<article>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#article09_07_06_2043251</id>
	<title>Laser Treatment Could Save the Sight of Millions</title>
	<author>ScuttleMonkey</author>
	<datestamp>1246876200000</datestamp>
	<htmltext><a href="http://botscout.com/" rel="nofollow">BotScout</a> writes <i>"British experts claim that a <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1197591/Blindness-treatment-stop-millions-losing-eyesight.html">new laser treatment</a> could save the sight of millions of people. The process is said to stop the onset of age-related macular degeneration, one of the most common forms of blindness, which leaves victims unable to read, drive or live independently. The technique rejuvenates the Bruch's membrane &mdash; a thin layer that lies behind the retina. The process takes just ten to 15 minutes and could be done by any ophthalmologist. While it does not cure sight loss, its inventor, Professor John Marshall, says it could prevent a generation from having to put up with declining vision in old age."</i></htmltext>
<tokenext>BotScout writes " British experts claim that a new laser treatment could save the sight of millions of people .
The process is said to stop the onset of age-related macular degeneration , one of the most common forms of blindness , which leaves victims unable to read , drive or live independently .
The technique rejuvenates the Bruch 's membrane    a thin layer that lies behind the retina .
The process takes just ten to 15 minutes and could be done by any ophthalmologist .
While it does not cure sight loss , its inventor , Professor John Marshall , says it could prevent a generation from having to put up with declining vision in old age .
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<sentencetext>BotScout writes "British experts claim that a new laser treatment could save the sight of millions of people.
The process is said to stop the onset of age-related macular degeneration, one of the most common forms of blindness, which leaves victims unable to read, drive or live independently.
The technique rejuvenates the Bruch's membrane — a thin layer that lies behind the retina.
The process takes just ten to 15 minutes and could be done by any ophthalmologist.
While it does not cure sight loss, its inventor, Professor John Marshall, says it could prevent a generation from having to put up with declining vision in old age.
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_07_06_2043251.28607303</id>
	<title>Re:Declining vision</title>
	<author>mcgrew</author>
	<datestamp>1246978380000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>You are correct, but all those conditions are now not only treatable, but <i>curable</i>. The CrystaLens cures the myopia, presbyopia, astigmatisn, and cataracts (I had one <a href="http://slashdot.org/~sm62704/journal/141778" title="slashdot.org">implanted</a> [slashdot.org] in 2006). That eye now also has no floaters, because I had to undergo a <a href="http://slashdot.org/~sm62704/journal/200956" title="slashdot.org">vitrectomy</a> [slashdot.org] last year for a detached retina.</p><p>I wore glasses all my life, now I don't need them. I see better than most 20 year olds, both distance and close up, and I'm 57. I'm looking forward to gettin the other eye fixed some day.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>You are correct , but all those conditions are now not only treatable , but curable .
The CrystaLens cures the myopia , presbyopia , astigmatisn , and cataracts ( I had one implanted [ slashdot.org ] in 2006 ) .
That eye now also has no floaters , because I had to undergo a vitrectomy [ slashdot.org ] last year for a detached retina.I wore glasses all my life , now I do n't need them .
I see better than most 20 year olds , both distance and close up , and I 'm 57 .
I 'm looking forward to gettin the other eye fixed some day .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>You are correct, but all those conditions are now not only treatable, but curable.
The CrystaLens cures the myopia, presbyopia, astigmatisn, and cataracts (I had one implanted [slashdot.org] in 2006).
That eye now also has no floaters, because I had to undergo a vitrectomy [slashdot.org] last year for a detached retina.I wore glasses all my life, now I don't need them.
I see better than most 20 year olds, both distance and close up, and I'm 57.
I'm looking forward to gettin the other eye fixed some day.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_07_06_2043251.28600879</id>
	<title>Offtopic, but...</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1246880520000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Bit offtopic, but has anyone here had laser surgery? If so, which, when, what was your eyesight and how did it work out for you?</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Bit offtopic , but has anyone here had laser surgery ?
If so , which , when , what was your eyesight and how did it work out for you ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Bit offtopic, but has anyone here had laser surgery?
If so, which, when, what was your eyesight and how did it work out for you?</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_07_06_2043251.28602275</id>
	<title>It won't do any such thing on a grand scale...</title>
	<author>macraig</author>
	<datestamp>1246888140000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Offtopic</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>... if the equipment makers and ophthalmologists price those fifteen minutes out of reach of people on small fixed incomes with Medicare.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>... if the equipment makers and ophthalmologists price those fifteen minutes out of reach of people on small fixed incomes with Medicare .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>... if the equipment makers and ophthalmologists price those fifteen minutes out of reach of people on small fixed incomes with Medicare.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_07_06_2043251.28603535</id>
	<title>Re:Declining vision</title>
	<author>demonlapin</author>
	<datestamp>1246897680000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>Uh, not around age 40. Early 30s, actually.  Most people don't need to treat it with glasses until their early 40s, but I can quite clearly notice that I have presbyopia at age 34 - and have seen it for a year or more.  It's just that it's only apparent when things get closer than 4 inches from my face.<br> <br>I'm a severe myopic - got my first glasses at age 6, first contacts at 8, currently running a -11 diopter - so I'm really, really used to being able to see things UP CLOSE.  Furthermore, young myopics have a tendency to get lenses that are "too strong" for them - because they are very young, they can accomodate to extraordinarily close focal points, and because they're myopic they can choose just how close that point can be by sacrificing a bit of far-point focus.  Most people may not notice it until 40, but it was astonishing to me when I could no longer clearly resolve objects held 2-3 cm from my eye.</htmltext>
<tokenext>Uh , not around age 40 .
Early 30s , actually .
Most people do n't need to treat it with glasses until their early 40s , but I can quite clearly notice that I have presbyopia at age 34 - and have seen it for a year or more .
It 's just that it 's only apparent when things get closer than 4 inches from my face .
I 'm a severe myopic - got my first glasses at age 6 , first contacts at 8 , currently running a -11 diopter - so I 'm really , really used to being able to see things UP CLOSE .
Furthermore , young myopics have a tendency to get lenses that are " too strong " for them - because they are very young , they can accomodate to extraordinarily close focal points , and because they 're myopic they can choose just how close that point can be by sacrificing a bit of far-point focus .
Most people may not notice it until 40 , but it was astonishing to me when I could no longer clearly resolve objects held 2-3 cm from my eye .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Uh, not around age 40.
Early 30s, actually.
Most people don't need to treat it with glasses until their early 40s, but I can quite clearly notice that I have presbyopia at age 34 - and have seen it for a year or more.
It's just that it's only apparent when things get closer than 4 inches from my face.
I'm a severe myopic - got my first glasses at age 6, first contacts at 8, currently running a -11 diopter - so I'm really, really used to being able to see things UP CLOSE.
Furthermore, young myopics have a tendency to get lenses that are "too strong" for them - because they are very young, they can accomodate to extraordinarily close focal points, and because they're myopic they can choose just how close that point can be by sacrificing a bit of far-point focus.
Most people may not notice it until 40, but it was astonishing to me when I could no longer clearly resolve objects held 2-3 cm from my eye.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_07_06_2043251.28606891</id>
	<title>Pity...</title>
	<author>TaleSpinner</author>
	<datestamp>1246976580000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>...that most UK residents won't get the treatment for years while their sight degenerates as they sit on the waiting list.  Unless they get it done in the United States...oh, that's right - they won't be able to once Obama is done with health care.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>...that most UK residents wo n't get the treatment for years while their sight degenerates as they sit on the waiting list .
