Iris in Medical News

Frost & Sullivan Presents LG Electronics IRIS With the 2009 Global Iris Recognition Biometrics Market Customer Value Leadership of the Year Award

... -- Frost & Sullivan selected LG Electronics, iris Technology Division (LG IRIS) as the recipient of its 2009 Global iris Recognition Biometrics Market Customer Value ... Leadership of the Year Award is presented to LG iris for its accomplishments in successfully ...

Best-selling authors and physicians from NYP/Weill Cornell discuss diet, surgery and bone health

... answer all your questions at the seventh annual iris Cantor Women's Health Center Press Luncheon, ... and CEO of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital; iris Cantor, noted philanthropist and founder of the iris Cantor Women's Health Center; and Dr. Orli ...

Telephone Nursing an Important Component of Managed Healthcare

... COMPTCHE, Calif., Jan. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Wild iris Medical Education, an online provider of ... is as important as what is communicated. Wild iris Medical Education has produced a concise ... Wild iris Medical Education has been publishing quality ...

MITEM Releases Blue Iris eLaborate 8.6

... today announced the release of Blue iris eLaborate 8.6. Blue iris eLaborate provides a flexible, easy-to-use, ... for the physician or their staff to log into Blue iris eLaborate. Real-time medical necessity checking ...

15 Percent of U.S. Teens Think They'll Die Young

... believe that their risk of early death is high," noted study author Dr. iris Wagman Borowsky, an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of ... more on adolescent mental health . SOURCES: iris Wagman Borowsky, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor, Department of ...

Vitamin B12 Key to Aging Brain

... a simple blood test," affirmed Dr. Shari Midoneck, an internist at the iris Cantor Women's Health Center in New York City. "It doesn't hurt to take ... professor, medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, and internist, iris Cantor Women's Health Center, New York City; Sept. 8, 2008, Neurology ...

NEJM: Low-fat diets not best for weight loss: New study by Ben-Gurion U. of the Negev

... results from physician-prescribed weight loss medications," explains Dr. iris Shai, the lead researcher. The low-fat diet reduced the total ... year and 85 percent were still participating after the second. Dr. iris Shai is a researcher at the S. Daniel Abraham International Center for ...

New Imaging Tool Can Spot Glaucoma Risk

... in the eyes," said Iwach. This can change the relative position of the iris (the colored portion of the eye) and affect the angle of the eye, meaning ... looking at." Currently, doctors use lasers to cut an opening in the iris to reduce the risk for a sudden attack. FDOCT, by contrast "shines a ...

Photo: New Data Show Gleevec(R) Halts Progression to Advanced Stages of Life-Threatening Form of Leukemia in Sixth Year of Treatment

... grade 3 or 4 hematologic or biochemical adverse events were infrequent. iris is an open-label Phase III clinical trial enrolling 1,106 newly diagnosed ... see full Prescribing Information. References 1. Hochhaus, A. iris 6-Year Follow-Up: Sustained Survival and Declining Annual Rate of ...

Accuray Announces Four New Products at Nation's Leading Radiation Oncology Meeting

... its opening to let radiation beams of 12 discreet sizes pass through. The iris Collimator allows the CyberKnife System to efficiently deliver different ... to safely deliver such a treatment in as little as half the time. The iris Collimator enables clinicians to create and deliver practical ...

Eleven Veterinary Students Win Top Awards at Morris Animal Foundation's Annual Research Competition

... Antibodies and Recombinant Antigens of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to Improve an ELISA Test for Elephants" IMPACT Award, $500 Ana iris Mota Torres, University of Veracruz (Mexico) D07FE-606: "Feral Cats: Trap-Neuter-Mark and Return Program" About Morris Animal ...

Ben-Gurion U. researchers identify how stressed fat tissue malfunctions

... important leads for novel ways to prevent the dangerous consequences, such as type 2 diabetes, of intra-abdominal fat accumulation," states Dr. iris Shai, a BGU researcher at the S. Daniel Abraham International Center for Health and Nutrition and Soroka University Medical Center in Beer-Sheva, ...

Teens who believe they'll die young are more likely to engage in risky behavior, University of Minnesota research finds

... MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (June 24, 2009) University of Minnesota Medical School researcher iris Borowsky, M.D., Ph.D., and colleagues found that one in seven adolescents believe that it is highly likely that they will die before age 35, and this ...

Latest Berry Health Benefits Revealed

... of Glasgow, Scotland " Berry Consumption in Humans: Bioavailability of Polyphenols and Effects on Cardiovascular Risk Factors" iris Erlund, Ph.D., National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland "Anticancer Activity of Cranberry Extracts" Peter Ferguson, Ph.D., ...

