http://goldbamboo.com/ Cataract News from GoldBamboo.com en-us © 2005, Gold Bamboo LLC, All Rights Reserved http://goldbamboo.com/news-a223707.html Title: Health Tip: Symptoms of a CataractCategory: Health NewsCreated: 3/2/2007 2:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 3/2/2007 Fri, 02 Mar 2007 07:00 EST http://goldbamboo.com/news-a219763.html The independent sector treatment centre (ISTC) scheme for NHS cataract services was an expensive over-reaction to the need to increase rates of cataract surgery, say senior doctors in this week's BMJ. [click link for full article] Thu, 08 Feb 2007 08:00 EST http://goldbamboo.com/news-a219852.html ISTA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ISTA), today announced highly statistically significant results from its initial analysis of the Company's U.S. Phase III clinical trials of Xibrom(TM) (bromfenac sodium ophthalmic solution) once-daily formulation. The multi-center studies evaluated Xibrom once-daily formulation versus placebo in over 500 patients who underwent cataract surgery. [click link for full article] Fri, 09 Feb 2007 08:00 EST http://goldbamboo.com/news-a205163.html The American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) and the Wilmer Eye Institute of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine today announced the Wilmer Eye/ASCRS Current Concepts in Ophthalmology course, scheduled for February 2-5, 2007 at the Ritz-Carlton Rose Hall Resort in St. James, Jamaica. [click link for full article] Sat, 04 Nov 2006 08:00 EST http://goldbamboo.com/news-a198661.html Improvements in the lenses implanted in the eye during cataract surgery have led to a new-and controversial-surgical option for people with presbyopia, a common form of farsightedness that typically develops in middle age. But a new report from Harvard Medical School urges people considering this operation to weigh its risks, as well as its benefits. [click link for full article] Mon, 18 Sep 2006 07:00 EST