Unless they get it done in the United States...oh , that 's right - they wo n't be able to once Obama is done with health care .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>...that most UK residents won't get the treatment for years while their sight degenerates as they sit on the waiting list.
Unless they get it done in the United States...oh, that's right - they won't be able to once Obama is done with health care.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_07_06_2043251.28604929</id>
	<title>Oblig. Superman Returns Quote</title>
	<author>Amiralul</author>
	<datestamp>1246999920000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>BILLIONS!!</htmltext>
<tokenext>BILLIONS !
!</tokentext>
<sentencetext>BILLIONS!
!</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_07_06_2043251.28600785</id>
	<title>Too late!</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1246880040000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Funny</modclass>
	<modscore>4</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Now get off my lawn!  I can hear you there!</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Now get off my lawn !
I can hear you there !</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Now get off my lawn!
I can hear you there!</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_07_06_2043251.28603473</id>
	<title>Re:Declining vision</title>
	<author>Ricken</author>
	<datestamp>1246897260000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p>Don't believe the fluff. Vision declines for several reasons. First, you'll have general focal point problems. Either myopia, hyperopia, or astigmatism (both at the same time - yes two focal points) those can happen at any age. But around 40, your crystalline lens in your eye begins to stiffen. This is presbyopia. The lens cannot bend and this is a lack of "accommodation". Then this lens <b>as a result of UV exposure degrades</b> and you get cataracts. Then you need lens replacement surgery.  This is all before we even get to the back of the eye. Floaters in the various humors. Glaucoma (too much humor pressure distorts and damages the optic nerve) , Then, we can start worrying about the retina and things below...</p></div><p>Phew, at least no slashdotters will be affected by that.</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>Do n't believe the fluff .
Vision declines for several reasons .
First , you 'll have general focal point problems .
Either myopia , hyperopia , or astigmatism ( both at the same time - yes two focal points ) those can happen at any age .
But around 40 , your crystalline lens in your eye begins to stiffen .
This is presbyopia .
The lens can not bend and this is a lack of " accommodation " .
Then this lens as a result of UV exposure degrades and you get cataracts .
Then you need lens replacement surgery .
This is all before we even get to the back of the eye .
Floaters in the various humors .
Glaucoma ( too much humor pressure distorts and damages the optic nerve ) , Then , we can start worrying about the retina and things below...Phew , at least no slashdotters will be affected by that .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Don't believe the fluff.
Vision declines for several reasons.
First, you'll have general focal point problems.
Either myopia, hyperopia, or astigmatism (both at the same time - yes two focal points) those can happen at any age.
But around 40, your crystalline lens in your eye begins to stiffen.
This is presbyopia.
The lens cannot bend and this is a lack of "accommodation".
Then this lens as a result of UV exposure degrades and you get cataracts.
Then you need lens replacement surgery.
This is all before we even get to the back of the eye.
Floaters in the various humors.
Glaucoma (too much humor pressure distorts and damages the optic nerve) , Then, we can start worrying about the retina and things below...Phew, at least no slashdotters will be affected by that.
	</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_07_06_2043251.28607069</id>
	<title>Re:Offtopic, but...</title>
	<author>mcgrew</author>
	<datestamp>1246977540000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>There are different types of laser surgery for different conditions. LASIC is for myopia or presbyoopia (near/far sightedness) and your vision can be corrected to <i>better than</i> 20/20. Baseball players with normal vision have this procedure to give them superhuman vision; before you can hit a 90 ph fast ball you have to be able to see it. Cheating? Probably, but it's legal.</p><p>A torn retina can be repaird by a laser, and if your retina is torn get to your eye doctor IMMEDIATELY or you will suffer a detached retina and I can tell you from personal experience, it ain't fun.</p><p>The surgery described in TFA is a completely different kind of surgery.</p><p>If you are nearsighted, farsighted (even age-related; everyone gets farsighted in their 40s or 50s) or have astigmatism, you can have your eye's focusing lens replaced with a CrystaLens, a new technology introduced in 2003. It costs about $6500 per eyeball, but if you have cataracts insurance will pay for most of it. My eyesight was 20/400 (very, very nearsighted; coke bottle glasses and the kids called me "mr magoo" when I was in school), then in my 40s I became farsighted as well (your eye's lens hardens with age), then got a cataract in my left eye due to some steroid eye drops. With my new bionic lens my vision is 20/16 at distance (I can see at 20 feet what a normally sighted person needs to be 16 feet away to see) and even better close-up. I don't wear glasses or contacts any more. I had to pay about $1000, insurance covered the rest.</p><p>My right eye is still extremely nearsighted, I just don't use that one any more, except for extreme closeup work.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>There are different types of laser surgery for different conditions .
LASIC is for myopia or presbyoopia ( near/far sightedness ) and your vision can be corrected to better than 20/20 .
Baseball players with normal vision have this procedure to give them superhuman vision ; before you can hit a 90 ph fast ball you have to be able to see it .
Cheating ? Probably , but it 's legal.A torn retina can be repaird by a laser , and if your retina is torn get to your eye doctor IMMEDIATELY or you will suffer a detached retina and I can tell you from personal experience , it ai n't fun.The surgery described in TFA is a completely different kind of surgery.If you are nearsighted , farsighted ( even age-related ; everyone gets farsighted in their 40s or 50s ) or have astigmatism , you can have your eye 's focusing lens replaced with a CrystaLens , a new technology introduced in 2003 .
It costs about $ 6500 per eyeball , but if you have cataracts insurance will pay for most of it .
My eyesight was 20/400 ( very , very nearsighted ; coke bottle glasses and the kids called me " mr magoo " when I was in school ) , then in my 40s I became farsighted as well ( your eye 's lens hardens with age ) , then got a cataract in my left eye due to some steroid eye drops .
With my new bionic lens my vision is 20/16 at distance ( I can see at 20 feet what a normally sighted person needs to be 16 feet away to see ) and even better close-up .
I do n't wear glasses or contacts any more .
I had to pay about $ 1000 , insurance covered the rest.My right eye is still extremely nearsighted , I just do n't use that one any more , except for extreme closeup work .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>There are different types of laser surgery for different conditions.
LASIC is for myopia or presbyoopia (near/far sightedness) and your vision can be corrected to better than 20/20.
Baseball players with normal vision have this procedure to give them superhuman vision; before you can hit a 90 ph fast ball you have to be able to see it.
Cheating? Probably, but it's legal.A torn retina can be repaird by a laser, and if your retina is torn get to your eye doctor IMMEDIATELY or you will suffer a detached retina and I can tell you from personal experience, it ain't fun.The surgery described in TFA is a completely different kind of surgery.If you are nearsighted, farsighted (even age-related; everyone gets farsighted in their 40s or 50s) or have astigmatism, you can have your eye's focusing lens replaced with a CrystaLens, a new technology introduced in 2003.
It costs about $6500 per eyeball, but if you have cataracts insurance will pay for most of it.
My eyesight was 20/400 (very, very nearsighted; coke bottle glasses and the kids called me "mr magoo" when I was in school), then in my 40s I became farsighted as well (your eye's lens hardens with age), then got a cataract in my left eye due to some steroid eye drops.
With my new bionic lens my vision is 20/16 at distance (I can see at 20 feet what a normally sighted person needs to be 16 feet away to see) and even better close-up.
I don't wear glasses or contacts any more.
