUI charges: 1. Answering Questions. You do not have to answer any questions the police officers ask. You can politread more

DUI BLOG: Nystagmus: “The Eye Test”

DUI Charges | 10/21/09 by Kitty

DUI BLOGYou may have heard of the “eye test” in DUI investigations. This is the nystagmus field sobriety test or, more accurately (there are 47 different kinds of nystagmus), the horizontal gaze nystagmus test. It is one of the most commonly uread more

Cat Food Recall

Bandit's Buddies | 10/20/09 by Robin Sockness

Diamond Pet Foods has issued a voluntary recall on the following date codes of Premium Edge Finicky Adult cat food and Premium Edge Hairball cat food: RAF0501A22X 18lb., RAF0501A2X 6 lb., RAH0501A22X 18 lb., RAH0501A2X 6lb. The date of manufacture iread more

DUI Eye Test “Deliberate Fraud” Says Scientific Study

Chicago DUI Lawyer | 10/18/09 by James E. Fabbrini - Chicago DUI Lawyer - Chicago DUI Attorney

Another blow to the supposedly reliable “field Sobriety Tests” that our Chicago DUI Attorneys have long argued against. A scientific study (144(3) Science and Justice 133-139) has investigated the validity of the nystagmus test. This tesread more

Field Sobriety Tests

DWI Blog | 10/11/09 by Rana Taimoor Akbar Khan

When a driver is stopped over for by a police officer on the suspicion of drunk driving, the law enforcement officer is expected to ask him/her to pass one or more field sobriety tests, in order to check whether a driver is under the influence of alcread more

Field Sobriety Tests

DWI Blog | 10/11/09 by Rana Taimoor Akbar Khan

When a driver is stopped over for by a police officer on the suspicion of drunk driving, the law enforcement officer is expected to ask him/her to pass one or more field sobriety tests, in order to check whether a driver is under the influence of alcread more

Drunk Driving Tests: Augusta GA DUI Lawyer

Augusta GA Criminal Lawyer- Evans Georgia DUI Attorney | 10/10/09 by Michael Waddington

Drunk Driving Tests: Augusta GA DUI LawyerThe “horizontal gaze nystagmus” is a form of field sobriety test. The Field Sobriety Test is a battery of tests administered and evaluated in a standardized manner to obtain validated indicators of impairread more

Diagnostic Testing Part II

jasmine's cove | 9/03/09

After much anticipation I finally had my follow-up and received the results of my diagnostic tests: Electronystagmography (ENG) and Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials (VEMPs).If you're interested in hearing what my exam entailed, this website entiread more

Gabriel: Post-Op Photos

Poppyseeds | 8/26/09 by Jennifer

Gabriel Elijah Before Eye-Surgery for Nystagmus BlockageGabriel Elijah After Eye-Surgery for Nystagmus Blockage So, after having eye surgery the nurse told us that Gabriel may not open his eyes for a few days. This was him about three hours after surread more

What is the difference between Vertigo and Meniere’s disease?

My life and meniere's disease | 8/25/09 by David Stillwagon

You are dizzy and you become lightheaded. You wondered if what you have is vertigo. When people think of vertigo they think of the movie Vertigo not the illness. They think that the fear of heights has something to do with it, but it doesn’t. Or mread more

Meniere’s disease and computer use

My life and meniere's disease | 8/07/09 by David Stillwagon

I spend all of my work day in front of a computer and then I spend a few hours almost every night on the computer. The work that I do and have done for the past 19 years has been in computer graphics which means detailed work, cleaning up graphic picread more

Diagnostic Testing

jasmine's cove | 8/05/09

Next week I'm scheduled for a couple of diagnostic tests: Electronystagmography (ENG) and Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials (VEMPs). The Vestibular Disorders Association describes ENG as "a battery (group) of eye-movement tests that look for signread more