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A man listens to an iPod  player through earphones (Photo Illustration by Ian Waldie/Getty Images)

Experts: Lifestyle Mainly To Blame For Growing Hearing Loss Epidemic

Personal listening devices have become a big culprit of hearing loss. In a noisy world, we crank them up to drown out the racket and hear the music. But the trouble is, high volume is little by little, damaging the sensitive cells in our inner ears.

2012/05/04

Lillian Pravda (credit: CBS 2)

Young Girl Bringing Gift Of Sight To Children Around The World

Cataract surgery gave 12-year-old Lillian Pravda the gift of sight, and she’s since made it her mission to help other others who need eye surgery, through a foundation she started three years ago.

2012/01/05

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