I had to pay about $1000, insurance covered the rest.My right eye is still extremely nearsighted, I just don't use that one any more, except for extreme closeup work.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_07_06_2043251.28603843</id>
	<title>Re:Retina reattachment, 40+ years ago</title>
	<author>Plekto</author>
	<datestamp>1246900140000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><b>My grandmother is 90 now. If I'm lucky enough to make it to that age (I'm almost halfway there),</b></p><p><i>Life after 50 is over rated.</i></p><p><i><i>But it beats the alternative.</i></i></p></htmltext>
<tokenext>My grandmother is 90 now .
If I 'm lucky enough to make it to that age ( I 'm almost halfway there ) ,Life after 50 is over rated.But it beats the alternative .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>My grandmother is 90 now.
If I'm lucky enough to make it to that age (I'm almost halfway there),Life after 50 is over rated.But it beats the alternative.</sentencetext>
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</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_07_06_2043251.28606707</id>
	<title>Re:I'm missing something... why the laser?</title>
	<author>stevelinton</author>
	<datestamp>1246975500000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>The 3 nanosecond pulses may be a factor. I don't think you can pulse a normal LED that fast. I think they also do need very precise aiming.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>The 3 nanosecond pulses may be a factor .
I do n't think you can pulse a normal LED that fast .
I think they also do need very precise aiming .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>The 3 nanosecond pulses may be a factor.
I don't think you can pulse a normal LED that fast.
I think they also do need very precise aiming.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_07_06_2043251.28612763</id>
	<title>Re:Retina reattachment, 40+ years ago</title>
	<author>The End Of Days</author>
	<datestamp>1246999320000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I wonder if they'll ever find a cure for the particular retardation that makes nerds turn everything into a stupid conspiracy theory.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I wonder if they 'll ever find a cure for the particular retardation that makes nerds turn everything into a stupid conspiracy theory .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I wonder if they'll ever find a cure for the particular retardation that makes nerds turn everything into a stupid conspiracy theory.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_07_06_2043251.28602571</id>
	<title>Threatens marriage</title>
	<author>parvin</author>
	<datestamp>1246890300000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>Now THIS is something that can threaten marriage.  There's a natural harmony between declining sight and declining sights.</htmltext>
<tokenext>Now THIS is something that can threaten marriage .
There 's a natural harmony between declining sight and declining sights .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Now THIS is something that can threaten marriage.
There's a natural harmony between declining sight and declining sights.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_07_06_2043251.28601381</id>
	<title>WARNING</title>
	<author>emjay88</author>
	<datestamp>1246883220000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>Do not look into laser with remaining eye!</htmltext>
<tokenext>Do not look into laser with remaining eye !</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Do not look into laser with remaining eye!</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_07_06_2043251.28615243</id>
	<title>Re:Pity...</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1246966860000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>what ever your waiting list in the UK, medical care in the US has its problems, many of those steem from the fact that in the other side of the pond health is a bussiness rather than a universal right, no money no dought, so dont try to sell your bullshit about how good is the US private system, Americans  wish the health care that France, Spain or Sweden has and is free for all despite of not being perfect or free of problems either.</p><p>They say Democracy is of all the bad political systems, the best one ( because we dont know of any one better that works) same can be said of properly implemented unversal health care</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>what ever your waiting list in the UK , medical care in the US has its problems , many of those steem from the fact that in the other side of the pond health is a bussiness rather than a universal right , no money no dought , so dont try to sell your bullshit about how good is the US private system , Americans wish the health care that France , Spain or Sweden has and is free for all despite of not being perfect or free of problems either.They say Democracy is of all the bad political systems , the best one ( because we dont know of any one better that works ) same can be said of properly implemented unversal health care</tokentext>
<sentencetext>what ever your waiting list in the UK, medical care in the US has its problems, many of those steem from the fact that in the other side of the pond health is a bussiness rather than a universal right, no money no dought, so dont try to sell your bullshit about how good is the US private system, Americans  wish the health care that France, Spain or Sweden has and is free for all despite of not being perfect or free of problems either.They say Democracy is of all the bad political systems, the best one ( because we dont know of any one better that works) same can be said of properly implemented unversal health care</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_07_06_2043251.28601215</id>
	<title>excellent progress!</title>
	<author>owlnation</author>
	<datestamp>1246882320000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>Now all they need to do is train the sharks not to eat the old people during the procedure.</htmltext>
<tokenext>Now all they need to do is train the sharks not to eat the old people during the procedure .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Now all they need to do is train the sharks not to eat the old people during the procedure.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_07_06_2043251.28601297</id>
	<title>Very misleading media reporting</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1246882860000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Informativ</modclass>
	<modscore>4</modscore>
	<htmltext>This has been disgracefully overhyped by all the news media that I've seen that have picked it up, often in very similar words, suggesting that the ultimate blame lies with the original press release.
<br> <br>
The fact is that the technique hasn't even been *tried* yet on Macular Degeneration, much less been shown to actually work.
<br> <br>
All that's been done is some studies on a quite different disease for which quite effective treatments already exist.
<br>
The history of efforts to treat Macular Degeneration is full of false hopes, and it is desperately cruel to grieving patients and relatives to put out seriously premature press releases like this. I am an eye surgeon specialising in these conditions and I had to deal with some very upset people because of this only today.
<br>
<br>
Prof Marshall is a very eminent figure in the development of laser treatments for eye disease, but if he had much to do with the way this has been presented to the media he should do some hard thinking about his responsibilities.
<br>
<br>
There's a brief press release about this on the website of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists (British eye surgeons' professional organisation)
<br>
<a href="http://www.rcophth.ac.uk/about/press/" title="rcophth.ac.uk">http://www.rcophth.ac.uk/about/press/</a> [rcophth.ac.uk]</htmltext>
<tokenext>This has been disgracefully overhyped by all the news media that I 've seen that have picked it up , often in very similar words , suggesting that the ultimate blame lies with the original press release .
The fact is that the technique has n't even been * tried * yet on Macular Degeneration , much less been shown to actually work .
All that 's been done is some studies on a quite different disease for which quite effective treatments already exist .
The history of efforts to treat Macular Degeneration is full of false hopes , and it is desperately cruel to grieving patients and relatives to put out seriously premature press releases like this .
I am an eye surgeon specialising in these conditions and I had to deal with some very upset people because of this only today .
Prof Marshall is a very eminent figure in the development of laser treatments for eye disease , but if he had much to do with the way this has been presented to the media he should do some hard thinking about his responsibilities .
There 's a brief press release about this on the website of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists ( British eye surgeons ' professional organisation ) http : //www.rcophth.ac.uk/about/press/ [ rcophth.ac.uk ]</tokentext>
<sentencetext>This has been disgracefully overhyped by all the news media that I've seen that have picked it up, often in very similar words, suggesting that the ultimate blame lies with the original press release.
The fact is that the technique hasn't even been *tried* yet on Macular Degeneration, much less been shown to actually work.
All that's been done is some studies on a quite different disease for which quite effective treatments already exist.
The history of efforts to treat Macular Degeneration is full of false hopes, and it is desperately cruel to grieving patients and relatives to put out seriously premature press releases like this.
I am an eye surgeon specialising in these conditions and I had to deal with some very upset people because of this only today.
Prof Marshall is a very eminent figure in the development of laser treatments for eye disease, but if he had much to do with the way this has been presented to the media he should do some hard thinking about his responsibilities.
