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Should pets and other animals have regular eye exams?
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- Segment Number 5
- Audio File wizard_of_eyes/1632we1e.mp3
- Featured Speaker Robert Abel Jr., MD
- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Robert Abel, Jr., MD
There is a proven connection between vision, memory and emotional states.
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- Segment Number 4
- Audio File wizard_of_eyes/1632we1d.mp3
- Featured Speaker Mark J. Estren, PhD
- Book Title Cannabis for Seniors
- Guest Website Mark J. Estren, PhD
- Guest Facebook Account https://www.facebook.com/Mark-J-Estren-PhD-428597203848202/
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Guest Bio
Dr. Mark Estren earned doctorates in psychology and English at the University of Buffalo and a master’s in journalism at Columbia University. He is former producer of Report on Medicine for CBS Radio, a longtime contributor on health and medicine for the “Bottom Line” newsletters, and was named one of Fortune magazine’s “People to Watch.” In addition to health and medicine, he writes extensively about business and investments and has held senior positions at CBS and ABC News as well as the Washington Post, Philadelphia Inquirer and Miami Herald. He is the author of numerous books and is currently working on Cannabis for Seniors, a book due next year about the use of medical marijuana to help deal with health issues that become more common as people age.
- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Robert Abel, Jr., MD
Does your eye make-up contain something dangerous?
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- Segment Number 3
- Audio File wizard_of_eyes/1632we1c.mp3
- Featured Speaker Christine Sindt, OD
- Guest Website University of Iowa: Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
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Guest Bio
Dr. Christine W. Sindt is a 1994 graduate of The Ohio State University College of Optometry. She completed a disease-based residency at the Cleveland VA Medical Center where she also did sub-specialty rotations in low vision and advanced contact lens fitting.
Dr. Sindt joined the Faculty of the University of Iowa Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences in 1995, where she is Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology and Director of the Contact Lens Service. Dr. Sindt is a Fellow in the American Academy of Optometry.
She is the 2010-2011 AOA CLCS Chair, Past President of Women of Vision, the Past President and co-founder of the Scleral Lens Education Society and the designer and founder of EyePrint Prosthetics Custom Impression Scleral lens technology. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Robert Abel, Jr., MD
The Wizard of Eyes shares answers to his most frequently asked questions and interesting articles.
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- Segment Number 1
- Audio File wizard_of_eyes/1632we1a.mp3
- Featured Speaker Robert Abel Jr., MD
- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Robert Abel, Jr., MD
After suffering from a bacterial infection which impacted his vision, Chris Panaro sought out stem cell treatment.
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- Segment Number 5
- Audio File wizard_of_eyes/1630we1e.mp3
- Featured Speaker Chris Panaro
- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Robert Abel, Jr., MD
The placebo effect has been shown to have real health benefits.
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- Segment Number 4
- Audio File wizard_of_eyes/1630we1d.mp3
- Featured Speaker Robert Abel Jr., MD
- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Robert Abel, Jr., MD
Is that crossword puzzle really doing your brain any good?
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- Segment Number 2
- Audio File wizard_of_eyes/1630we1b.mp3
- Featured Speaker Robert Abel Jr., MD
- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Robert Abel, Jr., MD
Learn which nutrients are the most important for eye health.
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- Segment Number 1
- Audio File wizard_of_eyes/1630we1a.mp3
- Featured Speaker Robert Abel Jr., MD
- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Robert Abel, Jr., MD
Good vision and educational success go hand-in-hand.
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- Segment Number 5
- Audio File wizard_of_eyes/1629we1e.mp3
- Featured Speaker Steven H. Godowsky, PhD, DEd
- Guest Website Delaware Department of Education
- Guest Facebook Account https://www.facebook.com/DeDeptEducation
- Guest Twitter Account @DEDeptofEd
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Guest Bio
Dr. Steven Godowsky, a long-time Delaware administrator and former superintendent of the New Castle County Vo-Tech School District, is Delaware's Secretary of Education.
Godowsky led the New Castle County Vo-Tech District for eight years beginning in 2003.That followed two decades working in the district as an assistant principal at Delcastle Tech, principal at Hodgson Vo-Tech, and assistant superintendent. During his time as superintendent, he served a term as President of the Delaware Chief School Officers Association for the 2007-08 school year. He also spent time earlier in his career as a special education teacher in the Alfred I. DuPont School District. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Robert Abel, Jr., MD
Why are so many people turning to complementary medicine?
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- Segment Number 5
- Audio File wizard_of_eyes/1629we1d.mp3
- Featured Speaker Alan Keith Tillotson, LAc, RH, PhD
- Book Title The One Earth Herbal Sourcebook, Ayurveda in Nepal
- Guest Website The Tilloston Institute of Natural Health
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Guest Bio
Alan Tillotson is a Registered Herbalist who has been practicing herbal medicine for over 30 years, and is a professional member (R.H.) of the peer reviewed American Herbalists Guild. He holds an accredited Master's degree in Asian Medical Systems (Goddard College), a non-accredited Ph.D. in Integrative Health Sciences (IUPS), and is licensed to Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine in Delaware (L.AC.). Alan is well known in America for his apprenticeship study of Ayurvedic herbology beginning in 1976 in Nepal under Vaidya Mana Bajra Bajracharya. He has studied and practiced Chinese medicine in detail working side by side with his wife Naixin Hu Tillotson since 1991.
- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Robert Abel, Jr., MD
