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Britain's Department of Health has decided to postpone the introduction of a new treatment for macular degeneration, which causes blindness in the elderly.


Britain's Department of Health has decided to postpone post·pone  
tr.v. post·poned, post·pon·ing, post·pones
1. To delay until a future time; put off. See Synonyms at defer1.

2. To place after in importance; subordinate.
 the introduction of a new treatment for macular degeneration macular degeneration, eye disorder causing loss of central vision. The affected area, the macula, lies at the back of the retina and is the part that produces the sharpest vision. , which causes blindness in the elderly. Advocates for the blind say the delay is a cynical attempt to ration ration

a fixed allowance of total feed for an animal for one day. Usually specifies the individual ingredients and their amounts and the amounts of the specific nutriments such as carbohydrate, fiber, individual minerals and vitamins.
 the new treatment, noting that private patients can already get it. The Royal National institute for the Blind says the delay will doom 2,800 people to blindness.
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Author:Oliver, Charles
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Date:Jan 1, 2004
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