Archive for the ‘Eye Health / Blindness’ Category
Friday, April 11th, 2008
An MIT team has improved upon its landmark technology reported last year in which the researchers used a fingernail-sized lab on a chip to image, perform surgery on and sort tiny worms to study nerve regeneration. The team ...
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Thursday, April 10th, 2008
Novagali Pharma, an ophthalmic specialty pharmaceutical company announces the commercial launch in France of its first product Cationorm®. This cationic emulsion is an innovative approach to treat dry eye symptoms. It has been developed on the basis of Novagali Pharma patented technology platform Novasorb®. Dry eye syndrome is the ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
The American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) has announced that it will participate in a post-LASIK quality of life study with the Joint LASIK Study Task Force, which includes the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the National Eye Institute (NEI), ASCRS and the American Academy of Ophthalmology. ...
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Monday, April 7th, 2008
Carl Zeiss Meditec, a leader in ophthalmic devices and surgical systems, announced today that two new optical coherence tomography (OCT) applications will be available for the first time at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ASCRS) meeting in Chicago, IL at booth 2028. With advanced algorithms available for ...
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Friday, April 4th, 2008
A new study by researchers at UC Davis shows how our very short-term "working memory," which allows the brain to stitch together sensory information, operates. The system retains a limited number of high-resolution images for a few seconds, rather than a wider range of fuzzier impressions.Humans rarely move their eyes ...
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Friday, April 4th, 2008
In just 100 minutes on Wednesday, April 9, the lives of 100 low-income people in cities and towns across the United States will be changed forever, as their failing eyesight goes from murky to new-found clarity at all distances with crystalens® cataract-lens implants, free of charge. Not only can this ...
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Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
A major announcement from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) today could kick-start a new era in the treatment of the UK's leading cause of blindness, says the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), following a major announcement today. The long awaited Final Appraisal Document (FAD) ...
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Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
SynergEyes, Inc. has launched its revolutionary new hybrid contact lens specifically designed for people over 40 dealing with a vision condition known as presbyopia. The "hybrid" design of the SynergEyes(R) Multifocal bonds a "hard" and "soft" contact lens together resulting ...
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Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
The General Optical Council (GOC) has removed from its registers 442 opticians who failed to renew their registration for 2008/9. Included in that total are 184 optometrists,179 dispensing opticians and 79 bodies corporate. Compared to last year's retention process, the number removed for failing to renew has increased by 159 ...
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Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
Advanced Medical Optics, Inc. (AMO) (NYSE: EYE), a global leader in ophthalmic surgical devices and eye care products, announced the U.S. introduction of blink® Tears, a new line of over-the-counter lubricating eye drops for the estimated 40 percent of Americans who suffer from occasional or chronic dry eye symptoms. AMO ...
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