There's a brief press release about this on the website of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists (British eye surgeons' professional organisation)

http://www.rcophth.ac.uk/about/press/ [rcophth.ac.uk]</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_07_06_2043251.28605277</id>
	<title>Check the source!</title>
	<author>Fotherington</author>
	<datestamp>1246961520000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext>Er, the Daily Mail is a bad choice of news outlet if you want accurate science reporting - it's well known for sensationalist stories of every kind, and has a bad track record in hyping medical research. Recently, they were uncritically quoting an 'expert' saying that <a href="http://www.senseaboutscience.org.uk/index.php/site/other/363" title="senseaboutscience.org.uk" rel="nofollow">autism is caused by (undefined) toxins</a> [senseaboutscience.org.uk], and they're a regular presence in Ben Goldacre's Bad Science, like in <a href="http://www.badscience.net/2008/09/seriously-is-the-daily-mail-any-worse-than-your-average-academic-journal/" title="badscience.net" rel="nofollow">this article</a> [badscience.net].</htmltext>
<tokenext>Er , the Daily Mail is a bad choice of news outlet if you want accurate science reporting - it 's well known for sensationalist stories of every kind , and has a bad track record in hyping medical research .
Recently , they were uncritically quoting an 'expert ' saying that autism is caused by ( undefined ) toxins [ senseaboutscience.org.uk ] , and they 're a regular presence in Ben Goldacre 's Bad Science , like in this article [ badscience.net ] .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Er, the Daily Mail is a bad choice of news outlet if you want accurate science reporting - it's well known for sensationalist stories of every kind, and has a bad track record in hyping medical research.
Recently, they were uncritically quoting an 'expert' saying that autism is caused by (undefined) toxins [senseaboutscience.org.uk], and they're a regular presence in Ben Goldacre's Bad Science, like in this article [badscience.net].</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_07_06_2043251.28607873</id>
	<title>Re:I'm missing something... why the laser?</title>
	<author>mcgrew</author>
	<datestamp>1246980420000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><i>and no, there were no drugs involved</i></p><p>What do you think those drops that dialated your eyes were, rainwater? Of course drugs were involved! And before those drops they put pain relieving drugs in your eyes because without them, the dialation drugs burn like hell.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>and no , there were no drugs involvedWhat do you think those drops that dialated your eyes were , rainwater ?
Of course drugs were involved !
And before those drops they put pain relieving drugs in your eyes because without them , the dialation drugs burn like hell .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>and no, there were no drugs involvedWhat do you think those drops that dialated your eyes were, rainwater?
Of course drugs were involved!
And before those drops they put pain relieving drugs in your eyes because without them, the dialation drugs burn like hell.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_07_06_2043251.28601355</id>
	<title>Oblig. Simpsons Quote</title>
	<author>R3d M3rcury</author>
	<datestamp>1246883160000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><a href="http://www.snpp.com/episodes/BABF13" title="snpp.com">I never should have had that trendy laser surgery.  It was great at first but, you know, at the ten-year mark your eyes fall out.</a> [snpp.com]</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I never should have had that trendy laser surgery .
It was great at first but , you know , at the ten-year mark your eyes fall out .
[ snpp.com ]</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I never should have had that trendy laser surgery.
It was great at first but, you know, at the ten-year mark your eyes fall out.
[snpp.com]</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_07_06_2043251.28606209</id>
	<title>Re:Retina reattachment, 40+ years ago</title>
	<author>Hurricane78</author>
	<datestamp>1246972320000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>And yet, nobody found a cure for it!</p><p>All they do is fix things that went kaputt. Nobody wants to find out why it happened in the first place.</p><p>Why? because there is not so much money in it. Simple as that.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>And yet , nobody found a cure for it ! All they do is fix things that went kaputt .
Nobody wants to find out why it happened in the first place.Why ?
because there is not so much money in it .
Simple as that .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>And yet, nobody found a cure for it!All they do is fix things that went kaputt.
Nobody wants to find out why it happened in the first place.Why?
because there is not so much money in it.
Simple as that.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_07_06_2043251.28600871</id>
	<title>Retina reattachment, 40+ years ago</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1246880460000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Interestin</modclass>
	<modscore>5</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Over 40 years ago, my grandmother was the first successful retina reattachment patient.  She wasn't the first to get the surgery (probably the Scleral Buckle surgery described in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retinal\_detachment" title="wikipedia.org">Wikipedia article</a> [wikipedia.org]), but she was the first one for whom it actually worked.</p><p>Now, repair of a detatched retina is routine, laser eye surgery is advertised on TV and radio like something you'd have done at a kiosk in the mall, and formerly incurable degenerative diseases like macular degeneration are now being treated.</p><p>My grandmother is 90 now.  If I'm lucky enough to make it to that age (I'm almost halfway there), I wonder if I'll even have my original ocular equipment?  I'd love to be able to see me some UV and IR.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Over 40 years ago , my grandmother was the first successful retina reattachment patient .
She was n't the first to get the surgery ( probably the Scleral Buckle surgery described in the Wikipedia article [ wikipedia.org ] ) , but she was the first one for whom it actually worked.Now , repair of a detatched retina is routine , laser eye surgery is advertised on TV and radio like something you 'd have done at a kiosk in the mall , and formerly incurable degenerative diseases like macular degeneration are now being treated.My grandmother is 90 now .
If I 'm lucky enough to make it to that age ( I 'm almost halfway there ) , I wonder if I 'll even have my original ocular equipment ?
I 'd love to be able to see me some UV and IR .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Over 40 years ago, my grandmother was the first successful retina reattachment patient.
She wasn't the first to get the surgery (probably the Scleral Buckle surgery described in the Wikipedia article [wikipedia.org]), but she was the first one for whom it actually worked.Now, repair of a detatched retina is routine, laser eye surgery is advertised on TV and radio like something you'd have done at a kiosk in the mall, and formerly incurable degenerative diseases like macular degeneration are now being treated.My grandmother is 90 now.
If I'm lucky enough to make it to that age (I'm almost halfway there), I wonder if I'll even have my original ocular equipment?
I'd love to be able to see me some UV and IR.</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_07_06_2043251.28600795</id>
	<title>Related news:</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1246880100000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I always thought shining a laser in my eyes would improve my vision.</p><p>In related news, perpetual motion machines have been proven by another professor to be the source of unlimited energy.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I always thought shining a laser in my eyes would improve my vision.In related news , perpetual motion machines have been proven by another professor to be the source of unlimited energy .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I always thought shining a laser in my eyes would improve my vision.In related news, perpetual motion machines have been proven by another professor to be the source of unlimited energy.</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_07_06_2043251.28601223</id>
	<title>Re:Retina reattachment, 40+ years ago</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1246882380000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Troll</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p>My grandmother is 90 now.  If I'm lucky enough to make it to that age (I'm almost halfway there),</p></div><p>Life after 50 is over rated.</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>My grandmother is 90 now .
If I 'm lucky enough to make it to that age ( I 'm almost halfway there ) ,Life after 50 is over rated .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>My grandmother is 90 now.
If I'm lucky enough to make it to that age (I'm almost halfway there),Life after 50 is over rated.
	</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_07_06_2043251.28601783</id>
	<title>Re:Declining vision</title>
	<author>oneirophrenos</author>
	<datestamp>1246885380000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext>Obviously this is not going to help those with an eye-related illness other than macular degeneration. The conditions you mentioned are treatable with other methods (eyeglasses or lasik for dysopias, medication for glaucoma, etc). This is simply a new way of handling a specific ocular disorder.</htmltext>
<tokenext>Obviously this is not going to help those with an eye-related illness other than macular degeneration .
