| Study finds phakic IOLs can benefit children with neuro-behavioral ...
SEATTLE Phakic IOL implantation can be an effective option for improving visual function in children with high myopia and neuro-behavioral disorders who also have difficulties wearing glasses, according to a study presented here. Gi Yoon Huang, MD, and colleagues studied 20 eyes of 12 ametropic children aged 4 to 17 years who were implanted with an iris-enclaved Verisyse phakic IOL (Advanced Medical Optics). All children had ametropia beyond the range that can be corrected by excimer laser refractive surgery, said Dr. Huang, who presented the study results at the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus meeting. Dr. Huang described the noncompliant children as having "visual autism," including signs of "fearfulness, withdrawal and disinterest." These children tend to refuse spectacle correction, or they tend to look either around the edges or over the top of the lenses, she said.
A fresh eye on family dynamics
Growing up, Herman (Toshy) Wolfman was different, and not in a good way. Born in Toronto in 1916 to a Russian Jewish immigrant and the daughter of Galician immigrants, he grew up with a cleft lip, a speech impediment and the belief that someone with his "defective tools" had nothing to offer the world except trouble. When he was 20, that notion was confirmed when he was sent to prison for 11 years, convicted of stealing a diamond that belonged to the employer of his oldest sister, Bessie. Bessie was a young widow with a child to support. Both she and Toshy's other big sister, Lil, a medical student, knew he was innocent. Lil had been with Toshy at the scene of the crime: she could have saved his hide. But when you're the deformed younger brother of a widow and of a medical student with the potential for a long, successful career, you take the fall, no matter the consequences.
Jeffrey Quasha, the executive chef at the Old Hickory Steakhouse
Gaylord Opryland Hotel's signature restaurant, the Old Hickory Steakhouse, is part of an elite roster of fine-dining restaurants crowned with the Distinguished Restaurants of North America Award.
Housed in a two-story, twin-staircase antebellum mansion inside the hotel, the steakhouse boasts a rich menu of meat, fish, cheeses and decadent desserts. The head of the house is 30-year-old senior chef Jeffrey Quasha.
With a strong work ethic and culinary prowess, he's risen through the ranks to hold top positions at five-star hotel/restaurants such as The Breaker Hotel's L'Escalier in Palm Beach, Fla. and The Peabody Hotel's Capriccio in Memphis before Gaylord lured him to the Old Hickory Steakhouse.
It took some peeling away of a few layers of his personality, though, before Quasha trusted his passion for cooking.
Pearle Vision founder, Pittsburgh native, had eye on future
Stanley Pearle might never have begun a nationwide chain of vision centers if it had not been for his $12-a-week job at a Downtown wholesale jeweler during the dark days of the Depression. Pearle was a sales trainee for Grafner Brothers in 1936, selling merchandise to the region's retail jewelry stores that typically housed optical departments, too, because glasses at the time were considered accessories. It wasn't the sparkle of diamonds and fine watches that caught his eye -- fresh from Schenley High School in Oakland. It was the optometrists who gave the exams and sold the eyeglasses. Pearle talked with them, observed their work and opted to pursue a career in optometry. The prospects and money the profession provided convinced him to make a change, despite his boss' offer of a generous raise -- to $25 a week.
League keeps eye on drug-tested players
Major-league teams are monitoring players during the period between when they are notified they must take a drug test and when they provide a urine sample, according to The New York Times. The procedure was instituted in July 2005 and covers a period that can last up to several hours. "Players may not be aware they're under observation, but we're watching," baseball executive vice president Rob Manfred said. "It doesn't mean we tell them we're watching." Three general managers are monitors, 18 assistant GMs, four vice presidents, and four directors of baseball operations. The title of the other wasn't disclosed. Big Unit on DL: The Arizona Diamondbacks placed pitcher Randy Johnson and outfielders Carlos Quentin and Jeff DaVanon on the 15-day disabled list.
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