I received the following message soon after  posting information about Dr. Leroy Hoeck, who  was involved in  early research on the link between oxygen and  vision loss in premature babies in the early 1950s.  Dr. Hoeck recently passed away at the age of 97. This is from his great niece. It means a lot to me that she wrote me personally and I'm ( Read more... )

Just taking a moment to give props to one of the original researchers who studied the eye  condition  I have, retinopathy of prematurity.

According to an Associated Press report,  one of the doctors creditted with  discovering the link between  oxygen levels and  blindness in premature babies has died at  the age of 97 while residing in a Maryland ( Read more... )