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In-Depth: Examining the Equine Eye  -  25 Mar 2008
TheHorse.com,There are really only two eye diseases: corneal ulcers, and everything else. â€“Dr. Dennis Brooks With wry humor, he noted there "are really only two eye

ARCALYSTâ„¢ (rilonacept), First and Only FDA-approved Treatment for ...  -  25 Mar 2008
Business Wire (press release),...trials for the potential treatment of cancer, eye diseases, and inflammatory diseases, and has preclinical programs in other diseases and disorders.

Notice of annual general meeting in Biovitrum AB (publ), April 24 ...  -  25 Mar 2008
Ad-Hoc-News (Pressemitteilung),...phases for a number of welldefined specialist indications as well as for common diseases withinobesity, diabetes, inflammation and eye diseases.

OccuLogix Receives Going Concern Qualification  -  25 Mar 2008
CNNMoney.com10-K. OccuLogix (www.occulogix.com) is a healthcare company focused on ophthalmic devices for the diagnosis and treatment of age-related eye diseases.

Protein 'reverses eye diseases'  -  Mar 16, 2008
BBC News,Dr Hemin Chin, from the US National Eye Institute, said: "Given that vascular eye diseases, such as age-related macular degeneration and diabetic

Electric current touted as cure for eye diseases  -  Mar 9, 2008
Canada.com,But until now, the idea to use electricity to slow or even reverse the effects of eye diseases like glaucoma has never made it out of a laboratory,

New protein may reverse two major eye diseases  -  Mar 18, 2008
CNN-IBN,New York: Scientists in the US have discovered a protein that may be able to reverse two major eye diseases that can lead to blindness.

Robo4 Gene â€“ â€˜Major Breakthroughâ€? for Eye Diseases  -  Mar 18, 2008
eFluxMediaBy Anna Boyd New research reveals that a gene called Robo4 could help curb or prevent two leading causes of blindness: age-related macular degeneration

Protein Found To Reverse Eye Diseases, Fight Blindness  -  Mar 18, 2008
dBTechno,Washington (dbTechno) - According to researchers, a protein has been found in the eyes which can actually prevent prevent the leading causes of blindness,

Cloned protein reverses eye diseases  -  Mar 17, 2008
United Press InternationalSALT LAKE COUNTY, Utah, March 17 (UPI) -- A US researcher has cloned a protein in blood vessel cells called Robo4 and reversed age-related macular

Blood Vessel Protein Reverses Macular Degeneration, Diabetic ...  -  Mar 16, 2008
Science Daily (press release)16, 2008) â€” Two major eye diseases and leading causes of blindness--age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy--can be reversed or even

Survey Finds Many Americans Clueless About Eye Disease  -  Mar 13, 2008
Washington Post,THURSDAY, March 13 (HealthDay News) -- Many Americans are unaware of the warning signs of eye diseases that could blind them if not detected and treated

Information about Eye Diseases and Eye Problems  -  Mar 1, 2008
American Chronicle,If you are thinking that you are too young to have eye problems, think again. Eye problems are not just of the elderly people. In fact, a lot of your people

Eye Diseases double Heart Attack, Stroke Risk  -  Feb 29, 2008
HealthJockey.com,Australian researchers have found that Age related Macular Degeneration (AMD), a degenerative eye disease increases the risk of death from a heart attack or

Police initiate eye camp for BPL  -  Mar 18, 2008
The Statesman,Mr SB Purnapatra said: â€œRecently we came to know that a good number of aged people in Kaliyaganj are suffering from eye diseases including cataract.

Study finds hope for ARMD  -  Mar 17, 2008
NHS Choices,Eye diseases such as diabetic retinopathy and ARMD are associated with unstable vascular structures. They carry a risk for loss of vision in their advanced

Army hospital gets its first lasik surgery centre  -  Mar 24, 2008
TopNews,Army Hospital (R and R) is now equipped to offer competent management of the eye diseases available at any nationally reputed eye centre in the country.

Treating Macular Degeneration  -  Mar 18, 2008
Ivanhoe,The two most common vascular eye diseases are age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy -- both caused primarily by abnormal blood vessel

Drug to cure blindness is 'major breakthrough'  -  Mar 17, 2008
Telegraph.co.uk,The study's ramifications go beyond eye diseases. Serious infections such as SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome), a pneumonia like illness,

Frequent eye check-up â€˜mustâ€™ for diabetics  -  Mar 19, 2008
Gulf Times,...should take utmost care in protecting their eyes as diabetes and hypertension had been found to be most common ailment for eye diseases these days.

Natural Protein may offer Blindness Cure  -  Mar 16, 2008
HealthJockey.com,This could indeed be that ray of light on an otherwise bleak day for many people who suffer from mild to severe forms of blindness and eye diseases that

Scientists find 'brake' for blindness in mice  -  Mar 17, 2008
Toronto Star,..."The major causes of eye diseases in the developed nations are all due to ... the blood vessels in the eye being too many and too leaky.

UPDATE 1-Regeneron Pharma posts narrower-than-expected loss  -  Feb 27, 2008
ReutersDE: Quote, Profile, Research), to develop VEGF Trap-Eye outside the United States for treatment of various indications of eye diseases.

Eyes have self-healing powers  -  Mar 21, 2008
Hindustan Times,...works in animal disease models, then clinical testing would be a possibility soon, offering hopes for millions of victims of degenerative eye diseases.

