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30 of the Best Ophthalmologists – Becker’s ASC Review

September 30th, 2010 | Comments Off

30 of the Best OphthalmologistsBecker’s ASC ReviewShe focuses on glaucoma, cataracts and age-related macular degeneration (AMD). She is executive editor of glaucoma for the American Journal of Ophthalmology …

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Tips for keeping your family’s eyes healthy

September 30th, 2010 | Comments Off

We know we’re supposed to eat healthy and floss to keep the doctor and dentist away, but how many Americans know how take care of their eyes? “More than 30 million Americans have a visual impairment that affects their quality of life,” says Dr.

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Britain Brain Drain a ” Scientists Fleeing to Singapore, Germany, US

September 30th, 2010 | Comments Off

Britain is facing a major brain drain as scientists abandon the country for better-funded jobs abroad, a Guardian investigation reveals today.

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Clinical Application of Therapies Targeting VEGF

September 30th, 2010 | Comments Off

This year’s Lasker DeBakey Clinical Research Award goes to Napoleone Ferrara for the discovery of vascular endothelial growth factor as a major mediator of angiogenesis and for the development of an effective anti-VEGF therapy for wet macular degeneration, a leading cause of blindness in the elderly.

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Nuts about nuts? Have a handfula every day

September 30th, 2010 | Comments Off

Do you like this story? Studies have shown that eating nuts dramatically improves health.

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UCSD Researcher Receives NIH Transformative R01 Award for Stimulation of … – UCSD Medical Center

September 30th, 2010 | Comments Off

UCSD Researcher Receives NIH Transformative R01 Award for Stimulation of …UCSD Medical CenterTheir long-term goal is to restore visual function lost through diseases such as macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa. “The success of this work …

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Tackling macular degeneration – Port Times Record

September 30th, 2010 | Comments Off

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Tackling macular degenerationPort Times RecordBy David Dunaeif, MD Most people have heard of age-related macular degeneration — referred to as AMD — because a loved one or friend has been diagnosed …

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Britain faces brain drain as cuts force out top scientists

September 30th, 2010 | Comments Off

University heads warn proposed cuts to science budget threaten ‘an insidious grinding down of UK research community’ Research laboratories such as this one at King’s College, University of London, may suffer from funding cuts.

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30 of the Best Ophthalmologists in America

September 30th, 2010 | Comments Off

Here are profiles of 30 of the best ophthalmologists in the county. David Apple, MD .

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Optelec Unveils ClearReader+, an Intuitive Portable Reading System…

September 30th, 2010 | Comments Off

High-tech portable reader offers low vision and blind users simple and instant text recognition and audio playback San Diego September 30, 2010 Optelec U.S. Inc., a world leader in innovative and life-changing assistive technologies for the blind and visually impaired, is introducing its latest low vision and blindness solution, the portable …

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