SPRING - SUMMER 2001

Inside this issue
CAN-TV	AMD Inaugural Session – Senior Center
Bloomingdale CHARACTER COUNTS!	Eye Screening – ADA and ISPB
ISPB Lectureship, Year 2000 (IOA)	Research Updates
Fireworks Safety	Glaucoma Drug and Eyelash Regrowth
Steps for Putting in Eye Drops	Eye Tips for Joggers and Walkers
Cataracts and Body Size	CHC/IL and ISPB
Sunglasses for Outdoor Workers	Remembrances
ISPB Board of Directors; ISPB Financial	Quick Tips

ISPB ON CAN-TV (Cable Channel 21)

Through membership in the Chicago Access Network Television (CAN-TV) — Cable Channel 21 — the ISPB is using a new avenue to inform friends about various eye diseases, eye safety and many low vision issues.

Hotline 21 is a 25-minute live call-in show during which the ISPB is made accessible to the public. The ISPB shows (including Jim McKechnie as moderator and a featured guest) were scheduled each Wednesday, January 3 through March 28, 2001, from 5:00 p.m. to 5:25 p.m.

Topics covered were: Glaucoma with Dr. David Palmer; Contact Lenses with Dr. Jan Jurkus; Cataract with Dr. Walter Jay; Low Vision with Dr. Tracy Williams; Macular Degeneration with Dr. Charles Vygantas; Diabetic Eye Disease with Dr. Felipe de Alba; Fireworks with Chief Dan Georgevich; LASIK with Dr. Jonathan Rubenstein; and AMD-Treatment with Dr. Carol Menner. Future considerations include research, pediatrics, eye exams, the aging eye, video display terminals, blepharitis, retinal detachment. Another series is planned.

CAN-TV, reaching 385,000 cable households, is an independent nonprofit organization established in 1983 to give Chicagoans a voice.

The Visionary, published as a service of the Illinois Society for the Prevention of Blindness,
is available upon request. The information contained in this issue,
taken from sources considered to be accurate,
does not replace the need for professional eye care consultations and treatments.

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