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EXETER, England, July 17 (UPI) — British researchers suggest golfers may improve putting accuracy by learning use a technique they call the Quiet Eye. England - Health - Ophthalmology - Medicine - Medical Specialties

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Golfers improve putting with ‘Quiet Eye’

As cover material this week, we visit a topic that has simmered within our pages for the past few years. That topic is animal research, primarily as conducted at the UW Primate Research Center. It is approached this time through a profile of Dr. Paul L. Kaufman, an ophthalmology professor who utilizes monkeys in his research at the primate center.

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Of monkeys and men

Biliopancreatic diversion surgery for morbid obesity is known to cause multiple vitamin deficiencies that may worsen during pregnancy. In the June issue of the Journal of AAPOS, the Official Publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, a group of Australian clinicians report a child who was born blind as a result of Vitamin A deficiency caused by his mother …

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Mothers obesity surgery may cause multiple vitamin deficiencies in children

Russell W. Read, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of ophthalmology and pathology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, has been selected to chair the committee that oversees the American Academy of Ophthalmologys (AAO) Basic and Clinical Science Course (BCSC) on Intraocular Inflammation and Uveitis.

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UABs Read to Head American Academy of Ophthalmology Science Committee

( Elsevier Health Sciences ) Biliopancreatic diversion surgery for morbid obesity is known to cause multiple vitamin deficiencies that may worsen during pregnancy. In the June issue of the Journal of AAPOS, the Official Publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, a group of Australian clinicians report a child who was born blind as a result of vitamin A …

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Vitamin deficiency after weight loss surgery can cause vision loss in newborns

Optometrist Licensure Examination topnotcher Justin Guzman Divinagracia of Centro Escolar University (CEU) said on Friday there was no special secret to scoring high in the state board exams other than careful preparation and overcoming ones nerves. Nothing beats the hard work and dedication in achieving goals, said the 25-year-old Divinagracia who rated 88.81 percent in the exams given by …

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Optometry exam topnotcher from CEU values hard work

Trent Miller had three hits and three RBI in bolstering the effort of standout Zach Dickson in J & D Storage’s 12-0 victory against league rival Newark Optometry in the Licking County Shrine Tournament Varsity Division title game Thursday.

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Newcomer leads J & D Storage to Varsity Division crown in Shrine Tournament

University of Miami’s Bascom Palmer Eye Institute was ranked as the No. 1 hospital in the country for ophthalmology in U.S. News & World Reports’ 21st annual list of the country’s best hospitals.

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Bascom Palmer gets top ranking

A graduate of the Centro Escolar University (CEU) in Manila topped the 50 passers of the July 2010 optometrist licensure examination, the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced on Thursday.

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CEU grad tops 50 optometry board exam passers

CAMBRIDGE, MA–(Marketwire - 07/15/10) - Boston Micromachines Corporation , a leading provider of MEMS-based deformable mirror (DM) products for adaptive optics systems, announced today that a collaboration with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the University of California, Davis, and the Indiana University School of Optometry has received a 2010 R&D 100 award for the development of a …

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Boston Micromachines Wins R&D 100 Award for Retinal Imaging Instrument