Schneider Introduces APO-Xenoplan 2.0/24mm Lens, Specially Designed for Kodak 4 MP Sensors Having Microlenses

... the sensor at angles as low as 7°, so that shading or roll-off does not occur. The Schneider APO-Xenoplan 2.0/24 lens features a precision iris (with the popular Schneider locking mechanism) that improves control of gray-scale calibration, F-Stops from 2.0 to 16, and a magnification range ...

Next Generation CyberKnife Increases Patient Throughput at Philadelphia CyberKnife

... CyberKnife System. Additional months of use and experience are likely to increase these efficiencies even more. "With the new planning system, iris collimator and the new delivery path found in the next generation CyberKnife System, we can design better treatment plans, track moving tumors more ...

Wellmark Leverages MDdatacor Technology to Streamline Immunization Tracking

... MDdatacor will receive a data feed directly from the Iowa Department of Public Health's (IDPH) statewide registry of immunization histories, called iris (Immunization Registry Information System), where a majority of Wellmark clinicians are already entering their patient immunization data. This will ...

China Information Security Technology, Inc. Announces that Its Medical Case Statistics Software Selected for Exclusive Contract

... does not assume a duty to update these forward-looking statements. For more information, please contact: Company Contact: Ms. iris Yan Investor Relations Manager China Information Security Technology, Inc. Tel: +86-755-8370-4767 Email: ir@chinacpby.com ...

Honolulu Opthalmologist Alan R. Faulkner, MD Discusses Advantages of Implantable Contact Lenses (ICL) over LASIK Laser Vision Correction

... lens; it kind of looks like a contact lens but it’s made to put inside the eye.” The Visian ICL™ is implanted behind the iris (the colored part of the eye) and rests on the eye’s natural lens. Recently approved by the FDA, the Visian ICL™ has successfully been ...

On World Glaucoma Day, Keep an Eye on the Future

... glaucoma - when the pressure in the eye increases over time due to poor drainage of the aqueous humor. Angle-closure glaucoma - when the iris is too close to the drainage canal (trabecular meshwork). The only modifiable glaucoma risk factor is high eye pressure, though it ...

D.C. Mayor Fenty, Italian Ambassador Help Announce First-Ever Susan G. Komen Global Race for the Cure(R)

... for Asian Americans Dr. Ji-Young Cho, project director (Annandale, Va.) -- Breast Cancer Network of Strength - A Day for You iris Verdugo, project director (Metro D.C. region) -- Ethiopian Community Development Council - Project AWARE Targeted to African Immigrant ...

Ventura County Star Newspaper Honors Khanna Institute

... Oaks and Simi Valley. Khanna Institute is the only center in Thousand Oaks and and Westlake Village to have the latest wavefront Technology with iris Registration. Corbin Bleu, High School Musical actor chose to have his surgery in the Westlake Village Lasik Center of Khanna Institute. Dr. Khanna ...

Ronald P. Stanton gives $50 million toward cancer care at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

... clinicians, and the establishment of an endowment for the Hospital's Lung Cancer Center. He has also supported rehabilitation medicine and the iris Cantor Women's Health Center at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell, as well as urological fellows at Weill Cornell Medical College. Mr. Stanton ...

Hawaii Eye Surgeon Receives Small Business Success Award

... registration." Last year she performed the latest FDA-approved procedure using the Visian ICL(TM) -- a lens that is permanently implanted behind the iris and in front of the natural lens. Dr. Jenkins has been recognized twice by VISX as one of the nation's top 100 eye surgeons, placing her in ...

A Healthy New Year's Resolution for Your Eyes

... and treatment of glaucoma to help prevent vision loss." What is Glaucoma? In a healthy eye, clear fluid is constantly being made behind the iris and leaving the eye through a microscopic, drainage canal in the front of the eye. If this drainage channel becomes blocked, the pressure inside the ...

Video: Magic Johnson Foundation and Abbott Call for Greater Prevention, Testing and Treatment on World AIDS Day

... educational and social needs of those residing in minority communities. This year, the Foundation has supplied grants to the following organizations: iris House in Harlem, N.Y.; Children's Medical Center in Washington, D.C.; Sun Downstate in Brooklyn, N.Y.; AmASSI and Common Ground in Los Angeles. ...

Melanin production discovered in fat tissue

... undergoing weight loss surgery, the researchers discovered that substantial quantities of melanina pigment that gives the skin, the hair and the iris of the eye their natural colorwere being produced in the study participants' fat tissue. Ancha Baranova, assistant professor in George Mason ...

The Gerontological Society of America congratulates new Hartford Doctoral Fellows

... College and a professor emeritus at UCLA, works together with a national program committee to select the Fellows. This year's committee consists of iris Chi, DSW, of the University of Southern California; Namkee Choi, PhD, of the University of Texas at Austin; Ruth Dunkle, PhD, of the University of ...

