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The Madras high court has said registered practitioners in siddha, ayurveda, homeopathy and unani are eligible to practise surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology, anaesthesiology, ENT, ophthalmology, etc.

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HORSHAM, Pa.—-NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Systems, Inc. and leading provider of healthcare information systems and connectivity solutions, today announced it has executed an agreement with EyeHealth Northwest to deploy NextGen� Ambulatory EHR and NextGen� Practice Management across its 11 offices, 11 optical shops and two surgery centers …

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SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwire - July 28, 2010) - An FDA-study published on July 26 in Pediatrics titled “Emergency Department Visits for Medical Device-Associated Adverse Events Among Children” has brought to light the alarming rate of ER visits linked to contact lens injuries such as infections and abrasions. The study, which reviewed medical records from emergency departments at 100 hospitals …

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American Academy of Ophthalmology and Partners Work to Prevent Vision Loss in At-Risk Populations

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( Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology ) The National Eye Institute and the Food and Drug Administration are sponsoring a Glaucoma Endpoints conference on Sept. 24, 2010, to develop definitions and standards for describing structural changes in the glaucomatous optic nerve and functional changes in vision, as criteria for approval of new glaucoma therapeutics in clinical trials …

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FLETCHER Dr. Samuel Navon, of Carolina Ophthalmology, will give a free lunch and learn presentation on eye issues at noon Aug. 3 at the Lelia Patterson Center in Fletcher.

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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.—-Professional Data Systems, Inc. a leading healthcare IT company, and IO Practiceware, a pioneer in the field of ophthalmology EMR and practice management software, formed a new business alliance that has significantly improved system support and hardware implementation for all current and future clients of IO Practicewares core software products.

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22 July 2010 MUSCAT: The two-day International Ophthalmology Conference kicked off yesterday in Salalah College of Technology under the auspices of Dr Mohammed bin Saif Al-Hosni, MoH’s undersecretary.

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( University of Massachusetts Medical School ) In the July 20 online edition of the British Journal of Ophthalmology, Shalesh Kaushal, MD, PhD, chair of ophthalmology and associate professor of ophthalmology and cell biology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, and his team, describe a potential new therapeutic link between valproic acid and retinitis pigmentosa, which could have …

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Bird observatories all over the world may benefit from a newly designed high-resolution imaging system used to study the retinal structure of live birds of prey. In a recently published Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science article, researchers reveal unprecedented three-dimensional information about the retina of four species of raptors — two hawks and two owls — using the non-invasive …

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