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Commentary: March is Age-Related Macular Degeneration/Low Vision Awareness .....
Northwest Asian Weekly
Commentary: March is Age-Related Macular Degeneration/Low Vision Awareness ...
Northwest Asian Weekly
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of vision loss in ...
Early Detection Key to Managing Age-Related Macular Degeneration - North Amer...
Early Detection Key to Managing Age-Related Macular Degeneration
North American Press Syndicate
One reason is age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a chronic condition that causes central vision loss,...
'I Love Louisiana' - DeRidder Beauregard Daily News
DeRidder Beauregard Daily News
'I Love Louisiana'
DeRidder Beauregard Daily News
Jan Gagliano is a 62-year-old woman fighting macular degeneration. That fight drove her to chase her dream. ...
Biotechnology firm announces fast track designation for oral dry AMD treatmen...
Biotechnology firm announces fast track designation for oral dry AMD treatment
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The US Food and Drug Administration will expedite the review of an oral medication to treat the dry form of a...
Arnell Patz | Saved babies' eyesight, 89 | Philadelphia Inquirer | 03/17/2010...
Arnell Patz | Saved babies' eyesight, 89 | Philadelphia Inquirer | 03/17/2010
Philadelphia Inquirer
They are now a standard treatment for macular degeneration and for certain eye disorders among peo...
Manitoba government announces reimbursement of Lucentis* for people suffering...
Manitoba government announces reimbursement of Lucentis* for people suffering ...
Canada NewsWire (press release)
DORVAL, QC, March 18 /CNW Telbec/ - Manitobans with wet age-related macular degeneration...
Acucela Gets FDA Fast Track - Seattle Post Intelligencer
Acucela Gets FDA Fast Track
Seattle Post Intelligencer
... said today they have received "Fast Track" designation for an application to market a new drug for the "dry" form of age-re...
AMD VIDEO: Eye Injections Increasing for Age Related Macular Degeneration ......
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AMD VIDEO: Eye Injections Increasing for Age Related Macular Degeneration ...
Insidermedicine
... published in the Archives of Ophthalmology, eye injections are becoming more and mo...
Study hails "sight-saving" drug - Nursing in Practice
Study hails "sight-saving" drug
Nursing in Practice
SFD, an early onset form of macular degeneration, had caused the patients, both in their 30s, to suffer blurred vision and a general deterio...
New treatment for genetic condition successful - Optometry Today
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New treatment for genetic condition successful
Optometry Today
A drug which is more commonly used to treat wet age-related macular degeneration has been used to save the sight of two patients ...
Yahoo! News Search Results for macular degeneration
Yahoo! News Search Results for macular degeneration
?I Love Louisiana? (Beauregard Daily News)
Jan Gagliano is a 62-year-old woman fighting macular degeneration. That fight drove her to chase her dream.
Manitoba government: Lucentis to be funded through centralized vision program...
Manitobans with wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) received a dose of good news. The Manitoba government announced that Lucentis (ranibizumab ...
Age-related macular degeneration affects central vision in older Americans (N...
Indianapolis resident Harry Traugott was an active retiree, participating in community events, driving and even teaching English as a second language ...
Health & Fitness : This month, the eyes have it (The Martha's Vineyard Times)
The month of March is Save Your Vision Month. Having a population on Martha's Vineyard that is familiar with eye diseases such as macular degeneration...
Acucela, Otsuka Pharmaceutical granted FDA Fast Track designation for ACU-442...
Acucela Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing new treatments for blinding eye diseases, and Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Lt...
Stem Cells Used To Model Infant Birth Defect (redOrbit)
Findings reveal why a longstanding treatment works, and suggest better approachesHemangiomas -- strawberry-like birthmarks that commonly develop in ea...
Stem cells used to model infant birth defect (Science Daily)
Researchers recently discovered that infantile hemangiomas originate from stem cells, and have used these stem cells to better understand this tumor i...
Artist Katherine Kadish paints imaginary scenes of nature (Dayton Daily News)
DAYTON ? When she was a little girl growing up in Pittsburgh, she lived with her grandmother and an aunt who was an avid gardener.Katherine Kadish has...
ScienceBased Health(R) Announces New Optometric Advisory Board to Expand Awar...
NEW YORK, March 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Vision Expo East -- ScienceBased Health (SBH), a leading provider of premium nutraceuticals for eye health, today a...
UW Researchers Develop New Model for Macular Degeneration (PhysOrg)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Exposing albino rats to moderately intense light has produced a new animal model for the most common cause of severe vision loss in h...
MedicineNet Eyesight General
MedicineNet Eyesight General
Health Tip: Recovering From LASIK
Title: Health Tip: Recovering From LASIK
Category: Health News
Created: 3/17/2010 10:10:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 3/18/2010
Eye Health and Safety Should Be Job One
Title: Eye Health and Safety Should Be Job One
Category: Health News
Created: 3/13/2010 10:10:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 3/15/2010
Blindness
Title: Blindness
Category: Diseases and Conditions
Created: 3/10/2010 3:30:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 3/10/2010 3:30:02 PM
Waiting Safe for Some at Risk of Glaucoma
Title: Waiting Safe for Some at Risk of Glaucoma
Category: Health News
Created: 3/8/2010 4:10:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 3/9/2010
Chickens May Provide Clues to Color Vision
Title: Chickens May Provide Clues to Color Vision
Category: Health News
Created: 2/19/2010 4:10:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 2/22/2010
Glaucoma Drugs May Play Role in Longer Life
Title: Glaucoma Drugs May Play Role in Longer Life
Category: Health News
Created: 2/8/2010 4:10:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 2/9/2010
Disease Prevention in Men
Title: Disease Prevention in Men
Category: Diseases and Conditions
Created: 2/2/2001 11:33:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 12/21/2009
Nearsightedness on the Increase
Title: Nearsightedness on the Increase
Category: Health News
Created: 12/15/2009 4:10:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 12/16/2009
Health Tip: Protect Your Eyes From Corneal Abrasions
Title: Health Tip: Protect Your Eyes From Corneal Abrasions
Category: Health News
Created: 12/10/2009 8:10:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 12/10/2009
Stem Cells May Hold Hope for Eye Disease
Title: Stem Cells May Hold Hope for Eye Disease
Category: Health News
Created: 12/8/2009 2:10:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 12/9/2009
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BrainPort Helps Blinded Soldier See With Tongue
A British soldier who was blinded by a grenade in Iraq three years ago said his life has been transformed since he was fitted with a prototype BrainP...
