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Students learn links between smoking, cancer: School celebrates Great American Smokeout
(The Hawk Eye - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- GTAM | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Thursday marked the American Cancer Society's 33rd annual Great American Smokeout, a day when smokers are...
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Unilens Vision Reports Record First Quarter Revenue, Earnings and Royalty Income
LARGO, Fla., Nov.21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Unilens Vision Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: UVICF; TSX Venture Exchange: UVI), which develops, licenses, manufactures, distributes and markets specialty contact lenses, today reported its...
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Brain reorganizes to compensate for loss of vision
A new study from Georgia Tech shows that when patients with macular degeneration focus on using another part of their retina to compensate for their loss of central vision, their brain seems to compensate by reorganizing its neural...
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CDC Keeping an Eye on Hib Infections Due to Vaccine Shortage
HealthDay News is reporting that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is stepping up its surveillance of Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) infections, a major cause of bacterial illness in children, due to a shortage of th...
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Downturn adding wrinkle to consumersEUR decisions on plastic surgery
After medical school and eight additional years of surgical training, Dr.Jeffrey Donaldson is ready to start his first practice. In plastic surgery. One of the specialties suffering most acutely from the nations anemic discretionary...
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Apoptosis - Research reports from Baylor College of Medicine, College of Medicine provide new insights into ap
In this recent report published in the journal Eye & Contact Lens - Science and Clinical Practice, researchers in the United States conducted a study 'To examine the effect of 4 commercially available contact lens multipurpose...
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Biopsy - Study findings on biopsy are outlined in reports from Moorfields Eye Hospital
In this recent article published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology, scientists in London, the United Kingdom conducted a study 'To evaluate a new technique in large retinal and choroidal biopsies in patients with uveitis of unknown and...
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Keratitis - New keratitis study findings recently were reported by researchers at Moorfields Eye Hospital
In this recent article published in the journal Ophthalmology, scientists in London, the United Kingdom conducted a study 'To assess the relative risks (RR) of microbial keratitis (MK) for contemporary contact lens (CL) types and wearing...
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Brain Reorganizes To Adjust For Loss Of Vision
ScienceDaily (Nov.21, 2008) A new study from Georgia Tech shows that when patients with macular degeneration focus on using another part of their retina to compensate for their loss of central vision, their brain seems to compensate by...
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Broccoli Reduces Lung Cancer Risk in Sm
Weight Loss Surgery Before Pregnancy Beneficial For Both Mother and Child(7 min ago) Breakthrough Research Could Lead to Effective Treatments for Itching(25 min ago) Depression or Schizophrenia Afflicted People at High Risk of Re-attempting...
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Cytomegalovirus Retinitis in a Monocular Patient
Management options were constrained by poor vision in the fellow eye.CHIRAG P. SHAH, MD, MPH JULIA A. HALLER, MD A 41-year-old female experienced blurred visual acuity in her right eye for several days, associated with fevers and...
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Resolvyx Announces Open IND for RX-10045, the Lead Resolvin Therapeutic for Dry Eye
- Resolvyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the leading resolvin therapeutics company, today announced that the thirty day review period by the U.S.Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is now complete for an investigational new drug application (IND)...
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Got Dry Eye? Take Fish Oil. Resolvyx Moves First Compound Into Human Test
Resolvyx Pharmaceuticals is eying the ophthalmic market.The Bedford, MA-based biotech firm plans to announce today that the first human clinical tests of its resolvinscompounds with anti-inflammatory properties that occur naturally in...
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Brain Reorganizes to Adjust for Loss of Vision
'Our results show that the patient's behavior may be critical to get the brain to reorganize in response to disease,' said Eric Schumacher, assistant professor in Georgia Tech's School of Psychology.'It's not enough to lose input to a...
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National Neurovision Research Institute to Fund Evaluation of Resolvyx Pharmaceuticals Eye Disease Therapeu
National Neurovision Research Institute(NNRI) and Resolvyx Pharmaceuticals inked a research collaboration whereby NNRI will fully fund preclinical studies to evaluate the potential of resolvin therapeutics for eye diseases of the retina that...
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Man Struggles To Get Vision Loss Drugs
Man Facing Blindness Waits Months For Drugs UPDATED: 9:15 am EST November 20, 2008 BALTIMORE -- The WBAL TV 11 News I-Team has been tracking the journey of a man caught in the middle of a battle between two medical giants who were trying to...
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Resolvyx Announces Open IND for RX-10045, the Lead Resolvin Therapeutic for Dry Eye
- Resolvyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the leading resolvin therapeutics company, today announced that the thirty day review period by the U.S.Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is now complete for an investigational new drug application (IND)...
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Resolvyx Announces Open IND for RX-10045, the Lead Resolvin Therapeutic for Dry Eye
Resolvyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the leading resolvin therapeutics company, today announced that the thirty day review period by the U.S.Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is now complete for an investigational new drug application (IND),...
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Resolvyx Announces Open IND for RX-10045, the Lead Resolvin Therapeutic for Dry Eye
Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers BEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--November 20, 2008--Resolvyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the leading resolvin therapeutics company, today announced that the thirty day review period by the U.S.Food and...
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Resolvyx Announces Open IND for RX-10045, the Lead Resolvin Therapeutic for Dry Eye
BEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Resolvyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the leading resolvin therapeutics company, today announced that the thirty day review period by the U.S.Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is now complete for an...
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Vitrectomy Tips in Diabetics
American Diabetes Association Diabetes Statistics.http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-statistics.jsp. Accessed September 1, 2008. Goodart R, Blankenship G. Panretinal photocoagulation influence on vitrectomy results for complications...
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Man Struggles To Get Vision Loss Drugs
BALTIMORE -- The WBAL TV 11 News I-Team has been tracking the journey of a man caught in the middle of a battle between two medical giants who were trying to figure out how to give him a free drug that could save his sight.Link: When the...
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Stem cells restore hearing, vision in animals
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Stem cells from tiny embryos can be used to restore lost hearing and vision in animals, researchers said Tuesday in what they believe is a first step toward helping people.One team repaired hearing in guinea pigs...
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Spokane County records first flu case
The flu has made it to Spokane.Health officials said a lab tests confirmed today the countys first case of influenza. A man in his 40s has the illness which can be especially serious for young children and older adults. Last year...
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The CAGE Questionnaire for Detection of Alcoholism
The CAGE Questionnaire John A.Ewing, MD Four clinical interview questions, the CAGE questions, have proved useful in helping to make a diagnosis of alcoholism. The questions focus on Cutting down, Annoyance by criticism, Guilty feeling,...
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