The conditions you mentioned are treatable with other methods ( eyeglasses or lasik for dysopias , medication for glaucoma , etc ) .
This is simply a new way of handling a specific ocular disorder .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Obviously this is not going to help those with an eye-related illness other than macular degeneration.
The conditions you mentioned are treatable with other methods (eyeglasses or lasik for dysopias, medication for glaucoma, etc).
This is simply a new way of handling a specific ocular disorder.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_07_06_2043251.28619187</id>
	<title>Re:Declining vision</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1247047500000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Regarding floaters:<br>My wife had dark 'floaters' in both eyes starting in 2005 and we found they can be turned off by avoiding certain foods and food additives. Eating those things brings them back again. It was a very simple discovery and I was surprised how easy it was to get rid of them. She is apparently allergic to the whole Nightshade family of plants, as well as potatoes and corn products. The problem arose at the same time as psoriasis possibly indicating a stress-related link as well.</p><p>As it has been written, "Try food first."</p><p>Crispin</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Regarding floaters : My wife had dark 'floaters ' in both eyes starting in 2005 and we found they can be turned off by avoiding certain foods and food additives .
Eating those things brings them back again .
It was a very simple discovery and I was surprised how easy it was to get rid of them .
She is apparently allergic to the whole Nightshade family of plants , as well as potatoes and corn products .
The problem arose at the same time as psoriasis possibly indicating a stress-related link as well.As it has been written , " Try food first .
" Crispin</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Regarding floaters:My wife had dark 'floaters' in both eyes starting in 2005 and we found they can be turned off by avoiding certain foods and food additives.
Eating those things brings them back again.
It was a very simple discovery and I was surprised how easy it was to get rid of them.
She is apparently allergic to the whole Nightshade family of plants, as well as potatoes and corn products.
The problem arose at the same time as psoriasis possibly indicating a stress-related link as well.As it has been written, "Try food first.
"Crispin</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_07_06_2043251.28600841</id>
	<title>Good news everyone!</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1246880340000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Hubert J. Farnsworth will be pleased by this news.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Hubert J. Farnsworth will be pleased by this news .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Hubert J. Farnsworth will be pleased by this news.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_07_06_2043251.28602039</id>
	<title>All those horrible problems</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1246886760000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>but not one of them can kill me!</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>but not one of them can kill me !</tokentext>
<sentencetext>but not one of them can kill me!</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_07_06_2043251.28614431</id>
	<title>If only I could turn back the clock...</title>
	<author>kaaona</author>
	<datestamp>1246962840000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>My dad had cataract surgery and recovered his ability to read about 15 years ago. If only this new surgery had been available back then, my dear mother (who unfortunately also suffers from advanced Alzheimer's) would not have lost her ability to read, do crossword puzzles, or even look at family photos -- things she enjoyed immensely.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>My dad had cataract surgery and recovered his ability to read about 15 years ago .
If only this new surgery had been available back then , my dear mother ( who unfortunately also suffers from advanced Alzheimer 's ) would not have lost her ability to read , do crossword puzzles , or even look at family photos -- things she enjoyed immensely .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>My dad had cataract surgery and recovered his ability to read about 15 years ago.
If only this new surgery had been available back then, my dear mother (who unfortunately also suffers from advanced Alzheimer's) would not have lost her ability to read, do crossword puzzles, or even look at family photos -- things she enjoyed immensely.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_07_06_2043251.28603597</id>
	<title>No longer the complete idiot?</title>
	<author>refactored</author>
	<datestamp>1246898100000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>Sorry mate, you're still a complete idiot, it's just your self awareness is laggy.</htmltext>
<tokenext>Sorry mate , you 're still a complete idiot , it 's just your self awareness is laggy .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Sorry mate, you're still a complete idiot, it's just your self awareness is laggy.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_07_06_2043251.28605391</id>
	<title>Gives a whole new meaning to --</title>
	<author>s74ng3r</author>
	<datestamp>1246962720000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>-1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Do not look into laser with remaining eye!</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Do not look into laser with remaining eye !</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Do not look into laser with remaining eye!</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_07_06_2043251.28606781</id>
	<title>You'll die with a brand new set of ghola eyes</title>
	<author>GargamelSpaceman</author>
	<datestamp>1246975860000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>No Text</htmltext>
<tokenext>No Text</tokentext>
<sentencetext>No Text</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_07_06_2043251.28602051</id>
	<title>Re:Retina reattachment, 40+ years ago</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1246886880000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext><blockquote><div><p>Life after 50 is over rated.</p></div></blockquote><p>

Actually it's pretty darn good. You've got enough money to enjoy it, and you're no longer the complete idiot you were in your twenties. (if you're still in your twenties you'll have to just trust me on this one, but you are an idiot.)</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>Life after 50 is over rated .
Actually it 's pretty darn good .
You 've got enough money to enjoy it , and you 're no longer the complete idiot you were in your twenties .
( if you 're still in your twenties you 'll have to just trust me on this one , but you are an idiot .
)</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Life after 50 is over rated.
Actually it's pretty darn good.
You've got enough money to enjoy it, and you're no longer the complete idiot you were in your twenties.
(if you're still in your twenties you'll have to just trust me on this one, but you are an idiot.
)
	</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_07_06_2043251.28606875</id>
	<title>Re:Retina reattachment, 40+ years ago</title>
	<author>mcgrew</author>
	<datestamp>1246976460000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>You have your facts wrong. A detached retina can NOT be cured by a laser. If a laser was used, your grandmother's retina was torn, not detached. I know; my retina detached last year after several tears and laser repairs and I underwent a <a href="http://slashdot.org/~sm62704/journal/200956" title="slashdot.org">vitrectomy</a> [slashdot.org]</p><p>Repair of a detached retina is NOT routine, although repair of a torn retina is. If a torn retina isn't repaired, it will detach and you will either get needles stuck in your eye and your vitreous fluid replaced with nitrogen, or a rubber band wrapped around your eyeball. You do NOT want a detached retina!</p><p>The scleral buckle is still used in some cases; a freind's brother just underwent the procedure about the time I had my vitrectomy.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>You have your facts wrong .
A detached retina can NOT be cured by a laser .
If a laser was used , your grandmother 's retina was torn , not detached .
I know ; my retina detached last year after several tears and laser repairs and I underwent a vitrectomy [ slashdot.org ] Repair of a detached retina is NOT routine , although repair of a torn retina is .
If a torn retina is n't repaired , it will detach and you will either get needles stuck in your eye and your vitreous fluid replaced with nitrogen , or a rubber band wrapped around your eyeball .
You do NOT want a detached retina ! The scleral buckle is still used in some cases ; a freind 's brother just underwent the procedure about the time I had my vitrectomy .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>You have your facts wrong.
A detached retina can NOT be cured by a laser.
If a laser was used, your grandmother's retina was torn, not detached.
I know; my retina detached last year after several tears and laser repairs and I underwent a vitrectomy [slashdot.org]Repair of a detached retina is NOT routine, although repair of a torn retina is.
If a torn retina isn't repaired, it will detach and you will either get needles stuck in your eye and your vitreous fluid replaced with nitrogen, or a rubber band wrapped around your eyeball.
You do NOT want a detached retina!The scleral buckle is still used in some cases; a freind's brother just underwent the procedure about the time I had my vitrectomy.</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_07_06_2043251.28607209</id>
	<title>Re:Retina reattachment, 40+ years ago</title>
	<author>mcgrew</author>
	<datestamp>1246978020000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Funny</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>No it isn't. I'm 57 and have more fun than I ever did before.</p><p>Of course, I'm not married any more, that has a lot to do with it.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>No it is n't .
