Cataract Surgery News
- Harold Lappin named physician honoree of Hackettstown Regional Medical Center Foundation Cotillion Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 12:33PMHarold Lappin HACKETTSTOWN — Harold S. Lappin, M.D., an ophthalmologist who has cared for thousands of patients in his 38-plus years of service to the greater Hackettstown community, has been named the Hackettstown Regional Medical Center Foundation’s 2010 Cotillion Physician...
- He says ... Pelosi, Rangel, Obama, press ruining America Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 4:42AMBy Bill Roe Nancy Pelosi said her plan as majority leader was to “clean out the swamp” and after 18 months it appears that the Democrat symbol of impropriety Charlie Rangel is behind closed doors asking to cut adeal on the mountain of corruption attributed to him.
- STAAR Surgical to Present at Three Investor Conferences Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 4:30AMSTAAR Surgical Company , a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of minimally invasive ophthalmic products, today announced that it will participate in the three following upcoming investor conferences during the first two weeks of August:
- Thousands to be spent on hospital equipment Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 4:04AMA LARGE model eyeball gracing the top table captured the attention of committee members of the League of Friends of Bexhill Hospital, writes John Dowling. (22/07/2010 14:02:29)
- Insurers to buy equipment, drugs directly Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 4:56PMAfter curtailing the list of hospitals eligible for cashless mediclaim, public sector health insurance companies are going further by proposing to order and pay for medicines and medical equipment themselves.
- Omeros Enrolls First Patient In Phase 2b Clinical Trial Evaluating OMS302 In Patients Undergoing Cataract Surgery Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 6:39AMOmeros Corporation (Nasdaq: OMER), a biopharmaceutical company committed to discovering, developing and commercializing products focused on inflammation and disorders of the central nervous system, today announced that it has enrolled the first patient in its Phase 2b clinical trial evaluating OMS302 in patients undergoing cataract surgery...
- Specialty Physicians Support Senate Bill to Repeal the IPAB Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 5:53PMWASHINGTON----The Alliance of Specialty Medicine today applauds Senator John Cornyn for introducing the Health Care Bureaucrats Elimination Act. If enacted, this important legislation would repeal the Independent Payment Advisory Board and thereby protect seniors from Medicare cuts that could threaten their access to care.
- Omeros initiates enrollment in OMS302 Phase 2b clinical trial in patients undergoing cataract surgery Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 6:20AMOmeros Corporation, a biopharmaceutical company committed to discovering, developing and commercializing products focused on inflammation and disorders of the central nervous system, today announced that it has enrolled the first patient in its Phase 2b clinical trial evaluating OMS302 in patients undergoing cataract surgery.
- Omeros Enrolls First Patient in Phase 2b Clinical Trial Evaluating OMS302 in Patients Undergoing Cataract Surgery Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 5:00AMOmeros Corporation , a biopharmaceutical company committed to discovering, developing and commercializing products focused on inflammation and disorders of the central nervous system, today announced that it has enrolled the first patient in its Phase 2b clinical trial evaluating OMS302 in patients undergoing cataract surgery. Â OMS302, added to standard irrigation solution used during ...
- Britain plans to decentralize NHS, tranfer budget to general practitioners Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 12:35AMBritish officials are proposing a plan to decentralize the National Health Service, news outlets report.
- Students remember Portland pilot as a mentor and friend Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 8:06PMRobert L. Clark, a former Grant High School teacher who took up flying in his 70s and built his own airplane, inspired students with his can-do spirit and kept in touch with many of them long after he retired in 1990.
- Alcon Posts 12.5 Percent Rise in Second Quarter Sales Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 2:15PMHUENENBERG, Switzerland----Alcon, Inc. reported that global sales rose 12.5 percent to $1.89 billion for the second quarter of 2010, or 11.3 percent excluding the impact of foreign exchange fluctuations and acquisitions.
- Eye doctor to Pangasinan’s poor Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 10:20AMEvery year for the last 30 years, Dr. Guillermo de Venecia, a Filipino-American ophthalmologist practicing in the United States, would quietly slip into the country.
- SOCIETY IN BRIEF 26/7 Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 9:12AMA delegation of Vietnamese voluntary doctors on July 25 wrapped up their working trip to Cambodia’s Svay Rieng border province where they provided free eye examination and surgery to the poor patients.
