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Research to Prevent Blindness Funds New Smartphone Application to Detect Vision Problems in Young Patients

Release Date:

11/05/2014

... have successfully used a smartphone app to image the back of the eye, or fundus, in patients who can be particularly ... The system can capture key structures at the back of the eye in a single view without...

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Supported by Commonwealth Fund, Study Shows Diabetes, Depression Apps Are Failing the Usability Test

Release Date:

07/18/2016

... the Usability Test A new UCSF study finds that some of the most popular apps for diabetes, depression and ... to use, especially by underserved populations. Some of the most popular mHealth apps are basically...

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Ford, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, FB Heron Named to 2016 Nonprofit Times Power & Influence Top 50

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08/01/2016

Mastering the balance between sustainability and change is why these 50 executives have been selected for the 2016 NPT Power & Influence Top 50.

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Howard Gilman, Laurie M. Tisch, Doris Duke and Mellon Fund Brooklyn Youth Chorus’ Latest Project

Release Date:

10/18/2016

... latest project, Silent Voices, harnesses the power of young people to be instruments of change, giving voice to those who have been silenced or ... circumstances. The Chorus has commissioned a diverse group...

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Commonwealth Fund Study Shows Covered California Consumers Saving and Paying Much Less Than Expected for Quality Coverage

Release Date:

01/11/2017

... Much Less Than Expected for Quality Coverage This analysis of health plan premium growth in California’ s insurance marketplaces, focusing on the policies that ... in 2014 was 11.6 percent less than the...

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Commonwealth Fund's Kathy Regan Makes City and State's Above & Beyond 2017 List

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03/29/2017

Commonwealth Fund 039 ; s Kathy Regan Makes City and State 039 ; s Above & Beyond 2017 List The day after Donald Trump was sworn in as president, millions of...

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Capital One Invests $3 Million to Fund Machine Learning Research at University of Maryland

Release Date:

12/15/2017

... $3 Million to Fund Machine Learning Research at University of Maryland A $3 million gift and partnership with Capitol ... analytics, machine learning and cybersecurity. University of Maryland and Capital One...

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Research to Prevent Blindness-Funded Study Finds Possible New Target for Glaucoma Therapy

Release Date:

09/11/2015

... for Glaucoma Therapy Scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have elucidated a genetic interaction that may prove key to the development and progression of...

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Hartford and Atlantic Funded Study Finds Four in Ten Older Adults Have Trouble Managing Health Needs

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10/14/2015

... or tests get delayed or don’t get done, or that all of the requirements of their health care are too much to handle, new Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health research suggests. The...

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Tisch Fund, NY Community Trust, Bloomberg & United Way of NYC Leaders Named Among the Most Powerful Women of 2017

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06/26/2017

Tisch Fund, NY Community Trust, Bloomberg & United Way of NYC Leaders Named Among the Most Powerful Women of 2017 Is ... influence? To arrive at our biennial ranking of the city’ s...

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Research to Prevent Blindness-Funded Study Suggests New Way of Preventing Diabetes-Associated Blindness

Release Date:

05/26/2015

In people with diabetic retinopathy, growth of abnormal, leaky, fragile blood vessels in the eye can ... VEGF have shown some success delaying the development of proliferative diabetic retinopathy, but they don’t...