News tagged with cataract surgery
New laser system shows promise for cataract surgery
(PhysOrg.com) -- Imagine trying to cut by hand a perfect circle roughly one-third the size of a penny. Then consider that instead of a sheet of paper, you're working with a scalpel and a thin, elastic, transparent ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 17, 2010 |
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Anti-depressants bring higher risk of developing cataracts
Some anti-depressant drugs are associated with an increased chance of developing cataracts, according to a new statistical study by researchers at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Mar 08, 2010 |
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Cancer treatment controls macular edema related to diabetes and to cataract surgery
This month's Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, reports on use of bevacizumab (Avastin), to benefit diabetic patients with macular edema as well as people who develop cystoid macular edema ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 31, 2009 |
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Medicaid patients 5.5 times more likely to get cataract surgery than VA patients, study finds
Patients seen at private facilities reimbursed by Medicare were more than 550 percent more likely to have routine cataract surgery than those who received their care from the Department of Veterans Affairs, a strong indication ...
Mar 18, 2010 |
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