- NovaMed: Be Aware of The Lower Rungs Of The Income Statement Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 8:26AMBy Saj Karsan. NovaMed ( NOVA ) owns (in partnership with physicians) surgery centres throughout the US. It has 37 such centres under its purview, with a wide variety of offered services, but primarily focused on cataract operations. The company has a market cap of just $62 million, but generally generates after-tax earnings in excess of $6 million per quarter! On the surface, the market appears ...
- NHS ops axed ahead of Tory budget cuts Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 1:57AMHospitals are already cutting common operations and frontline services - because they fear the Tory axe to come.
- Tiny Eye Telescope Brings Back A World Of Sight Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 11:07PMThe FDA has approved a new treatment to help older people with age-related macular degeneration. A tiny eye telescope is implanted into the eye to magnify images. The device could restore quality of life to people who are nearly blind, FDA officials say, but there are some potential drawbacks. read...
- Tiny Eye Telescope Brings Back A World Of Sight Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 10:14PMThe FDA has approved a new treatment to help older people with age-related macular degeneration. A tiny eye telescope is implanted into the eye to magnify images. The device could restore quality of life to people who are nearly blind, FDA officials say, but there are some potential drawbacks.
- From the Heartland: Top specialists practice in this area Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 10:37AMI once asked a group of Cape students: If medical science could permit you to do one of two things, which would you choose? Would you choose to see...
- ISTA Pharmaceuticals Announces Conference Call and Webcast of Second Quarter 2010 Financial Results Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 5:30AMISTA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. , today announced it will release second quarter 2010 financial results after market on August 4, 2010. In conjunction, the Company will host a conference call at 4:30 p.m.
- Dr Ruit bags another int’l award Tuesday, July 20, 2010 @ 11:23PMDr Sanduk Ruit, the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay award winning eye surgeon, has again made Nepal proud by winning CMO Asia Brand Builder of the Year Award for is outstanding work in developing sutureless cataract surgery, a form of surgery that does not require stitching.
- Rockbridge Weekly & Alleghany Journal Newsline Tuesday, July 20, 2010 @ 1:56PMEyeOne, a comprehensive eye care service, held their grand opening and ribbon cutting at their Lexington location at 62 Hill Top Road behind Goodwill on Friday, July 16th.
- Cataract surgery casts new light on life Tuesday, July 20, 2010 @ 9:30AM I have a new lens in my left eye. Clip and zip, a 10-minute surgical procedure. Just like that, the old clouded lens, or cataract, is gone, replaced by a silicone intraocular lens implant.
- FDA Research at Newsom Eye Benefits Local Celebrity Sunday, July 18, 2010 @ 5:24PMTampa, FL – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the new Softec HD™ intraocular lens, but not without the help of local ophthalmologist T. Hunter Newsom, MD and Newsom Eye. Newsom was hand-selected to participate in this study, and as a result has had the honor of enabling this new lens to be placed in the hands of surgeons throughout the country.
- When can i fly after cataract surgery? Sunday, July 18, 2010 @ 8:32AMHome > Topics > When Can I Fly After Cataract Surgery? When can i fly after cataract surgery?
- Less is more Saturday, July 17, 2010 @ 10:30PM"JUST do it" is the clarion call of the young and trendy. The "movers and shakers" rule the roost and are praised. The nay-sayers are disdained and denigrated. Progress is measured in movement, in action, in numbers. The more, the better.
- What to do after cataract surgery? Saturday, July 17, 2010 @ 5:02AMHome > Topics > What To Do After Cataract Surgery? What to do after cataract surgery?
- Bud read Cheers and Jeers/July 17 Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 6:07PMJeers: To Colleen Sellers of Fort Worth, whose Jeer to the Fort Worth Water Department on July 3 proved that some people are still really ignorant about state history. Texans did not win at the Alamo -- they were crushed. Next time, try San Jacinto.
- Cheers and Jeers/July 17 Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 6:07PMOur readers sound off about what puts smiles on their faces -- and some vent over what bugs them.
- What is recovery time for cataract surgery? Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 5:01PMHome > Topics > What Is Recovery Time For Cataract Surgery? What is recovery time for cataract surgery?
- Rare operation helps man see light after 15 yrs Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 5:00PMAround 15 years ago, when Kala Chowkie resident Krishna Chavan started losing his eyesight, he did not attribute it to the spurious Ayurvedic eye-drops he was using at the time.
