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	National Eye Institute - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The National Eye Institute (NEI) is one of the US National Institutes of Health that was established in 1968.
		The NEI conducts and performs research into treating and preventing various forms of eye diseases.
		This page was last modified 21:36, 4 October 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/National_Eye_Institute (83 words)

	The National Eye Institute
		However, the officials of the National Eye Institute do not want to be criticized by their colleagues who are happy with the present situation.
		The situation is all the more tragic since the mistreatment of myopes would quickly end if the National Eye Institute were to call for the federal government to pass the proper laws to render such behavior illegal.
		The eyeglasses with minus or concave lenses that are routinely prescribed by eye doctors cause the myopia to accelerate rapidly.
	www.myopia.org /nei.htm (2374 words)

	NIH Guide: THE NEI SCHOLARS PROGRAM
		Non-citizen nationals, although not U.S. citizens, are individuals who owe permanent allegiance to the U.S. They are usually born in lands that are not states, but are under U.S. sovereignty, jurisdiction, or administration.
		Candidates must be U.S. citizens or non-citizen nationals, or must have been lawfully admitted for permanent residence and possess an Alien Registration Card (I-151 or I-152) or some other verification of legal admission as a permanent U.S. resident, at the time of the award.
		Institutional supplementation of salary must not require extra duties or responsibilities that would interfere with the purpose of this award.
	grants1.nih.gov /grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-98-107.html (3249 words)

	Institutes, Centers & Offices - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
		NIA leads a national program of research on the biomedical, social, and behavioral aspects of the aging process; the prevention of age-related diseases and disabilities; and the promotion of a better quality of life for all older Americans.
		The Institute plans, conducts, fosters, and supports an integrated and coordinated program of basic research, clinical investigations and trials, observational studies, and demonstration and education projects.
		NIMH provides national leadership dedicated to understanding, treating, and preventing mental illnesses through basic research on the brain and behavior, and through clinical, epidemiological, and services research.
	www.nih.gov /icd (1463 words)

	National Eye Institute: Diabetic Retinopathy
		The National Eye Institute (NEI) is the Federal government's lead agency for vision research.
		Your eye care professional will look at your retina for early signs of the disease, such as: (1) leaking blood vessels, (2) retinal swelling, such as macular edema, (3) pale, fatty deposits on the retina--signs of leaking blood vessels, (4) damaged nerve tissue, and (5) any changes in the blood vessels.
		Ophthalmoscopy: This is an examination of the retina in which the eye care professional: (1) looks through a device with a special magnifying lens that provides a narrow view of the retina, or (2) wearing a headset with a bright light, looks through a special magnifying glass and gains a wide view of the retina.
	www.medhelp.org /NIHlib/GF-9.html (1705 words)

	Basik Lasik: Tips on Lasik Eye Surgery
		Sometimes, both eyes are done during the same procedure; but sometimes, surgeons wait to see the result of the first eye before doing the second eye.
		A preliminary eye exam may be performed by a referring doctor (Eye MD or optometrist).
		Lasik may not be recommended for patients with diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, glaucoma, herpes infections of the eye, or cataracts.
	www.ftc.gov /bcp/conline/pubs/health/lasik.htm (1700 words)

	Don't Lose Sight of Glaucoma
		For instance, the National Eye Institute (NEI) is funding a number of studies to find out what causes fluid pressure to increase in the eye.
		Glaucoma is an eye disease in which the normal fluid pressure inside the eyes slowly rises, leading to vision loss—or even blindness.
		This means drops are put into the eyes during the exam to enlarge the pupils.
	www.pueblo.gsa.gov /cic_text/health/glaucoma/glaucoma.htm (697 words)

	National Eye Institute [NEI]
		National Eye Health Education Program (NEHEP), Healthy People 2010, THE EYE SITE and other exhibits, vision school curriculum.
		Eye diseases and disorders, vision eye care resources, Información en español.
		For use by researchers and clinicians to aid in preventing, diagnosing, and treating eye diseases.
	www.nei.nih.gov (260 words)

