Heart surgeons at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have helped usher in a new era in the surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation. Using radiofrequency devices — rather than a scalpel — they’ve greatly shortened the surgery and made it significantly easier to perform.
Source: www.sciencedaily.com

IntraLase profits up 25 percent 
Record sales and a major increase in laser eye surgeries boost the bottom line.
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Advanced Medical Moves to 3Q Profit 
Advanced Medical Optics Inc., which makes eye surgery and eye care products including the Complete brand of multipurpose contact lens solution, said Thursday it swung to a profit in the third quarter, bolstered by gains from a legal settlement.
Source: biz.yahoo.com

Eureka Reporter - to correct the problem, Christian Willis will get his second straight start at free safety and will need to keep an eye Center Ricky Manka, who started the season just weeks after knee surgery, was lost for the year when he injured his knee

By Tony Natale, The Tribune, Mesa, Ariz. Oct. 8–Ophthalmologist Jay Schwartz, 39, tracks his patients’ eye care by their batting averages, the number of hockey puck goals they make and basketballs they dunk.
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Customized Eyeglasses 
Refractive Errors When we view an image, light rays coming into the eye are bent by the cornea (the transparent outer covering of the eye) and focused by the lens onto the retina. The retina is a light-sensitive membrane at the back of the eye.
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The A List 
The Planning Center has named Jessica Bunce as the company’s new planner and Roland Brooks as technician. Bunce will assist with a variety of planning-related work including rezonings and entitlements, project research and general comprehensive plan amendments. Brooks will provide electronic and hand-rendered graphic support for the planning and landscape architecture divisions.
Source: www.tucsoncitizen.com