I 'm 57 and have more fun than I ever did before.Of course , I 'm not married any more , that has a lot to do with it .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>No it isn't.
I'm 57 and have more fun than I ever did before.Of course, I'm not married any more, that has a lot to do with it.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_07_06_2043251.28601181</id>
	<title>Re:I'm missing something... why the laser?</title>
	<author>Nefarious Wheel</author>
	<datestamp>1246882080000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Interestin</modclass>
	<modscore>3</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p>What I don't get -- if the laser isn't actually being used for thermal properties -- is how the light actually "fixes" the problem. If it's just the light that's "stimulating" the cells to "clean up their mess", why not dump 532nm light from an LED? They're just as monochromatic and oughta be bright enough to shine through the relevant tissues. </p></div><p>Monochrome light isn't the only useful characteristic of a laser.  Accuracy is another - the beam doesn't spread out over any appreciable distance because of the coherent nature of the beam.</p><p>That said, it makes a very clean instrument; nothing quite as sterile as something that doesn't touch you at all.</p><p>IANAO but a very happy recovered patient of a good one.  Although my sight was restored with ultrasound and acrylic as much as lasers.  With lens replacement surgery lasers are sometimes required to burn away the back of the lens capsule.  Strangely, I found the whole process rather fun and entertaining, rather than frightening, but I'm a geek (and no, there were no drugs involved).  </p><p>Of course that doesn't matter, if there's the prospect of having your sight restored after nearly a year without it, you'd crawl through broken glass if that's what it took.</p><p>Thank you Fred Hollows, wherever you are.</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>What I do n't get -- if the laser is n't actually being used for thermal properties -- is how the light actually " fixes " the problem .
If it 's just the light that 's " stimulating " the cells to " clean up their mess " , why not dump 532nm light from an LED ?
They 're just as monochromatic and oughta be bright enough to shine through the relevant tissues .
Monochrome light is n't the only useful characteristic of a laser .
Accuracy is another - the beam does n't spread out over any appreciable distance because of the coherent nature of the beam.That said , it makes a very clean instrument ; nothing quite as sterile as something that does n't touch you at all.IANAO but a very happy recovered patient of a good one .
Although my sight was restored with ultrasound and acrylic as much as lasers .
With lens replacement surgery lasers are sometimes required to burn away the back of the lens capsule .
Strangely , I found the whole process rather fun and entertaining , rather than frightening , but I 'm a geek ( and no , there were no drugs involved ) .
Of course that does n't matter , if there 's the prospect of having your sight restored after nearly a year without it , you 'd crawl through broken glass if that 's what it took.Thank you Fred Hollows , wherever you are .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>What I don't get -- if the laser isn't actually being used for thermal properties -- is how the light actually "fixes" the problem.
If it's just the light that's "stimulating" the cells to "clean up their mess", why not dump 532nm light from an LED?
They're just as monochromatic and oughta be bright enough to shine through the relevant tissues.
Monochrome light isn't the only useful characteristic of a laser.
Accuracy is another - the beam doesn't spread out over any appreciable distance because of the coherent nature of the beam.That said, it makes a very clean instrument; nothing quite as sterile as something that doesn't touch you at all.IANAO but a very happy recovered patient of a good one.
Although my sight was restored with ultrasound and acrylic as much as lasers.
With lens replacement surgery lasers are sometimes required to burn away the back of the lens capsule.
Strangely, I found the whole process rather fun and entertaining, rather than frightening, but I'm a geek (and no, there were no drugs involved).
Of course that doesn't matter, if there's the prospect of having your sight restored after nearly a year without it, you'd crawl through broken glass if that's what it took.Thank you Fred Hollows, wherever you are.
	</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_07_06_2043251.28602283</id>
	<title>Additional Information</title>
	<author>iarons</author>
	<datestamp>1246888140000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>Anyone interested in learning more about John Marshall's retinal regeneration process can read my article about the technology, written in November 2007.

The title of my online Journal entry was:
Ellex 2RT Retina Regeneration Therapy: A First Report

and the link is:
<a href="http://irvaronsjournal.blogspot.com/2007/11/ellex-2rt-retina-regeneration-therapy.html" title="blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">http://irvaronsjournal.blogspot.com/2007/11/ellex-2rt-retina-regeneration-therapy.html</a> [blogspot.com]

Irv Arons</htmltext>
<tokenext>Anyone interested in learning more about John Marshall 's retinal regeneration process can read my article about the technology , written in November 2007 .
The title of my online Journal entry was : Ellex 2RT Retina Regeneration Therapy : A First Report and the link is : http : //irvaronsjournal.blogspot.com/2007/11/ellex-2rt-retina-regeneration-therapy.html [ blogspot.com ] Irv Arons</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Anyone interested in learning more about John Marshall's retinal regeneration process can read my article about the technology, written in November 2007.
The title of my online Journal entry was:
Ellex 2RT Retina Regeneration Therapy: A First Report

and the link is:
http://irvaronsjournal.blogspot.com/2007/11/ellex-2rt-retina-regeneration-therapy.html [blogspot.com]

Irv Arons</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_07_06_2043251.28604927</id>
	<title>Re:Great !!!</title>
	<author>Maelwryth</author>
	<datestamp>1246999920000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>"Now I can go blind again..... if I don't stop doing "that"!"<br>
&nbsp; <br>I thought the problem was if you kept doing "that".</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>" Now I can go blind again..... if I do n't stop doing " that " !
"   I thought the problem was if you kept doing " that " .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>"Now I can go blind again..... if I don't stop doing "that"!
"
  I thought the problem was if you kept doing "that".</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_07_06_2043251.28601107</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_07_06_2043251.28604293</id>
	<title>"Miracle AMD cure via laser"</title>
	<author>Dmpstrdvr</author>
	<datestamp>1246905480000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>There are several types of lasers that are used on eyes.</p><p>Some reshape the cornea, to improve visual refraction/vision. (aka LASIK, or PRK)<br>Some clear "secondary cataracts", via breaking up "posterior lens capsule, secondary cataracts" (aka Yag laser)<br>Some stimulate the retina to react in ways that cause it to respond in a manner that mitigates damage "in progress" - this is most commonly effective in diabetic retinopathy treatment.</p><p>While it is possible, I have never seen any evidence of laser being effective against AMD..  ("Lucentis", and a couple of other drugs have demonstrated some efficacy.. )</p><p>Bob</p><p>P.S. I have attended a dozen ARVO meetings, and many of the scientific sessions, and this subject has not appeared, with evidence of efficacy..  (wife is a retina surgeon)</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>There are several types of lasers that are used on eyes.Some reshape the cornea , to improve visual refraction/vision .
( aka LASIK , or PRK ) Some clear " secondary cataracts " , via breaking up " posterior lens capsule , secondary cataracts " ( aka Yag laser ) Some stimulate the retina to react in ways that cause it to respond in a manner that mitigates damage " in progress " - this is most commonly effective in diabetic retinopathy treatment.While it is possible , I have never seen any evidence of laser being effective against AMD.. ( " Lucentis " , and a couple of other drugs have demonstrated some efficacy.. ) BobP.S. I have attended a dozen ARVO meetings , and many of the scientific sessions , and this subject has not appeared , with evidence of efficacy.. ( wife is a retina surgeon )</tokentext>
<sentencetext>There are several types of lasers that are used on eyes.Some reshape the cornea, to improve visual refraction/vision.