	Ophthalmology receives $1.3 million National Eye Institute grant
		Shortly after the Keck School of Medicine's Department of Ophthalmology was established in the Doheny Eye Institute, it began receiving NIH funding for research on age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a pernicious cause of blindness.
		Added Ryan, "We are very fortunate that David Hinton, the Gavin Herbert Professor in Ophthalmology at the Doheny Eye Institute and a professor of pathology and neurosurgery, is a key leader and co-investigator on this NEI grant."
		It is the macula where the greatest concentration of the eye's rods and cones are found, and it is the macula that is responsible for distinguishing the fine details in the center of a person's field of vision.
	www.usc.edu /hsc/info/pr/1vol7/720/eye.html (816 words)

	National Eye Institute: Glaucoma
		In congenital glaucoma, children are born with defects in the angle of the eye that slow the normal drainage of fluid.
		Although your eye care professional may suggest it at any time, this surgery is often done after medicine and laser surgery have failed to control your pressure.
		The eye care professional removes a small piece of tissue from the white (sclera) of the eye.
	www.medhelp.org /NIHlib/GF-15.html (1753 words)

	National Institutes of Health: National Eye Institute
		The National Eye Institute (http://www.nei.nih.gov/) was established in 1968 by Congress with the goal of protecting and prolonging the vision of the American people.
		An important consumer health resource provided by NEI is the Eye Health Organizations database (http://www.nei.nih.gov/health/resourceSearch.asp), which provides contact information for a variety of vision-related issues and eye diseases.
		Other resources (http://www.nei.nih.gov/resources/) include a clinical studies database, an eye and vision-related images database, and statistical datasets concerning the most common eye diseases.
	nnlm.gov /scr/scnn/jul-aug04/nei.htm (201 words)

	National Eye Institute
		The National Eye Institute (NEI) attempts to discover safe and effective methods to prevent, diagnose, and treat diseases and disorders of the visual system.
		Anatomic and pathologic studies of ocular tissue explore the effects of intraocular pressure on eye tissue, the damaging effect of light on the retina, laser effects on the retinal blood vessels, and the pathology of glaucoma.
		These accomplishments include conducting pioneering research on the use of laser treatment for a variety of eye diseases; improving treatment for various eye diseases such as diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, uveitis, retinopathy of prematurity, ocular herpes, and cytomegalovirus retinitis.
	www.training.nih.gov /student/srfp/catalog/nei.asp (296 words)

	NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE (NEI)
		Alternative research resources: The Senate, as with all other Institutes, directs the NEI to participate in the multi-institute initiative to expand support for the National Disease Research Exchange which is dedicated to providing human tissues and organs to the research community.
		The NEI is the Nation’s Federal resource for the conduct and support of basic and clinical research, research training, and other programs with respect to blinding eye disease, visual disorders, mechanisms of visual function, preservation of sight, and the special health program and needs of individuals who are visually impaired or blind.
		Underserved populations: The Senate is particularly pleased by studies on the eye care problems of minority populations in the United States that will help provide the basis for directing manpower and resources appropriately toward the major eye health needs in traditionally underserved populations.
	www.research.fsu.edu /medschool/manual/nei.html (599 words)

	National Federation of the Blind, blind, blindness, visually impaired
		National Federation of the Blind, blind, blindness, visually impaired
	www.nfb.org (9 words)

	The International Council of Ophthalmology: A World Atlas of Ophthalmology and Vision - Ophthalmic Education and Preservation of Vision
		Establishing an eye care system in countries that have few or no ophthalmologists is a huge and long-term challenge, but one that international ophthalmology should take on, Jacob Pe’er, MD, proposed to the Advisory Committee and Council in Florence.
		Countries that belong to the World Health Organization (WHO) are due to report by May 2006 on their national plans in support of VISION 2020: The Right to Sight, Nag Rao, MD, President of the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB), reported to the Council in Florence.
		At the national Congress of the Chinese Ophthalmological Society (COS) in Tianjin in September 2005, the COS will introduce proposed Preferred Practice Patterns and Process of Care Practice Guidelines covering the major subspecialty areas of ophthalmology to its members.
	www.icoph.org (2196 words)