Inspire Announces Results From AZASITE(R) Phase 2 Blepharitis Trials And Plan...
Inspire Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISPH) announced the results from two Phase 2 clinical trials with AZASITE (azithromycin ophthalmic solution) 1%...
Visually Impaired Students Benefit From New Teaching Tools
Mastering mathematics can be daunting for many children, but researchers have found that children with visual impairments face disproportionate challe...
More Adequate Provision Of Eye Care Services Need To 'Close The Gap' In Visio...
Blindness rates in Indigenous Australians are still much higher than in non-Indigenous Australians, despite a probable fall in overall rates of blindn...
Abbott Receives U.S. FDA Approval For New Cataract Multifocal Intraocular Lens
Abbott (NYSE: ABT) announced it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the TECNIS® Multifocal 1-Piece intraocular lens (IO...
600 Million-Year-Old Origins Of Vision Discovered By Scientists At UCSB
By studying the hydra, a member of an ancient group of sea creatures that is still flourishing, scientists at UC Santa Barbara have made a discovery i...
Abbott Receives U.S. FDA Approval For New Cataract Multifocal Intraocular Lens
Abbott (NYSE: ABT) announced today it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the TECNIS® Multifocal 1-Piece intraocular len...
Guide Dogs Granted Permission To Apply For Judicial Review In Dispute With Ro...
The High Court gave the green light to Guide Dogs to proceed with the legal challenge against Kensington and Chelsea's development plans for Exhibitio...
Professor Discovers Link Between Low Oxygen Levels In Body And Cancer-Aiding ...
What began as research into how diabetics could possibly preserve their eyesight has led to findings that could prolong the vision of children afflict...
Risk Of Developing Cataracts Increased By Anti-Depressants
Some anti-depressant drugs are associated with an increased chance of developing cataracts, according to a new statistical study by researchers at the...
Eye - AOP - nature.com science feeds
Eye is the official journal of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists. It aims to provide the practising ophthalmologist with information on the latest clinical and laboratory-based research.
World Glaucoma Day, 6 March 2008: tackling glaucoma internationally
Combined intravitreal anti-VEGF and verteporfin photodynamic therapy for juxt...
Corneal hysteresis in eyes undergoing phototherapeutic keratectomy
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Effects of photodynamic therapy on subfoveal blood flow in neovascular age-re...
Health anxiety in a non-population-based, pre-publicised glaucoma screening e...
Combined cataract and trabeculectomy surgery for advanced glaucoma in East Af...
Do recorded abstracts from scientific meetings concur with the research prese...
Tear-drop sign of posterior capsule dehiscence on Scheimpflug imaging
Amniotic membrane transplantation using fibrin glue in pterygium surgery: a c...
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Aged Care Nurses Suffer Almost 5 Times More Pay Disparity Than Other Women Wo...
The aged care workforce - comprised of 98% women workers - is one of the most unfairly remunerated in Australia. The Australian Nursing Federation fed...
Technology And Aging Focus Of Conference To Be Hosted By UPMC, Pitt And CMU
Technology is assuming an increasingly important role in the delivery of health care to the aged and in the way that individuals and families manage t...
Senate Parliamentarian Wields Authority Over Democrats' Health Care Efforts
The Associated Press: "When Congress battles over thorny bills, parliamentarian Alan Frumin has been known to sleep in his office - on call 24/7 as th...
Drugmakers Are 'Under-Exposed' In Emerging Markets, Report Says
Growing markets for pharmaceuticals in China, Brazil, Russia and India are outpacing national markets in Europe and the U.S., but major drugmakers hav...
Report Calls For Medicaid, Social Security Changes For LGBT Seniors
The Los Angeles Times: A report released Wednesday at a national meeting on aging asks lawmakers to consider changes to Medicaid and Social Security r...
American Geriatrics Society Names AARP President Jennie Chin Hansen Its New CEO
The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) has chosen AARP President Jennie Chin Hansen, RN, MSN, FAAN, as its new Chief Executive Officer. Ms. Hansen, wh...
Older Adult Specialists Travel To Haiti To Provide Needed Care To Vulnerable ...
Two months after the devastating earthquake hit Haiti, the needs of older adults in the region remain an urgent priority. Dr. Martin Gorbien, a geriat...
Major Grant Puts Wake Forest In Lead Role On Study About Mobility Disability ...
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, together with Wake Forest University, will play a key role in a new study that seeks to determine wheth...
Feeling Lonely Increases Blood Pressure For People 50 And Older
Chronic feelings of loneliness take a toll on blood pressure over time, causing a marked increase after four years, according to a new study at the Un...
Avoiding 'Boomeritis' -- The Achilles' Heel Of A Fit Generation
Orthopedic surgeons are seeing a wave of exercise-related injuries among baby boomers -- a phenomenon dubbed "boomeritis." The March issue of Mayo Cli...
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