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BJ Austin

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Texas News

2:12 pm

Wed May 15, 2013

Dallas' New Trinity Forest Golf Course Gets Official Approval At City Hall

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The Trinity Forest Golf Course will be membership only, but the city of Dallas requires that 25 percent of rounds each year be open to the public through charitable or organized tournaments. The course will also be home to the SMU golf team and First Tee

By BJ Austin

The proposed Trinity Forest Golf Course in southeast Dallas cleared two major hurdles in as many days this week.

11:02 am

Wed May 15, 2013

A New Mortality Risk Calculator For Diabetes

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The state of Texas has more than its share of the diabetes epidemic. An estimated 9.7% of Texans have diabetes, compared to the national average of 8.3%.

By Lauren Silverman

Researchers have known that having diabetes raises a person's risk of dying, but now there is a simple tool to calculate which diabetic patients are at the greatest risk.

10:26 am

Wed May 15, 2013

Study Up For 'Think': The Plural Of Cyclops

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Grant Barrett and Martha Barnette are in town, with many ways to say it.

By Lyndsay Knecht

How do words and their meanings color our experience with possibility and how does our changing language keep us learning? Perhaps no two people think about this more than Grant Barrett and Martha Barnette, hosts of “A Way With Words.” The pair joins Think host Krys Boyd at 1 p.m., and they'll stick around for an event at the Lakewood Theater Thursday.

9:00 am

Wed May 15, 2013

No National List For Missing Means Tough Work For Investigators

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The closest thing to a national missing person's database is run out of UNT, but with no long-term funding, officials say we can do better.

By Courtney Collins

Five stories that have North Texas talking: FBI calls for unified missing persons database, more military conduct accused-- this time out of Texas, an author on a mission makes no-kill shelter tour stop in Richardson and more.

6:00 am

Wed May 15, 2013

An iPhone App To Monitor Eye Disease

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The MyVisionTrack test on the iPhone showing three circles, with one distorted. The user has to identify and tap the circle that isn’t perfectly round, and with each click, differentiating becomes more difficult.

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The FDA-approved MyVisionTrack test has the ability to track vision loss in patients with retinal disorders. Patient Daniel Agnew, who has diabetic retinopathy, uses the device to differentiate between circles on the screen.

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Dr. Yi-Zhong Wang worked with Vital Art and Science to develop the test to track macular degeneration on the iPad. Here he stands in front of an earlier (and much larger) version of the test that is still being used to diagnose and monitor eye disease.

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Patient Daniel Agnew of Frisco using the MyVisionTrack app for the first time at the Texas Retina Associates. The camera in the iPad is programed to identify the yellow and black eye patch he’s wearing to verify that he’s tested both left and right eyes.

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The MyVisionTrack's main screen.

By Lauren Silverman

You can use your iPhone to play games, find restaurants, even friends. Now, some people in North Texas are using their iPhones to prevent blindness.

KCPW reporter Whittney Evans shares Utah news stories with Utah Public Radio. Whittney holds a degree in communication with an emphasis in print journalism from Morehead State University in Kentucky.