	Saving Your Sight--Early Detection Is Critical
		In one recent National Institutes of Health study of Mexican-Americans over age 40, 23 percent of those who didn't know they had diabetes also had early to moderate diabetic retinopathy.
		Once you have AMD in one eye, there is a roughly 50 percent chance that it could occur in the other eye, so it's important to report any vision changes to your doctor and routinely test the other eye.
		The device is designed to maintain a space under the white part of the eye, and it slowly dissolves in the eye until it's completely absorbed within nine months, leaving behind a drainage route for the fluid.
	www.fda.gov /fdac/features/2002/202_eyes.html (3967 words)

	Clinical Trial: Lutein for Age-Related Macular Degeneration
		National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services
		Eye examination-Includes evaluation of visual acuity, measurement of eye pressure, examination of the lens, retina, pupils and eye movements, and photographs of the eye.
		Lutein a carotenoid that occurs naturally in the retina (the back part of the eye), especially the macula-the part of the retina that is important for fine, detailed vision.
	www.clinicaltrials.gov /ct/show/NCT00006202?order=14 (826 words)

	Clinical Study: 99-EI-0035, Screening Study for the Evaluation and Diagnosis of Potential Research Subjects with Nystagmus or Strabismus
		This screening protocol is designed to help recruitment patients for National Eye Institute (NEI) studies on nystagmus and strabismus.
		National Institutes of Health Clinical Center Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
		The eye examination includes measurement of eye pressure and dilation of the pupils to fully examine the lens, vitreous and retina.
	clinicalstudies.info.nih.gov /detail/A_1999-EI-0035.html (415 words)

	Eye Resources on the Internet
		The National Eye Institute is pleased to announce the publication of Vision Research--A National Plan:1999-2003, the sixth plan in the series that dates back to the publication of the first plan, Vision Research Program Planning in 1975.
		The VISION Information Network for eye institutes and departments of ophthalmology and schools and colleges of optometry is coordinated by the National Eye Institute (NEI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
		Wilmer Eye Institute, the Department of Ophthalmology of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland.
	webeye.ophth.uiowa.edu /dept/websites/eyeres.htm (10070 words)

	The EYE SITE - Nutrition and the Eyes
		Tragically, since most eye doctors mistakenly believe nothing can be done to slow their progression, they often don't mention to their patients that they are beginning to develop these diseases, and this delay tragically reduces the effectiveness of nutritional therapies.
		While there is no accepted "cure" for degenerative eye disease, new nutritional research (of which most eye doctors are still unaware) shows that in many cases nutritional intervention is effective at slowing, stopping and even reversing what have been considered untreatable eye diseases.
		Which eye nutrition products are the best (and which popularly-consumed vitamin could very well result in many people unnecessarily losing their eyesight)...
	www.i-care.net (636 words)

	Retinoblastoma Researchers Find Success With Two-drug Combination
		Patients with retinoblastoma usually undergo enucleation (removal of the diseased eye); and children with retinoblastoma in both eyes often must undergo anticancer therapy in order to avoid the loss of both eyes and blindness.
		Investigators at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have demonstrated in laboratory studies a new treatment for the pediatric eye cancer retinoblastoma that appears to be more effective than the current standard therapy, and more likely to prevent the recurrence of this cancer.
		But despite the critical need for new treatments that are more effective and have less severe side effects, researchers have been limited in their ability to identify new drugs and drug combinations that will improve the outcome of retinoblastoma.
	www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2005/10/051018073226.htm (1066 words)

	The National Alliance for Eye and Vision Research
		The National Alliance for Eye and Vision Research
		Americans spend more than $68 Billion in healthcare costs associated with eye and vision disorders, yet our annual federal investment in research to find effective treatments and therapies is less than 1% of that number.
		Eye and vision disease is now at epidemic proportions.
	www.eyeresearch.org (400 words)

