The Louisiana Drug Card Program is giving free prescription discount cards to every Louisiana resident. There are no restrictions on age or income, and no paperwork to fill out. Since the program’s inception, 34,685 people have enrolled and saved over 1.5 million dollars. Saving on prescription drugs is as easy as logging onto www.louisianadrugcard.com and typing your name and your e-mail address to download a personalized card. The discount cards are generated instantly after registration and can be printed out and used immediately.According to the US Census Bureau, between 2004 and 2006, the three year average of those without health insurance was estimated at 18.6% of Louisiana’s population.The Louisiana Drug Card Program also provides discounts on such things as eye glasses, contacts, LASIK surgery, hearing exams and hearing aids.Card users can expect to save an average of 23 to 30 percent and in some instances users can save up to 75 percent on prescriptions drugs.

Who Is Likely To Get Dry Eye Syndrome After LASIK Surgery Discovered By Scientists

Scientists at Schepens Eye Research Institute have found that people with a certain low level of tear production are more likely to develop chronic dry eye syndrome after LASIK (laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis), laser refractive surgery to correct near- and far-sightedness than those with more plentiful tears. Their research, published in Investigative Ophthalmology and Vision Science, may offer reliable prescreening criteria for ophthalmologists and patients.

"These findings should help ophthalmologists determine if pretreatment is necessary before surgery or if surgery is appropriate at all for an individual," says Dr. Darlene Dartt, director of the Military Vision Research Program at Schepens Eye Research Institute and the principal investigator of the study.

Dry eye syndrome is one of the most common problems treated by eye physicians.

State Line car crash injures Ogden woman

Staff photo by Evan Lewis Texarkana, Ark., firefighters attend Susie Muldoon, 44, of Ogden, Ark., who was involved in a two-vehicle accident about 9 p.m. Thursday on North State Line Avenue as she was turning into the Walgreen�s parking lot. Muldoon was taken to CHRISTUS St. Michael Health System with non-life threatening injuries, officials said. .