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Tony Tasset tells us the meaning behind “Eye” plus he sounds off about the comparisons to the Bean. Chicago - Sculpture - Ophthalmology - Medicine - Medical Specialties

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Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Media Lab have come up with a way to test vision that doesn’t involve any hefty optometry equipment or even a visit to the eye doctor. A small, simple plastic device they’ve developed, when attached to the screen of a cell phone, can scan the eye and determine

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Dr Vishali Gupta, Associate Professor, Advanced Eye Centre PGI received the prestigious Dr C Syamala Bhaskaran Award by the LV Prasad Eye Institute Hyderabad for her contribution to the practice of ophthalmology and research. The award was given in recognition of her significant contribution of her research in the field of intraocular inflammations and infections and other diseases of the retina including diabetic retinopathy and retinal imaging. She has published more than 65 papers on these su

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29 sep : Dr Jagat Ram, Professor of Ophthalmology, Advanced Eye Centre, PGIMER, Chandigarh was awarded Gold Medal for Outstanding contribution in the field of Pediatric Cataract Surgery at the Annual Meeting of Maharashtra and Bombay Ophthalmological Society held at Mumbai from September 25-27, 2009. The meeting was attended by over 1600 ophthalmologists across the country. Prof Jagat Ram has performed several thousand pediatric cataract surgeries with intraocular lens implantation and managed

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Dr. Zane F. Pollard has a penetrating article up at American Thinker on Obamacare. It’s a must-read, and a must-send to all your friends, Left and Right and in-between. Here’s a key excerpt (but please read the whole thing; there’s much more where that came from): I have taken care of Medicaid patients for 35 years while representing the only pediatric ophthalmology group left in Atlanta, Georgia that accepts Medicaid.

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Did you know that children under the age of 1 year can get FREE vision exams? InfantSEE is managed by the Optometry’s Charity, the American Optometric Association. With this program, AOA optometrists provide vision assessments within the first year of a child’s life. Thanks to Engineer a Debt Free Life for letting me know about this great service! Here is a little more about their personal experience with InfantSEE: We personally took our son to an InfantSee provider for a free InfantSe

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Altacor Beats Biotech Funding DroughtCAMBRIDGE, England, August 13/PRNewswire/ — Ophthalmology development and marketing company Altacor has announced closing of a GBP1m first tranche of Series B funding. The round was led by two new institutional investors, Esperante and the Aspire Fund, whilst existing investors Beringea’s Proven VCT and angel investors also participated.The funds will be used to further the development of Altacor’s pipeline of ocular anti-infective and glaucoma products a

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NOME, Alaska — Coast Guard, U.S. Air Force, Army National Guard, Air National Guard and U.S. Public Health Services personnel have deployed to Nome beginning a 20 day initiative to provide medical, dental, optometry, boating safety awareness and other community services to more than eight boroughs throughout Northern Alaska, and to determine operational effectiveness and

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Lies and deceit are what you may call it or at least this is what Darius McCrary, most known for his role on the tv show Family Matters as Eddie Winslow, is saying about former hip hop music video vixen Karrine Steffans aka Superhead after stating that Steffans lied about the two being married because she has NeuroRectoOphthalmology and “drummed up” the lies to help sell books. What is Neuro Recto Ophthalmology? “NeuroRectoOphthalmology is when your brain gets crossed with your eyelids and your

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