	Eye Care, Vision Correction, Contact Lenses, and Eyeglasses Guide
		Dry eyes are becoming a growing problem for many people as the environment is more polluted and the use of computers, video games, cell phones, PDAs, and other gadgets have increased as well.
		Contact Lenses are the perfect solution for people with vision problems who do not wish to have surgery and do not like the feel and visual appearance of eyeglasses.
		Browse or search our comprehensive directory of eye doctors across the United States.
	www.eyecaresource.com (114 words)

	USATODAY.com - Gene mutation tied to blindness in elderly
		The researchers was funded by the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Fund for the Arts and Sciences, the National Eye Institute, the National Institute on Aging, the National Center for Research Resources and Research to Prevent Blindness.
		Edwards, now the president of the Institute for Retina Research at Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas, noted that risk factors for AMD are similar to those for cardiovascular illness, including obesity, lack of exercise and smoking.
		In cases of macular degeneration the central region of the eye's retina deteriorates, damaging or destroying vision.
	www.usatoday.com /news/health/2005-03-11-blind_x.htm (737 words)

	healthfinder® — National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health - NEI
		The National Eye Institute (NEI), established in 1968, has primary responsibility within the National Institutes of Health for supporting and conducting research aimed at improving the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of eye diseases.
		The NEI coordinates the National Eye Health Education Program (NEHEP), a Federal effort to prevent vision loss by encouraging early diagnosis and timely treatment of eye diseases.
		NEI publications on the following eye conditions are available upon request: cataracts, glaucoma, macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, and ocular histoplasmosis.
	www.healthfinder.gov /orgs/HR0070.htm (194 words)

	NEIBank
		NbLib0087: NEI rabbit eye minus lens and cornea unnormalized (nag)
		NbLib0109: NEI guinea pig eye minus lens and retina unnormalized (nba)
		NbLib0090: NEI dog eye minus lens and cornea unnormalized (nae)
	neibank.nei.nih.gov /NeiBankSearch.shtml (308 words)

	NEIBank: NEIBLAST
		NEI rabbit eye minus lens and cornea unnormalized (NbLib0087 - nag)
		NEI guinea pig eye minus lens and retina unnormalized (NbLib0109 - nba)
		NEI rat whole eye combined (NbLib0061 - jd,je,kr,ks)
	neiblast.nei.nih.gov (370 words)

	National Eye Institute Vision Sciences Grant
		Columbia has recently established the Mahoney Mind/Brain Institute with 6 investigators focused on the primate visual cortex, a new fMRI and MR spectroscopy facility in the Neurological Institute, and a new clinical research center within the Department of Ophthalmology.
		Training emphasizes functional analysis of the visual pathways from eye to brain, and cellular, molecular and genetic aspects of the normal and diseased eye.
		James Dillon: Oxidative and ionizing processes in the eye in aging and disease states.
	cpmcnet.columbia.edu /dept/neurobeh/vision-grant (839 words)

	AVSL Vision Statistics
		Metastatic carcinoma of the eye: carcinoma of the breast is the primary lesion that most often metastasizes to ocular tissues.
		To arrive at the hourly rate we would normally calculate how many eye examinations could be performed in that time and multiply that by the full Medicare rebate allowed for that examination.
		These definitions are provided to assist in the interpretation of the data presented for each Healthy People 2010 objective and to facilitate comparable measurement of these objectives by researchers from the national, State, and local government agencies as well as those from private organizations.
	spectacle.berkeley.edu /~library/stats.htm (1968 words)

	National Board of Examiners in Optometry - NBEO
		Everyone associated with the National Board extends their best wishes for your success on the National Board examinations and in your practice of optometry.
		Keep the National Board informed by updating your address, name and other personal information.
		National Board of Examiners in Optometry - NBEO
	www.optometry.org (415 words)

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