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<title>Healthcare Industry Today: Cataract News</title>
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<title>0.43 per cent of population visually disable in Vietnam</title>
<link>http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191858333</link>
<pubDate>7 Oct 2008 10:53 GMT</pubDate>
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... 0.43 per cent of population visually disable in Vietnam VietNamNet Bridge  An  ...  visually disabled. Of those, 400,000 persons are two-eye blindness, recently revealed a report by the  ...  causes of blindness are frequently associated with cataract, refraction and glaucoma A pupil is in  ...
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<title>Nigeria: &apos;One Million Nigerians Are Blind&apos;</title>
<link>http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191846372</link>
<pubDate>7 Oct 2008 07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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...  are blind and another 3.1 million are visually impaired. This was contained in a statement  ...  concluding that there is not necessarily better eye care facility in the urban centres than  ...  the survey included muscular degeneration, reflective errors, cataract which is responsible for 50 percent of  ...
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<title>THE OLD GROANER Tabletop banking, hot flushes and HRH</title>
<link>http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191828819</link>
<pubDate>7 Oct 2008 04:59 GMT</pubDate>
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...  never was). I was to have a cataract operation, and word pretty soon got out.  ...  and then began a 40-minute course of eye drops followed by another blood pressure test,  ...
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<title>DR. WEIL: Treatment options for eye disorder uveitis</title>
<link>http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191827837</link>
<pubDate>7 Oct 2008 04:57 GMT</pubDate>
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...  told that the only treatment is steroid eye drops. Is there anything natural I can  ...  floaters (annoying spots or lines in your visual field). Unchecked inflammation of the uvea can  ...  related to stress. Potential complications include glaucoma, cataracts, the growth of new, abnormal blood vessels  ...
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<title>LASG boosts eye care services with N40m equipment</title>
<link>http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191827444</link>
<pubDate>7 Oct 2008 04:56 GMT</pubDate>
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... PERSONS suffering varying degrees of eye ailments can now benefit from affordable comprehensive  ...  operating microscope, scan, auto refractor keratometer, central visual field analysis and projected visual activity chart  ...  services for common eye conditions such as cataract, glaucoma and pterygium among others. Idris said  ...
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<title>Free cataract surgery for the poor</title>
<link>http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191827144</link>
<pubDate>7 Oct 2008 04:56 GMT</pubDate>
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... HERES the chance for cataract patients to regain their sight. On Oct  ...  surgery at the Centre For Sight Laser Eye Centre in Taman SEA, Petaling Jaya, and  ...
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<title>Sirion Therapeutics Launches Durezol for Postoperative Ocular Inflammation and Pain</title>
<link>http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191791308</link>
<pubDate>7 Oct 2008 01:53 GMT</pubDate>
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...  go to: &quot;We are excited to provide eye care professionals with a new and powerful  ...  time. Ocular pain/discomfort was measured using the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) score of 0-100 with  ...  ophthalmic steroids. The use of steroids after cataract surgery may delay healing and increase the  ...
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<title>Global Flying Hospitals undergoing restructure (Sept - Dec. 2008)</title>
<link>http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191771585</link>
<pubDate>7 Oct 2008 00:29 GMT</pubDate>
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...  model. The Alliance Partner agreement between Mercy Malaysia and GFH will stand. Only one cataract eye mission will be conducted during this reorganisation period, in India. Speed, reduced red-tape in  ...
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<title>1 million Nigerians blind</title>
<link>http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191736614</link>
<pubDate>6 Oct 2008 21:19 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Nigerians are blind while 3.1 million others visually impaired, a national survey revealed. The two-year  ...  felt. This implies the absence of better eye care facilities and services in both urban  ...  that 50% of blindness was caused by cataract, glaucoma resulted to 16% while others were  ...
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<title>&apos;One Million Nigerians Are Blind&apos;</title>
<link>http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191730304</link>
<pubDate>6 Oct 2008 20:57 GMT</pubDate>
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...  are blind and another 3.1 million are visually impaired. This was contained in a statement  ...  concluding that there is not necessarily better eye care facility in the urban centres than  ...  the survey included muscular degeneration, reflective errors, cataract which is responsible for 50 percent of  ...
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<title>Video: Sirion Therapeutics Launches Durezol for Postoperative Ocular Inflammation and Pain</title>
<link>http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191728960</link>
<pubDate>6 Oct 2008 20:54 GMT</pubDate>
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...  go to: &quot;We are excited to provide eye care professionals with a new and powerful  ...  time. Ocular pain/discomfort was measured using the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) score of 0-100 with  ...  ophthalmic steroids. The use of steroids after cataract surgery may delay healing and increase the  ...
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<title>Health sector to boost eye care on World Sight Day</title>
<link>http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191719129</link>
<pubDate>6 Oct 2008 20:21 GMT</pubDate>
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... The health sector will boost eye care services nationwide on October 9 for  ...  ensured, over 80 per cent of todays visual impairments will be cured or avoided,&quot; stressed  ...  women. The main causes of blindness are cataracts (66.1 per cent), post-segment pathology of the  ...
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<title>Meeting marks World Sight Day in Hanoi</title>
<link>http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191707043</link>
<pubDate>6 Oct 2008 19:16 GMT</pubDate>
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...  has hosted a meeting with the theme Eye Care For the Elderly in response to  ...  get access to treatment. According to ophthalmologists, cataract is the main cause of blindness that  ...
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<title>STAAR Surgical Visian(TM) ICL Revenues Increase by 52% During Third Quarter</title>
<link>http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191700986</link>
<pubDate>6 Oct 2008 18:45 GMT</pubDate>
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...  in the patient experiencing significant improvement in vision immediately while not changing the structure of the eye. Finally, unlike LASIK, the Visian ICL is  ...  products designed to improve patient outcomes for cataracts and glaucoma. Manufactured in Switzerland by STAAR,  ...
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<title>The Eyes Have It - Concerns About Ophthalmic Medications - Medical Journal Of Australia</title>
<link>http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191696876</link>
<pubDate>6 Oct 2008 18:26 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Associate Professor Ivan Goldberg, from the Sydney Eye Hospital, and his co-authors said many Australians  ...  effects are potentially blinding: potentiation of infection, cataract and glaucoma. Commonly perceived as a &apos;safe&apos;  ...
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