(aka LASIK, or PRK)Some clear "secondary cataracts", via breaking up "posterior lens capsule, secondary cataracts" (aka Yag laser)Some stimulate the retina to react in ways that cause it to respond in a manner that mitigates damage "in progress" - this is most commonly effective in diabetic retinopathy treatment.While it is possible, I have never seen any evidence of laser being effective against AMD..  ("Lucentis", and a couple of other drugs have demonstrated some efficacy.. )BobP.S. I have attended a dozen ARVO meetings, and many of the scientific sessions, and this subject has not appeared, with evidence of efficacy..  (wife is a retina surgeon)</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_07_06_2043251.28606725</id>
	<title>Speaking as the child of an AMD patient...</title>
	<author>kaizendojo</author>
	<datestamp>1246975620000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>I can tell you that any hope is welcome.  My Dad was using PDT treatments (which ruined the contrast in his vision) and Avantis injections (which were some help), but the real break through was when Lucentis came of trial and became available.  He went from diminished vision and the prospect of not being able to drive to a vastly improved vision spectrum and only limiting his night driving (due to contrast issues).  While the injections are costly ($1500 just for the drug - thank god for his insurance coverage!) it's been a night and day difference.  I've been very involved in his treatments, taking him each month and going in the office and treatment rooms to gauge his progress and ask questions.  We're lucky to have a great retina specialist who invites questions and participation, and thanks to this my Dad is able to do most of the things he used to enjoy - reading the newspaper, driving Mom around, working in the garden and workshop.  But before Lucentis, it looked like I was going to need to move back in and care for him (not that I would have minded in the least - I have wonderful parents).  If you or a loved one is suffering from this disease, please see a RETINA specialist asap - time is a factor.   As far as the subject of the article, I am looking at it with great hope, because as a preventative it may be of use to me since I have some of the early signs myself.</htmltext>
<tokenext>I can tell you that any hope is welcome .
My Dad was using PDT treatments ( which ruined the contrast in his vision ) and Avantis injections ( which were some help ) , but the real break through was when Lucentis came of trial and became available .
He went from diminished vision and the prospect of not being able to drive to a vastly improved vision spectrum and only limiting his night driving ( due to contrast issues ) .
While the injections are costly ( $ 1500 just for the drug - thank god for his insurance coverage !
) it 's been a night and day difference .
I 've been very involved in his treatments , taking him each month and going in the office and treatment rooms to gauge his progress and ask questions .
We 're lucky to have a great retina specialist who invites questions and participation , and thanks to this my Dad is able to do most of the things he used to enjoy - reading the newspaper , driving Mom around , working in the garden and workshop .
But before Lucentis , it looked like I was going to need to move back in and care for him ( not that I would have minded in the least - I have wonderful parents ) .
If you or a loved one is suffering from this disease , please see a RETINA specialist asap - time is a factor .
As far as the subject of the article , I am looking at it with great hope , because as a preventative it may be of use to me since I have some of the early signs myself .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I can tell you that any hope is welcome.
My Dad was using PDT treatments (which ruined the contrast in his vision) and Avantis injections (which were some help), but the real break through was when Lucentis came of trial and became available.
He went from diminished vision and the prospect of not being able to drive to a vastly improved vision spectrum and only limiting his night driving (due to contrast issues).
While the injections are costly ($1500 just for the drug - thank god for his insurance coverage!
) it's been a night and day difference.
I've been very involved in his treatments, taking him each month and going in the office and treatment rooms to gauge his progress and ask questions.
We're lucky to have a great retina specialist who invites questions and participation, and thanks to this my Dad is able to do most of the things he used to enjoy - reading the newspaper, driving Mom around, working in the garden and workshop.
But before Lucentis, it looked like I was going to need to move back in and care for him (not that I would have minded in the least - I have wonderful parents).
If you or a loved one is suffering from this disease, please see a RETINA specialist asap - time is a factor.
As far as the subject of the article, I am looking at it with great hope, because as a preventative it may be of use to me since I have some of the early signs myself.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_07_06_2043251.28601305</id>
	<title>Declining vision</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1246882920000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Informativ</modclass>
	<modscore>3</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Don't believe the fluff. Vision declines for several reasons. First, you'll have general focal point problems. Either myopia, hyperopia, or astigmatism (both at the same time - yes two focal points) those can happen at any age. But around 40, your crystalline lens in your eye begins to stiffen. This is presbyopia. The lens cannot bend and this is a lack of "accommodation". Then this lens as a result of UV exposure degrades and you get cataracts. Then you need lens replacement surgery.  This is all before we even get to the back of the eye. Floaters in the various humors. Glaucoma (too much humor pressure distorts and damages the optic nerve) , Then, we can start worrying about the retina and things below...</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Do n't believe the fluff .
Vision declines for several reasons .
First , you 'll have general focal point problems .
Either myopia , hyperopia , or astigmatism ( both at the same time - yes two focal points ) those can happen at any age .
But around 40 , your crystalline lens in your eye begins to stiffen .
This is presbyopia .
The lens can not bend and this is a lack of " accommodation " .
Then this lens as a result of UV exposure degrades and you get cataracts .
Then you need lens replacement surgery .
This is all before we even get to the back of the eye .
Floaters in the various humors .
Glaucoma ( too much humor pressure distorts and damages the optic nerve ) , Then , we can start worrying about the retina and things below.. .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Don't believe the fluff.
Vision declines for several reasons.
First, you'll have general focal point problems.
Either myopia, hyperopia, or astigmatism (both at the same time - yes two focal points) those can happen at any age.
But around 40, your crystalline lens in your eye begins to stiffen.
This is presbyopia.
The lens cannot bend and this is a lack of "accommodation".
Then this lens as a result of UV exposure degrades and you get cataracts.
Then you need lens replacement surgery.
This is all before we even get to the back of the eye.
Floaters in the various humors.
Glaucoma (too much humor pressure distorts and damages the optic nerve) , Then, we can start worrying about the retina and things below...</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_07_06_2043251.28601635</id>
	<title>mcgrew?</title>
	<author>Tolkien</author>
	<datestamp>1246884660000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>Where's mcgrew and his 3 eyes? I want to hear his comment.</htmltext>
<tokenext>Where 's mcgrew and his 3 eyes ?
I want to hear his comment .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Where's mcgrew and his 3 eyes?
I want to hear his comment.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_07_06_2043251.28606617</id>
	<title>Meanwhile, at certain biotechs...</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1246974960000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I wonder how <a href="http://www.gene.com/gene/products/education/vascular/amd.html" title="gene.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.gene.com/gene/products/education/vascular/amd.html</a> [gene.com]Genentech feels about this one?  Their Lucentis treatment for AMD is delivered by inter-ocular injection, to which I say "thanks, but no thanks!"</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I wonder how http : //www.gene.com/gene/products/education/vascular/amd.html [ gene.com ] Genentech feels about this one ?
Their Lucentis treatment for AMD is delivered by inter-ocular injection , to which I say " thanks , but no thanks !
"</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I wonder how http://www.gene.com/gene/products/education/vascular/amd.html [gene.com]Genentech feels about this one?
Their Lucentis treatment for AMD is delivered by inter-ocular injection, to which I say "thanks, but no thanks!
