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View Post: Singapore A*Star invests $36 million in medical technology industry
23 Nov 2009 by webteam@yoursdp.org (Singapore Democrats)  
When it is developed, AGLAIA will be the first of its kind of software system that will be able to detect and diagnose glaucoma in the general populace in a cost-effective and efficient manner. ... The Eye Disease TCR Flagship Programme has filed two patents to date. While only less than two years into their funding, the TCR Flagship Programmes have demonstrated great promise from combining the clinical strengths and multidisciplinary research expertise of Singapore's ...
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View Post: Survey Shows That Americans Lack Significant Knowledge of Age ...
16 Nov 2009
Glaucoma – a group of eye diseases characterized by damage to the optic nerve resulting in peripheral vision loss. People at higher risk of developing glaucoma include those with a family history of the disease, older adults, African- Americans and Hispanics. Dry eye – a condition where there ... From May 21 – 24, 2009, using an online methodology, PSB interviewed 1000 Americans 18 years and older who embodied a nationally representative sample of U.S. general population . ...
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View Post: 2009 Glaucoma Week is launched - modernghana.com/health
29 Oct 2009
He said the ministry would ensure budgetary allocation for eye care diseases and prevention was improved and a percentage paid to the Glaucoma Association of Ghana (GAG) for advocacy and awareness creation activities. ...
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View Post: AAO Highlights: Lasers for Cataract Surgery, Laser Vision ...
10 Nov 2009 by Irv Arons  
prokinase inhibitors to treat glaucoma, * antisense agents and eotaxin inhibitors for diabetic macular edema, * rapamycin-derived mTOR inhibitors for uveitis, AMD and diabetic eye disease, * epimacular brachytherapy—as well as newly configured ... About 25 percent of refractive surgeons have had some form of modern refractive correction, three or four times greater than that of the general population. The rate is even higher among family members: 36 percent of spouses, ...
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View Post: State eyeballs backtracking on Correa's optometry law - OC ...
17 Nov 2009 by BRIAN JOSEPH, Sacramento Correspondent  
If one where to follow this “thread” one could get a clear view of the general incompetence that runs throughout state government. The legislature and the boards they create try to micro-manage almost every aspect of life in the Golden State. .... The article is wrong–while Opthalmologists are MD's, they do not receive more training than optometrists with regard to the human eye. Optometrists spend more than two years studying the human eye, disease (including glaucoma), ...
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View Post: Gender inequality in vision loss and eye diseases: Evidence from ...
15 Nov 2009 by Khandekar Rajiv, Mohammed AJ  
Gender inequality in vision loss and eye diseases: Evidence from the Sultanate of Oman Rajiv Khandekar1, AJ Mohammed2 1 Eye & Ear Health Care, Department of Non-Communicable Disease Control, Director General of Health Affairs, Oman 2 Health Affairs, Ministry of Health, Oman ... However, apart from TT and glaucoma patients the difference in service utilization by gender was not statistically significant. Keywords: Blindness, eye diseases, gender, Oman ...
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View Post: Eye Doctors Have Genetic Tests For Glaucoma - What is Available ...
31 Oct 2009 by Surgery  
General health issues are the main risk factors, and some you can control. Smoking and cardiovascular disease are at high riskFactors for the development of glaucoma. Make sure that you are fit and well controlled blood pressure. ...
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View Post: Fetal tissue helps restore partial vision in the blind
21 Oct 2009 by Ani  
Canadian researchers have discovered an unidentified form of circulation in the human eye which may provide important clues to glaucoma. Now, device that finds early signs of eye disease in preemies. September 22nd, 2009 WASHINGTON ...
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View Post: Laser Treatment for Phoenix Arizona Glaucoma Patients
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30 Oct 2009 by admin   ...
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