- COLUMN: Cataract surgery adventure proves a success for Swampscott woman Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 4:38AMWe have had some wicked hot days in July. Tuesday afternoon it was 100 in our back yard. My daughter came out and we did my errands. I was preparing for cataract surgery ....
- What not to do after cataract surgery? Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 4:31AMHome > Topics > What Not To Do After Cataract Surgery? What not to do after cataract surgery?
- More cataract surgeries won’t affect Red Deer Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 8:02AMAn additional 1,400 cataract surgeries to be performed at mostly private clinics in Calgary and Edmonton won’t impact the wait time for surgery in Red Deer, where there’s already quicker service.
- ISTA Pharmaceuticals Initiates Clinical Development Of Bepotastine Besilate Nasal Spray For The Treatment Of Symptoms ... Wednesday, July 14, 2010 @ 11:01PMISTA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ISTA), today announced it has initiated a Phase 1/2 clinical study of bepotastine besilate nasal spray for the treatment of symptoms associated with seasonal allergic rhinitis, the inflammation of the nasal passages caused by allergies.
- What happens a week or two prior to cataract surgery? Wednesday, July 14, 2010 @ 1:31PMHome > Topics > What Happens A Week Or Two Prior To Cataract Surgery? What happens a week or two prior to cataract surgery?
- Seeing is believing Wednesday, July 14, 2010 @ 7:28AMZaf Khalfan, the owner of Delta Optical, wants to make a difference in the world.
- What is cataract surgery? Wednesday, July 14, 2010 @ 5:02AMHome > Topics > What Is Cataract Surgery? What is cataract surgery?
- A GOOD AGE: Cataract surgery casts a new light on life Tuesday, July 13, 2010 @ 8:44AMCataract surgery today is much different from the days when people had to lie still in bed for days in the hospital afterward and then wear thick glasses. An outpatient surgery, it usually is fast, painless and has a high success rate of over 95 percent. Reporter Sue Scheible had the surgery and reports on the results.
- CMC to hold cataract clinic Monday, July 12, 2010 @ 1:53PMThe Colombo Municipal Council will conduct a cataract surgery clinic in association with Colombo-West Rotary Club next week at the Ragama Teaching Hospital.
- Asin visits Jaffna and Vavuniya Monday, July 12, 2010 @ 9:18AMAsin has become the first south star to have visited war devastated Tamil territories in Sri Lanka in the past 30 years...
- Asin visits Jaffna and Vavuniya Monday, July 12, 2010 @ 7:15AMAsin has become the first Kollywood star to have visited war devastated Tamil territories in Sri Lanka in the past 30 years...
- $2.5M bill for health stays Sunday, July 11, 2010 @ 10:39AMMILLIONS of dollars are coming from the pockets of Bundaberg patients to pay for accommodation when they see specialists outside the region.
- $2.5m bill for health stays Sunday, July 11, 2010 @ 10:39AMMILLIONS of dollars are coming from the pockets of Bundaberg patients to pay for accommodation when they see specialists outside the region.
- How long should one wait for cataract surgery? Sunday, July 11, 2010 @ 10:32AMHome > Topics > How Long Should One Wait For Cataract Surgery? How long should one wait for cataract surgery?
- Ask the Eye Guys: What is the threshold for cataract surgery? Sunday, July 11, 2010 @ 6:23AMQ: Since cataract surgery today is so safe and effective, why wait until the vision drops and the patient is having difficulty until you perform surgery?
- Well-Funded Startup Eyes Glaucoma Niche Sunday, July 11, 2010 @ 1:16AMIrvine startup medical device maker AqueSys has high hopes for an eye implant it’s developing
- NEWS OF THE WEEK Sunday, July 11, 2010 @ 1:14AMThis past week’s news from www.ocbj.com and other sources
- July 2010: Touching Souls International Providing Cataract Removal Surgeries, Journalism Fellowships and Youth ... Sunday, July 11, 2010 @ 1:05AMTouching Souls International (http://www.touchingsoulsintl.org/), a non-profit organization announces that it will have a three day long eye camp beginning July 18th, 2010 in Tangail, Bangladesh, where more than 1000 patients will be screened for cataract problems, 300 patients will receive eye medication and around 60 patient will get free cataract removal surgery.
- What tests are run prior to cataract surgery? Saturday, July 10, 2010 @ 11:02PMHome > Topics > What Tests Are Run Prior To Cataract Surgery? What tests are run prior to cataract surgery?
