LASIK expert Dr. James Salz (www.drsalz.com) was interviewed by National Public Radio (NPR) segment entitled "Dr. Slava Fyodorov's 'Beautiful Eyes'," a Russian doctor who invented the radial keratotomy procedure, which was the precursor to laser vision eye surgery. In the segment Dr. Salz described the radial keratotomy procedure as well as his visit to Cuba's eye clinic. Later, Dr. Salz answered emails sent to NPR from its listeners about laser eye surgery.

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) October 24, 2006 -- LASIK expert Dr. James Salz (www.drsalz.com) was interviewed by National Public Radio (NPR) segment entitled "Dr. Slava Fyodorov's 'Beautiful Eyes'," a Russian doctor who invented the radial keratotomy procedure, which was the precursor to laser vision eye surgery. In the segment Dr.

Brown gets pleasant reception

He was talking, of course, of his seven turnovers and several missed shots against the Phoenix Suns on Thursday, his first home game since replacing injured Andrew Bynum when the boos greeted his miscues.

Teammates rallied around him and Brown owned up to his mistakes.

Against the Denver Nuggets on Monday, the lights dimmed, the starters were announced and the audience . . . cheered Brown's introduction.

Not as loud as the applause for Kobe Bryant, but there were no discernible hisses or hoots.

And the approval grew louder when Brown converted two easy baskets early, a dunk and layup, both assisted by Lamar Odom. A miss off the backboard then followed an awkward-looking jump shot.

The crowd stayed behind him and booed his involvement only when officials called an offensive foul after Brown made a layup and when he had the ball stripped away.

July 2006

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Science New Ultrasound Technique Could Lead to Surgery with no ...

Anyone that has undergone surgery will tell you that the smaller the incision the less pain and the faster the recovery time. The ideal solution would be the ability to treat surgically without needing to cut into a patient at all.

A biomedical engineer named Charles Cain from the University of Michigan has developed a new technique using ultrasound waves called histotripsy. This technique uses focused ultrasound waves 100 times more powerful than the ultrasound waves used for medical imaging during pregnancy.

Getting a driver's license shouldn't be so difficult

While your bank, your employer and much of your life depend on computers to function, your doctor is most likely stuck in the dark ages of communication. ...The shelves and shelves of paper charts you see in many medical offices are evidence of that. Records that should be stored on a computer are taking up whole rooms and require staff to keep them sorted.The lack of updated technology hurts the quality of care and contributes to high costs. ...One big incentive for getting medical offices online is eliminating prescription errors.Wrong prescriptions and wrong doses are a big problem. Handwriting is often the culprit. If a doctor types the prescription and faxes it to the pharmacy, many potential errors are eliminated. ...AARP Alaska supports the Alaska e-medicine efforts because the changeover will allow patients to be more engaged in managing their health care.

HP to buy enterprise software company Exstream

Hewlett-Packard Co. said Tuesday it agreed to acquire Exstream Software LLC, a provider of enterprise software designed to streamline creation and delivery of personalized documents and other communications materials.