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Over-the-counter treatments for eyes and ears
From Alcon: Opti-Free GP multi-purpose solution, Systane ultra-lubricant eye drops.From Schering-Plough: Claritin Eye. From Visine: Totality Multi-system relief, Total eye soothing wipes, All Day Eye Itch Relief. From McNeil Consumer...
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LASIK Complications: Fact vs. Fiction
The announcement last fall that the FDA was embarking on a study of quality of life for the popular LASIK procedure has brought renewed attention to the negative publicity directed at it by a group some call a vocal minority.This type of publicity seems to...
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E/M vs. Eye Codes: How to Choose?
When an exam is complete and it's time to account for your services with insurers, ophthalmologists are fortunate to have the somewhat unique opportunity to choose between the E/M codes, common to all physicians, and a set of unique eye codes.It gives...
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Special section sponsored by Alcon
All vision correction programs aim to maximize the benefit to patients while minimizing the risks inherent in all surgical procedures.Our goal is to achieve the best vision performance and highest level of patient satisfaction for the least risk,...
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Eye dominance and the mechanisms of eye contact
Babar S et al.Individuals with a strongly dominant eye, such as those with longstanding strabismus, perceive eye contact differently from controls. Eye dominance and the mechanisms of eye contact.
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Primary eye care in Rwanda: gender of service providers and other factors associated with effective service delivery
Objective To assess factors associated with high output of recently trained medical personnel in Rwanda.Methods Nurses and village health workers (VHW) from all health centres in Rubavu district were included.Data were collected during focus group...
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Eye Cancer: Saving Kids' Eyes
It's a devastating cancer that leads children into a world of darkness.Eye Cancer: Saving Kids' Eyes.
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Eye problems & hearing loss
Childrenborn with hearing loss are two to three times more likely to have vision problems than children in general.Children with hearing and visual loss face problems in communicating and interacting with others, which limits early childhood development.
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Two Studies Published in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Confirm That the Third Eye(R) Retroscope(R) Finds More Pre-Cancerous Polyps During Colonoscopy
SUNNYVALE, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 03/16/10 -- Avantis Medical Systems, Inc., a technology leader in developing novel catheter-mounted digital imaging devices, today announced the publication of two large clinical studies demonstrating that the Third Eye...
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Two Studies Published in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Confirm That the Third Eye(R) Retroscope(R) Finds More Pre-Cancerous Polyps
Avantis Medical Systems, Inc., a technology leader in developing novel catheter-mounted digital imaging devices, today announced the publication of two large clinical studies demonstrating that the Third Eye(R) Retroscope(R) helps physicians find more pre...
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Irish hospital is castigated for misdiagnosing cancer
A patient with eye cancer was delayed treatment after doctors at an Irish hospital misdiagnosed her condition.Medics at the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital in Dublin missed the carcinoma a type of cancer that begins in the skin or in tissue...
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Scoring and Psychometric Properties of the Eye-Drop Satisfaction Questionnaire (EDSQ), An Instrument to Assess
_ Scoring and Psychometric Properties of the Eye-Drop Satisfaction Questionnaire (EDSQ), An Instrument to Assess.
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Hospitals, Clinics Turn to Biometric ID Technology To Cut Number of Errors
Hospitals and medical clinics increasingly are looking at biometric identification technology as a way to combat medical errors and identity theft and insurance fraud, CNN reports.The technology includes iris, palm or vein readers than can identify a person...
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Univ. of Michigan, W.K. Kellogg Eye Center Complex, Brehm Tower
Budget: $132 million.Size: 230,000 ft2. Project team: TSA of Massachusetts (also known as KlingStubbins), Philadelphia (architect, landscape architect); X-nth, San Diego (lab consultant); Peter Basso Associates, Troy, Mich. (MEP engineer); LeMessurier...
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Boffins come up with new biometrics
Written by Nick Farrell Follow your nose Boffins have come up with a bizarre way of proving your identity.Eye scans are apparently not enough,when it comes to verifying an individual's identity and the boffins at the University of Bath want to analysis...
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Eye Center of Orange County Is Now TLC Laser Eye Centers of Laguna Hills
Companies mentioned in this article: TLC Laser Eye Centers LAGUNA HILLS, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 03/15/10 -- The Eye Center of Orange County, offering cataract and refractive surgery, is now TLC Laser Eye Centers of Laguna Hills, and joins the...
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Doctors missed cancer in patient's eye exam
A PATIENT with eye cancer was delayed treatment after doctors at a Dublin hospital misdiagnosed her condition.Medics at the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital missed the carcinoma -- a type of cancer that begins in the skin or in tissue covering body...
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Irish hospital is castigated for misdiagnosing cancer
A patient with eye cancer was delayed treatment after doctors at an Irish hospital misdiagnosed her condition.Medics at the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital in Dublin missed the carcinoma a type of cancer that begins in the skin or in tissue...
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Hermitage Medical Clinic GP & Opticians Ophthalmology Educational Evening
Presentations will include: Common Eye Presentations - Diagnosis, Management and Referral in General Practice (Dr.Andra Bobart), Dry Eye (Mr. Hermitage Medical Clinic GP & Opticians Ophthalmology Educational Evening.
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Inspire Pharmas Eye Drug Fails to Meet Endpoints
Biopharmaceutical company Inspire Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inspire Pharmas Eye Drug Fails to Meet Endpoints.
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Inspire Pharma Shares Down 6.5% After Eye Drug Didnt Achieve Significant Results In Treatment Of Blepharitis (ISPH)
Blepharitis is a condition where the margins of the eyelids become irritated.The company said that the drug was not more effective than InSite Vision's drug DuraSite. The drug is already approved as a treatment for conjunctivitis. Write to Chip Brian at...
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Pain in neonates during screening for retinopathy of prematurity using binocular indirect ophthalmoscopy and w
1Queens Medical Research Institute, Edinburgh, UK 2Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion, Edinburgh, UK 3Department of Child Life and Health, Edinburgh, UK 4University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK 5The Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh, UK...
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Eye Cancer: Saving Kids' Eyes
Fresno, CA (KFSN) -- It's a devastating cancer that leads children into a world of darkness.When kids survive retinoblastoma -- a cancer that develops in the retina 97 percent live with a moderate to severe visual impairment. A new effort is focused on...
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Medical News: More Adequate Provision Of Eye Care Services Need To 'Close The Gap' In Vision Loss In Indigenous People, Australia
Blindness rates in Indigenous Australians are still much higher than in non-Indigenous Australians, despite a probable fall in overall rates of blindness in Indigenous people in the past 30 years, according to research published in the Medical Journal of...
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Inspire Pharma's Eye Drug Disappoints In Mid-stage Trials - Update
Inspire Pharmaceuticals Inc.(ISPH) announced Monday that its eye drug AZASITE failed in two of the mid-stage trials. Inspire Pharma's Eye Drug Disappoints In Mid-stage Trials - Update.
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