{"id":3533,"date":"2013-07-09T21:40:03","date_gmt":"2013-07-10T04:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.medicaleyecenter.com\/?p=3533"},"modified":"2013-07-09T21:40:03","modified_gmt":"2013-07-10T04:40:03","slug":"second-suns-restoring-sight-saving-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.medicaleyecenter.com\/2013\/07\/09\/second-suns-restoring-sight-saving-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"Second Suns: Restoring Sight, Saving Lives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3498 alignleft\" alt=\"Second-Suns-cover\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.medicaleyecenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Second-Suns-Small.jpg\" width=\"175\" height=\"261\" \/><em>Second Suns<\/em> tells the story of the Himalayan Cataract Project\u2019s work restoring vision to people in the poorest communities of Asia and Africa. Cataracts are the leading cause of blindness globally and can be treated with a 10-minute surgery. In wealthy countries, surgery is readily available and cataracts typically are removed when there is mild visual impairment. In poorer countries, however, the condition often progresses to total blindness, and treatment for many is unavailable. The World Health Organization estimates that 18 million people remain blind from cataracts.<\/p>\n<p>Medical Eye Center\u2019s Dr. Matt Oliva is a board member and director of African programs at the Himalayan Cataract Project, which is the subject of a new book called Second Suns, published by Random House. Drs. Paul Jorizzo and Paul Imperia have also been associate physicians with the international non-profit organization since 2008. \u201cI\u2019m very proud to be mentioned in Second Suns\u201d says Dr. Oliva. \u201cI\u2019m hoping the book will raise awareness for our high quality, comprehensive approach to eradicating treatable blindness in the world\u2019s poorest countries.\u201d <a title=\"Himalayan Cataract Project\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.medicaleyecenter.com\/himalayan-cataract-project\/\"><span>Learn more\u2026 <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Second Suns tells the story of the Himalayan Cataract Project\u2019s work restoring vision to people in the poorest communities of Asia and Africa. Cataracts are the leading cause of blindness globally and can be treated with a 10-minute surgery. In wealthy countries, surgery is readily available and cataracts typically are removed when there is mild &#8230; <a title=\"Second Suns: Restoring Sight, Saving Lives\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.medicaleyecenter.com\/2013\/07\/09\/second-suns-restoring-sight-saving-lives\/\" aria-label=\"More on Second Suns: Restoring Sight, Saving Lives\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.medicaleyecenter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3533"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.medicaleyecenter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.medicaleyecenter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.medicaleyecenter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.medicaleyecenter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.medicaleyecenter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3533\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.medicaleyecenter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.medicaleyecenter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.medicaleyecenter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}