Feinstein Institute: Researching a Family Tree of Autoimmune Disorders

... Mattie Majors, the matriarch of the family, had Crohn's, rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis. She died in her early 50s, when Ms. Folley's mother iris was just 13. Her grandmother's siblings succumbed to stomach and colon cancers. Ms. Folley's eagerness to understand the genetic legacy in her ...

Corbett Accel Healthcare Group Announces Promotion of Geoff Melick to Executive Vice President, Interactive Marketing & eInnovation

... Communications and Surge Worldwide Healthcare Communications, both of which offer professional healthcare advertising, branding and promotions; iris Global Clinical Trial Solutions; Kinect, a full-service interactive agency; and Accel Health, a promotional medical education agency. Omnicom is a ...

Caregivers at 8 Bay Area Nursing Homes Protest Unsafe Resident Conditions in Salinas

... workers, SEIU United Healthcare Workers-West, and community allies. WHEN: Tuesday, July 29 3:30pm WHERE: Windsor Skyline Care Center 348 iris Drive Salinas, CA 93906 With more than 150,000 members, SEIU United Healthcare Workers-West is the fastest-growing healthcare union in the United ...

LELO Products To Be Sold in Swedish State-Owned Pharmacy, Apoteket

... sexual health department by adding sensual products to its shelves. Today, Apoteket announced that it would sell the following LELO products: NEA, iris and LUNA Beads. According to Apoteket, healthy sexuality is an important part of a person's well being, and therefore, as a pharmacy it is ...

Commission's Revenue Cap Proposal Would Require Cuts in Education, Health, and Safety, and Harm Business Climate

... the very real problems that Florida will face in maintaining the state as a good place to live and do business as the population ages," said iris Lav, the Center's deputy director. "It didn't work in Colorado, and it won't work in Florida. The commission should reject it." Florida would ...

STAAR Surgical's Visian ICL Procedure Performed Live on NBC's Today show

... procedure, which commonly takes 15 to 20 minutes per eye, Dr. Boxer Wachler made a micro incision to allow positioning of the implant behind the iris and in front of the natural lens. Both eyes were corrected during the show and Abrahamson was asked about any pain during the procedure by Meredith ...

Representative Greg Harris, Senator Jacqueline Collins, Senator Iris Martinez and Fellow State Legislators to Join Susan G. Komen for the Cure in Announcing Groundbreaking Legislation to Reduce Breast Cancer Disparities; Will Hold Press Conference Friday

... Bill 5192 - Reducing Breast Cancer Disparities WHO: State Representative Greg Harris State Senator Jacqueline Collins State Senator iris Martinez Invited House Bill 5192 Co-sponsors House Majority Leader Barbara Flynn Currie and State Representatives LaShawn K. Ford, Mike Boland, ...

Corbett Worldwide Healthcare Communications' New Web Site Demonstrates How Fresh Ideas 'Blow In' From Chicago

... Communications and Surge Worldwide Healthcare Communications, both of which offer professional healthcare advertising, branding and promotions; iris Global Clinical Trial Solutions; Kinect, a full-service interactive agency; and Accel Health, a promotional medical education agency. Omnicom is a ...

CORBETT ACCEL HEALTHCARE GROUP SELECTS ITS CMO: Veteran Brand Builder, Elisa Cooper-Broski, Will Lead Company's Marketing Initiatives

... Communications and Surge Worldwide Healthcare Communications, both of which offer professional healthcare advertising, branding and promotions; iris Global Clinical Trial Solutions; Kinect, a full-service interactive agency; and Accel Health, a promotional medical education agency. Omnicom is a ...

Gleevec, the targeted cancer pill, delivers more good news to patients

... six, no patients progressed to an advanced phase of the disease. The news about Gleevec and the childhood leukemia study as well as the six-year iris study that shows there is no progression to advanced phase in CML means that more and more patients are surviving, despite being diagnosed with these ...

UCB Announces FDA Filing for lacosamide in the Treatment of Partial Onset Seizures in Adults with Epilepsy

... is another step in support of UCB's epilepsy franchise and its long-term commitment to advancing treatment options for patients with epilepsy," said iris Loew-Friedrich, MD, PhD, Global Head of Development, UCB. The NDA for lacosamide in epilepsy is supported by data from three clinical trials with a ...

Looking at Glaucoma as a Systemic Disease

... disease of the eye. Exfoliative glaucoma occurs when abnormal aggregates of fibrillar material related to elastic fibers along with pigment from the iris break off and block the drainage of fluid in the eye, thus elevating interocular pressure. Exfoliative glaucoma is the most common recognizable cause ...