http://goldbamboo.com/ Septo-Optic Dysplasia News from GoldBamboo.com en-us © 2005, Gold Bamboo LLC, All Rights Reserved http://goldbamboo.com/news-a218463.html Temple University Hospital's Center For Women's Health is participating in a national study to determine the safety and effectiveness of an investigational treatment for cervical dysplasia. According to the American Cancer Society, approximately 500,000 women are diagnosed with high-grade cervical dysplasia each year, with roughly 10,000 cases progressing to cervical cancer. [click link for full article] Thu, 01 Feb 2007 08:00 EST http://goldbamboo.com/news-a218133.html Temple University Hospital's Center For Women's Health is participating in a national study to determine the safety and effectiveness of an investigational treatment for cervical dysplasia. According to the American Cancer Society, approximately 500,000 women are diagnosed with high-grade cervical dysplasia each year, with roughly 10,000 cases progressing to cervical cancer. The expected widespread availability of two preventive vaccines may lower the incidence of HPV infection and reduce the risk of cervical cancer. Tue, 30 Jan 2007 04:00 EST http://goldbamboo.com/news-a215564.html About 9,700 women in the United States will be diagnosed with cervical cancer this year. It may seem like a small number, until you consider that another 1.2 million women will develop a pre-cancerous condition called dysplasia. And if left untreated, dysplasia will become cervical cancer. [click link for full article] Mon, 15 Jan 2007 08:00 EST http://goldbamboo.com/news-a205155.html UroToday.com - NAION is the acronym for Non-arteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy. The most common form of acute optic neuropathy in adults over 50 years of age, NAION is due to ischemia of the optic nerve. Recent scattered case reports in the ophthalmologic literature have suggested that NAION may be caused by phosphodiesterase Type 5 inhibitors (PDE5i's) such as sildenafil. [click link for full article] Sat, 04 Nov 2006 08:00 EST http://goldbamboo.com/news-a210934.html New research from Children's Hospital Boston and the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (MEEI) may help explain how glaucoma causes blindness, revealing the chain of cellular and molecular events that ultimately damage the optic nerve, preventing visual information from traveling from the eye to the brain. [click link for full article] Mon, 11 Dec 2006 08:00 EST