It’s hard to believe that laser eye surgery has only been around for about 23 years, with the most popular form, LASIK (Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis), only now coming up to its 20th anniversary.
Laser eye surgery involves changing the shape of the cornea (the clear covering at the front...
Several hundred players will play at this summer’s World Cup. But the one who will have travelled the longest road to get there probably will not have come from New Zealand, North Korea or even Honduras. He’ll have come from Green Bay, Wis.
We’re talking about Jay DeMerit, of course,...
Macular Degeneration Awareness Week 2010 runs from Monday 24 – Sunday 30 May and this year’s theme is “How’s your macula?”
Macular Degeneration (MD) is the leading cause of blindness in Australia, affecting central vision. MD is primarily age related and most frequently...
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Information is gleaned from newsletters, journals, abstracts, magazines, relevant websites, and professional associations, as well as manufacturers of contact lenses, lens care products, and...
Golf Monthly is proud to be teaming up with Ultralase to offer you the chance to win life-changing laser eye treatment worth up to £4,790 so that you can maximise your golfing performance.
Now Ultralase, together with Golf Monthly, is offering you the chance to win life-changing laser eye treatment...
The new research has found that a computer-based technique developed and assessed by Durham University improved partially-sighted people’s ability to ‘see’ better. It may eventually improve and broaden the portfolio of rehabilitation techniques for partially-sighted patients.
The study,...
The monthly seminars, which are organized by Hamilton, Kovoor and Dr. Olivia Lee, another fellow at the center, are free to the public and offer free screening consultations for vision correction surgery. To accommodate the wide range of ages of those attending, from college students to the local community,...
A slightly embarrassing childhood memory oddly ended up shaping UC Merced senior Austin Ofreneo’s life.
The Modesto native said he remembered having trouble seeing when he was younger, so he would steal his sister’s glasses and hide them in his desk.
“I wasn’t paying attention...
The governor Manchin signed a number of bills today on issues ranging from abortion to education.
A bill involving laser eye surgery allows optometrists to do three different types of surgeries that treat glaucoma. The bill sparked a debate between ophthalmologist and optometrists.
State Senator Ed Bowman...
A plastic lens implanted into the eye could boost the vision of thousands with short-sight. New research suggests the procedure is at least as effective as laser surgery – in some cases, even more so.
New research suggests the procedure is at least as effective as laser surgery – in some...
“But man hath perversely continued to serve his lustful appetites, and he would not content himself with simple foods. Rather, he prepared for himself food that was compounded of many ingredients, of substances differing one from the other. With this, and with the perpetrating of vile and ignoble acts, his attention was engrossed, and he abandoned the temperance and moderation of a natural way of life. The result was the engendering of diseases both violent and diverse.” by Abdu'l Baha
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