Word: glaucoma
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Bonner requested the extension last month so she could recover fully from her operation and undergo treatment for glaucoma, set for March, her son-in-law said...
...victory for the Sakharovs. Ever since Bonner had been forced to join her husband in exile in the city of Gorky (pop. 1.4 million) in May 1984, he had waged a campaign of letter writing and hunger strikes to secure an exit visa for Bonner, who suffers from glaucoma and heart trouble, so that she might receive medical treatment in the West. Before she left for Italy, where she consulted her ophthalmologist, then met briefly with Premier Bettino Craxi and Pope John Paul II prior to leaving for heart treatment in the U.S., Bonner explained that her three-month visa...
Semyonov said his mother will likely receive heart surgery to treat a condition she has developed from three heart attacks and also undergo treatment for glaucoma if she comes to the United States. This would mark the fourth time since 1975 that Bonner has been allowed to seek medical treatment abroad...
...factory performs a variety of operations, including cataract removal, glaucoma surgery and the implantation of lenses. But the most popular procedure is radial keratotomy, in which a series of fine spokelike incisions are made on the cornea to correct myopia. In a recent two-month period, boasts Fyodorov, 20 institute surgeons handled 1,600 such operations "with only four minor complications." The treatment, which he helped develop, is still controversial...
Though researchers at the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine warned this summer that using inversion gear could be dangerous for people with histories of hypertension, cardiovascular disease, glaucoma and several other ailments, sales have not been hurt much. Gravity Guidance expects its revenues to surge from $12 million in 1982 to at least $25 million this year. The success of the company's products has spawned several imitations, including a Japanese-made device called the Gravitator Inversion Gym, which sells...