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From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. To be blind is not miserable, not to be able to bear blindness is miserable. John milton wrote that. 285 Million People live with visual impairment. In recent years, there have been breakthroughs in our understanding and treatment of blindness. Sanford greenberg lost his vision at the age of 19. He is chairman of the board of governors of john hopkins Eye Institute and joins me today to talk about his experience and mission to and blindness. Also joining me, jean bennett, steven schwartz, eberhart zrenner, and carla shatz of Stanford Uni...

Evidence that dinosaurs had cancer. But cancer is found in many kinds of animals. It is found in the remains of egyptians varied buried several thousand years ago. It is a phenomenon of life, specially human life. There is a variety of factors that can increase the risk of any single individual developing cancer. By far the greatest in our society is use of tobacco. But obesity, lack of exercise, alcohol use, exposure to sunlight are among some of the causes. Is not as asbestos longer use but is another cause. Yes marco we need vitamin d. It there are other ways to get vitamin d. Modest exposu...

I started off as an english major in college and went on to medical school. I have been trained in psychiatry. I did Clinical Research in psychiatry on obsessive compulsive disorder here at the nih. That is really where i fell in love with science, being in an environment like this where i could explore whatever i could become passionate about. It was a fantastic opportunity. It actually got me out of Clinical Research and ultimately into doing more basic neuroscience. I spent 20 years looking at the doing thats research. And i came back to the nih. Host we have a call from missouri. Good morn...

Flags to remain at half staff until monday. It is friday morning. We are going to take your calls and reflections on Nelson Mandela. Our phone lines are open. Republicans, 202 5853881. Democrats, 202 5853880. And our line for independents, 202 5853882. Mail,an send us an e journal cspan. Org or you can send us a tweet, cspanwj. [video clip] i am not a saint unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying. I am one of the countless millions who drew inspiration from Nelson Mandelas life. My First Political action, the that thing i ever did involves politics was a protest against apa...

Offer of help. The instituted that focuses on iabetes is the called the ational institute of diabetes, digestive disease. If you go to the web, im sure home page be on their for niddk an opportunity to send in a query. Please do. That your story sounds interesting indeed. Conclude on one final point because youve discussed the cutbacks youve because of sequestration. What about private medical research . Where is that president obama stph who is it and how does that impact what you do at nih . We depend on partnerships with private foundations swells industry. Ate this is an ecosystem where al...