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Access to Fastest Most Up-To-Date Broadband Internet Service Available to Bangor and Brewer Businesses

A Maine telecommunications company is about to grant Bangor and Brewer one of their biggest economic development wishes ¡X access to the fastest, most up-to-date broadband Internet service.

9 Oct 2007

Aspheric-Based Eye Treatments Using Laser Technology Revealed Significant Increase in Visual Acuity

A study to evaluate safety, predictability and efficacy of aspheric-based eye treatments using laser technology showed a significant increase in visual acuity among other results.

9 Oct 2007

Recent FDA Clearance of Hand-Held Laser Device to Treat Hair Loss Has Generated Surge in Consumer Interest

The FDA's recent clearance of a hand-held laser device to treat hair loss and grow hair has generated a surge of consumer interest in the new technology - and one U.S. manufacturer is taking the lead by developing the nation's most comprehensive sales and service program to help physicians meet the growing demand.

9 Oct 2007

Doctors Concerned that Outcome of Laser Surgery in the Wrong Hands can be Horrifying

The laser surgery business is booming for treatments like hair, tattoo and wrinkle removal. In 2005, the last year recorded, the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery said its members performed nearly 1 million such procedures, about 300,000 more than in 2003.

7 Oct 2007

Researchers in Israel Developed a Safer and Easier Method to Treat Glaucoma

Israeli researchers at a company called IOPtima claim to have developed a safer, easier method to treat glaucoma using a CO2 laser. Since CO2 lasers have the inherent property of losing effectiveness when in contact with liquid, the full penetration of the sclera by mistake is almost impossible.

7 Oct 2007

Fred Hollows Foundation Wants to see End to Treatable Eye Disease in Central Australia

The Fred Hollows Foundation says it wants to see an end to treatable eye disease in central Australia.

7 Oct 2007

Childhood Vaccination for German Measles May Eliminate Chronic Inflammatory Disease of Eye

Childhood vaccination for the rubella virus may have also almost entirely eliminated an inflammatory eye disease from the U.S.-born population, according to a study by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

7 Oct 2007

Scanning Surface Veins With Laser Can Detect Cancer Cells

Technology that can detect tumour cells by scanning surface veins with a laser, eliminating the need for drawing blood, has been developed by Purdue University researchers.

7 Oct 2007

High Power Vertical Diode Laser Stacks

DILAS, the diode laser company, announces its high power vertical diode laser stack arrays. These devices are available in wavelength ranging from 630nm to 1900nm with output power up to 100W CW per bar.

7 Oct 2007

Respironics Announced Acquisition of Light Therapy Systems Manufacturer

Respironics, Inc. today announced that it has acquired 100% of the outstanding shares of Apollo Light Systems, Inc., a 20-year-old, privately held company and a leading manufacturer of light therapy systems for melatonin suppression and circadian rhythm sleep disorders.

5 Oct 2007