Manzikert, Battle of
Manzikert, Battle of (1071) Battle fought at a site near Lake Van in Turkey.
SELJUK Turks, recent converts to
ISLAM, routed a Byzantine force, capturing its leader, Emperor Romanos Diogenes IV. Alp Arslan, the Seljuk leader released him, but the defeat left Anatolia open to Turkish invaders and the weakening of Byzantine control that was indirectly to provoke the First
CRUSADE.
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New Staar Implantable Lens for Nearsightedness Available at Dougherty Laser Vision.
PR Newswire; 1/12/2006; 700+ words
; ...Implantable Collamer Lens) for treating nearsightedness. The first bilateral (two-eyes...for patients with moderate to severe nearsightedness (myopia that requires -3 to -20...Americans with three or more diopters of nearsightedness. "The new Staar Visian ICL can provide...
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US DEPT OF HHS: FDA approves eye implant to correct mild nearsightedness.
M2 Presswire; 4/12/1999; 700+ words
; ...approves eye implant to correct mild nearsightedness (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...without glasses or contact lenses. Nearsightedness results when a person's cornea is...of the cornea reduces or eliminates nearsightedness. Nearsightedness is most commonly...
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FDA approves laser system to treat nearsightedness
Newspaper article from: New York Amsterdam News; 11/18/1995; ; 525 words
; ...approves laser system to treat nearsightedness. The U.S. Food and Drug...Keratectomy for laser correction of nearsightedness. The vast majority of the...Americans who suffer from nearsightedness may be candidates for this...
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A Genetic Marker for Nearsightedness? Update on Vitamins and AMD, and Recovery From Optic Neuritis.
Business Wire; 6/2/2008; 700+ words
; ...groundbreaking study on genetic factors and nearsightedness, a cautionary tale on age-related...Evidence for a Genetic Marker for Nearsightedness Research by Gu Zhu, M.D., and...that the refractive errors known as nearsightedness and farsightedness are primarily inherited...
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RADIAL KERATOTOMY AIDS NEARSIGHTEDNESS
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 6/29/1994; 700+ words
; ...29-1994 RADIAL KERATOTOMY AIDS NEARSIGHTEDNESS Date: 06-29-1994, Wednesday...the United States are affected by nearsightedness, and, for many, a form of refractive...common vision problems: myopia, or nearsightedness, and astigmatism. Nearsightedness...
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Can a Contact Lens Cure Nearsightedness? Five-Year Clinical Study Testing Corneal Reshaping Therapy as Possible Method to Arrest Myopia.(Clinical report)
News Wire article from: PRWeb; 7/7/2009; 700+ words
; ...slows the progression of myopia (nearsightedness) in children. Overnight corneal...has myopia while the incidence of nearsightedness approaches 70 percent in some Asian...significant. "Correcting and controlling nearsightedness is very important because it potentially...
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HEALTH REPORT - CORRECTING NEARSIGHTEDNESS
Transcript from: World News Tonight with Peter Jennings; 7/28/1997; ; 684 words
; ...a lot of television reporters -- nearsightedness. Most often corrected with eyeglasses...JOHNSON: (voice-over) To correct nearsightedness, each had two small pieces of plastic...inserted in the cornea of one eye. Nearsightedness occurs when the front surface of the...
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Laser Surgery Can Correct More Than Nearsightedness
Newspaper article from: Los Angeles Sentinel; 8/23/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...Laser Surgery Can Correct More Than Nearsightedness Laser eye surgery, which can offer...beyond its original use for simple nearsightedness, says Edward Manche, MD, director...United States for the treatment of nearsightedness or myopia (distant objects are blurry...
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Laser procedure for nearsightedness.
Magazine article from: FDA Consumer; 1/1/1996; 700+ words
; ...people with mild to moderate nearsightedness. The procedure, photorefractive...keratectomy (PRK), corrects nearsightedness (myopia) using the SVS Apex...contemplating PRK to correct nearsightedness should carefully consider the...
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Boring' reading and nearsightedness.
Magazine article from: Science News; 7/11/1987; ; 700+ words
; "Boring' reading and nearsightedness Glasses worn for nearsightedness are acommon sight among those who love to read...from lack of eye exercise to improper diet. But nearsightedness may actually be a reflection of "nonstimulating...
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Nearsightedness
Encyclopedia entry from: Complete Human Diseases and Conditions
Nearsightedness What Is Nearsightedness? How Is Nearsightedness Diagnosed? What Are the Treatment Options for Nearsightedness? Resources Nearsightedness is an eye disorder that causes objects that are not close to a person to appear out of focus...
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nearsightedness
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
nearsightedness or myopia, defect of vision in which far objects appear blurred...who tend to get eye infections or have hand tremors, however.) Nearsightedness can also be corrected by using laser cornea surgery and a device...
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Radial Keratotomy
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.
...eye surgery used to correct myopia (nearsightedness). It works by changing the shape...several surgical techniques to correct nearsightedness, reducing or eliminating the need...patients with a low to moderate amount of nearsightedness-people whose eyes require up to...
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Vision Disorders
Book article from: U*X*L Complete Health Resource
...pronounced my-OH-pee-a) or nearsightedness; and astigmatism, which causes the...retina, the person has myopia, or nearsightedness. People who are nearsighted can see...focus light on the retina. Myopia: Nearsightedness. A condition in which far away objects...
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Myopia
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence
...Myopia Definition Myopia, or nearsightedness, is a condition in which...require spectacle correction for nearsightedness by age 13. Myopia does decreases...Other causes of increasing nearsightedness include difficulty with converging...
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