Discovery by University of Utah researchers may help prevent blindness  -  Mar 16, 2008
Deseret News,..."All major eye diseases are caused by blood vessels that are destabilized such that they leak or grow too much," said Dr. Dean Li, the study's senior author

Survey Shows Americans Lack Critical Facts about Maintaining Eye ...  -  Mar 13, 2008
National Institutes of Health (press release)The findings reinforce the critical need to educate the public about common eye diseases, such as glaucoma, diabetic eye disease, and age-related macular

OXiGENE Reports Positive Primate Ocular Tolerance and Penetration ...  -  Mar 11, 2008
WELT ONLINE,The Company believes the formulations will be appropriate for age-related macular degeneration (ARMD) and potentially other eye diseases and conditions in

Worth a closer look for eye health  -  Feb 28, 2008
Calgary Herald,Alberta's ophthalmologists need to set aside territoriality and acknowledge that allowing optometrists to treat some eye diseases is an overdue and

OXiGENE to Present at Cowen Healthcare Conference on March 18, 2008  -  Mar 11, 2008
WELT ONLINE,About OXiGENE, Inc. OXiGENE is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel small-molecule therapeutics to treat cancer and eye diseases.

Chiniot ends its four-day eye camp  -  Mar 20, 2008
The Post,...the population," he added, maintaining that eye diseases have recorded an increase following environmental pollution; aging factor and other weaknesses.

Regeneron Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2007 Financial and ...  -  Feb 27, 2008
FOXBusinessRegeneron and Bayer HealthCare are collaborating on the global development of the VEGF Trap-Eye for the treatment of wet AMD, diabetic eye diseases,

The glaucoma alert  -  Mar 18, 2008
Daily Sun,A hospital should be dedicated to the treatment of glaucoma and other eye diseases. Since the exact cause of glaucoma is yet to be determined by eye experts

Doctors critical of optometrists' new role  -  Feb 27, 2008
Calgary Herald,Alberta's eye specialists and optometrists are at odds over an agreement allowing optometrists to treat more patients with eye diseases -- a dispute that

Govt to Upgrade Eye Unit at Epe General Hospital  -  Mar 13, 2008
This Day (subscription),The Governor noted that in the last seven years, a lotof awareness has been created on avoidable blindnesscaused by eye diseases which can either be

Fluorescent cells give early warning for eye disease  -  Mar 6, 2008
Sun-Sentinel.com,Such a device would be vision-saving because many severe eye diseases do not exhibit early warning signals before they begin to diminish vision.

Detecting Eye Disease Early  -  Mar 4, 2008
MIT Technology Review,If they are treated early, progressive eye diseases like glaucoma can be controlled, which slows or prevents damage to the eye and preserves vision.

BIKAM and Dalton Medicinal Chemistry Sign Collaborative Research ...  -  Mar 3, 2008
PharmaLive.com (press release),BIKAM, Inc., is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel therapeutics for the treatment of degenerative eye diseases and disorders.

Bahrain 'role model' for eye surgery  -  Mar 2, 2008
Gulf Daily News,..."The bank has been very beneficial in treating patients for complicated eye diseases," said Dr Al Yousef. "This is still the first of its kind in the Gulf

InView Vision Laser Surgery Center Continues Revolutionizing Eye ...  -  Feb 26, 2008
Business Wire (press release),If detected early enough, even after vision correction surgery, many eye diseases can be treated without the total loss of vision. George O. Waring, MD.,

Keeping an Eye on Things  -  Feb 24, 2008
Bellevue Leader,But now that people are living longer, optometrists see more and more eye diseases that affect older people, in addition to working with young adults and

pSivida Limited today issued the following text from a corporate ...  -  Mar 19, 2008
Business Wire (press release),Alimera is using our Medidur technology to develop products for major back of eye diseases. The recent deal provides for up to US$78m before sales,

Lower Mall, Township residents suffering from fatal respiratory ...  -  Feb 27, 2008
Daily Times,...tuberculosis and various skin and eye diseases because of an excess of sulphur dioxide and nitric oxide in the air, Environment Protection Department

Study Alerts Eye Doctors of Racial Differences in Treating Vision ...  -  Mar 16, 2008
HealthNewsDigest.com,The Department of Ophthalmology and Emory Eye Center have a mission to conduct pioneering research into blinding eye diseases, to educate and train eye

New drug to treat blindness  -  Mar 14, 2008
Hindu,Researchers at the University of Bristol have developed the drug to treat eye diseases affecting the elderly and diabetics, such as age-related muscular

Al-Shifa Trust to set up clinical eye care centres  -  Mar 4, 2008
Associated Press of Pakistan,...in various western countries and many international NGOs generously donate money to treat patients suffering from eye diseases in Pakistan , he added.

Lehman Brothers Global Healthcare Conference  -  Mar 18, 2008
Business Wire (press release),...its first commercialized product, Regeneron has therapeutic candidates for the potential treatment of cancer, eye diseases, and inflammatory diseases

Eminent eye specialist available for consultation  -  Feb 29, 2008
The News - International,She will be available for consultation for advanced eye diseases in children from 9 am to 1 pm on Tuesday at the Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital.

New Clues to the Causes of Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD)  -  Feb 27, 2008
PharmaLive.com (press release),For more information about AMD and other eye diseases, visit www.geteyesmart.org. For more information on: the American Society of Retinal Specialists,

Survey: Americans Unaware of Eye Risks  -  Mar 13, 2008
WebMD..."These survey results will help us identify specific ways in which we can close the gap in knowledge about eye diseases and address the disparities that

Is eye disease linked to stroke?  -  Feb 28, 2008
NHS Choices,It was carried out as part of the Blue Mountains Eye Study (a study of common eye diseases in Australians aged over 49 years). Between 1992 and 1994,

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