"</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_07_06_2043251.28612053</id>
	<title>Re:Retina reattachment, 40+ years ago</title>
	<author>mcgrew</author>
	<datestamp>1246996620000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>[citation needed]</p><p>Who modded that misinformation as "informative"? The eye's crystal lens doesn't filter out frequencies, although your glasses do (UV won't pass through glass, but IR does). The limits on your color vision come from the size of the individual cones in the retina.</p><p>As someone with a variable focus bionic lens in my own eye, I'll just politely say that you're completely incorrect. Whoever told you that needs a good bitch slapping.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>[ citation needed ] Who modded that misinformation as " informative " ?
The eye 's crystal lens does n't filter out frequencies , although your glasses do ( UV wo n't pass through glass , but IR does ) .
The limits on your color vision come from the size of the individual cones in the retina.As someone with a variable focus bionic lens in my own eye , I 'll just politely say that you 're completely incorrect .
Whoever told you that needs a good bitch slapping .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>[citation needed]Who modded that misinformation as "informative"?
The eye's crystal lens doesn't filter out frequencies, although your glasses do (UV won't pass through glass, but IR does).
The limits on your color vision come from the size of the individual cones in the retina.As someone with a variable focus bionic lens in my own eye, I'll just politely say that you're completely incorrect.
Whoever told you that needs a good bitch slapping.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_07_06_2043251.28603433</id>
	<title>Re:Retina reattachment, 40+ years ago</title>
	<author>demonlapin</author>
	<datestamp>1246896960000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>Heh. Getting old sucks, but it's better than the alternative.</htmltext>
<tokenext>Heh .
Getting old sucks , but it 's better than the alternative .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Heh.
Getting old sucks, but it's better than the alternative.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_07_06_2043251.28601107</id>
	<title>Great !!!</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1246881660000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Funny</modclass>
	<modscore>3</modscore>
	<htmltext>Now I can go blind again..... if I don't stop doing "that"!</htmltext>
<tokenext>Now I can go blind again..... if I do n't stop doing " that " !</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Now I can go blind again..... if I don't stop doing "that"!</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_07_06_2043251.28605971</id>
	<title>So easy ...</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1246970100000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><i>'... could be done by any ophthalmologist.'</i></p><p>We're now trusting bird watchers to cure our eyesight problems????</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>'... could be done by any ophthalmologist .
'We 're now trusting bird watchers to cure our eyesight problems ? ? ?
?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>'... could be done by any ophthalmologist.
'We're now trusting bird watchers to cure our eyesight problems???
?</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_07_06_2043251.28604249</id>
	<title>Re:Retina reattachment, 40+ years ago</title>
	<author>The\_mad\_linguist</author>
	<datestamp>1246904940000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Informativ</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>People who get their lens replaced can see into the near UV.  Apparently the new material doesn't filter out some frequencies.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>People who get their lens replaced can see into the near UV .
Apparently the new material does n't filter out some frequencies .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>People who get their lens replaced can see into the near UV.
Apparently the new material doesn't filter out some frequencies.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_07_06_2043251.28600947</id>
	<title>I'm missing something... why the laser?</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1246880940000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Interestin</modclass>
	<modscore>5</modscore>
	<htmltext>Dated 2007, this <a href="http://irvaronsjournal.blogspot.com/2007/11/ellex-2rt-retina-regeneration-therapy.html" title="blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">article</a> [blogspot.com] appears to discuss the mechanism by which the treatment works.  (Presumably today's press release has something to do with a successful clinical trial?)
<p>
What I don't get -- if the laser isn't actually being used for thermal properties -- is how the light actually "fixes" the problem.  If it's just the <em>light</em> that's "stimulating" the cells to "clean up their mess", why not dump 532nm light from an LED?  They're just as monochromatic and oughta be bright enough to shine through the relevant tissues.
</p><p>
Obviously, that doesn't work if a high power density is required for some reason other than localized heating, but I'm failing to see why (since the article goes into repeated detail about how little thermal damage is done to photoreceptors) the laser's required.
</p><p>
The only thing that makes sense would be that the amount of waste heat/light dumped into the eyeball by a suitably-bright LED would damage cells in the rest of the retina (i.e. the 99\% of the retina that has nothing to do with the macula), and that the laser's only used because it's the only thing that can deposit the required power in the region of the macula <em>without</em> dumping gazillions of green photons everywhere else?  (that is, staring into a low-power green LED wouldn't do anything, and staring into a high-power one would be just as damaging as staring into the sun.)</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Dated 2007 , this article [ blogspot.com ] appears to discuss the mechanism by which the treatment works .
( Presumably today 's press release has something to do with a successful clinical trial ?
) What I do n't get -- if the laser is n't actually being used for thermal properties -- is how the light actually " fixes " the problem .
If it 's just the light that 's " stimulating " the cells to " clean up their mess " , why not dump 532nm light from an LED ?
They 're just as monochromatic and oughta be bright enough to shine through the relevant tissues .
Obviously , that does n't work if a high power density is required for some reason other than localized heating , but I 'm failing to see why ( since the article goes into repeated detail about how little thermal damage is done to photoreceptors ) the laser 's required .
The only thing that makes sense would be that the amount of waste heat/light dumped into the eyeball by a suitably-bright LED would damage cells in the rest of the retina ( i.e .
the 99 \ % of the retina that has nothing to do with the macula ) , and that the laser 's only used because it 's the only thing that can deposit the required power in the region of the macula without dumping gazillions of green photons everywhere else ?
( that is , staring into a low-power green LED would n't do anything , and staring into a high-power one would be just as damaging as staring into the sun .
)</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Dated 2007, this article [blogspot.com] appears to discuss the mechanism by which the treatment works.
(Presumably today's press release has something to do with a successful clinical trial?
)

What I don't get -- if the laser isn't actually being used for thermal properties -- is how the light actually "fixes" the problem.
If it's just the light that's "stimulating" the cells to "clean up their mess", why not dump 532nm light from an LED?
They're just as monochromatic and oughta be bright enough to shine through the relevant tissues.
Obviously, that doesn't work if a high power density is required for some reason other than localized heating, but I'm failing to see why (since the article goes into repeated detail about how little thermal damage is done to photoreceptors) the laser's required.
The only thing that makes sense would be that the amount of waste heat/light dumped into the eyeball by a suitably-bright LED would damage cells in the rest of the retina (i.e.
the 99\% of the retina that has nothing to do with the macula), and that the laser's only used because it's the only thing that can deposit the required power in the region of the macula without dumping gazillions of green photons everywhere else?
(that is, staring into a low-power green LED wouldn't do anything, and staring into a high-power one would be just as damaging as staring into the sun.
)</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_07_06_2043251.28601253</id>
	<title>Re:Good news everyone!</title>
	<author>uberjack</author>
	<datestamp>1246882620000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>I only hope that something can be finalized before I go completely blind. I was diagnosed with MD when I turned 30.
I'm 32 now, and my vision has worsened quite noticeably in the last 3 years alone.</htmltext>
<tokenext>I only hope that something can be finalized before I go completely blind .
I was diagnosed with MD when I turned 30 .
I 'm 32 now , and my vision has worsened quite noticeably in the last 3 years alone .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I only hope that something can be finalized before I go completely blind.
I was diagnosed with MD when I turned 30.
I'm 32 now, and my vision has worsened quite noticeably in the last 3 years alone.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_07_06_2043251.28603205</id>
	<title>And the label reads...</title>
	<author>sincewhen</author>
	<datestamp>1246895280000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><b>Do</b> look at laser with remaining eyesight!</htmltext>
<tokenext>Do look at laser with remaining eyesight !</tokentext>
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