Age-related macular degeneration, a major cause of blindness affects many over the age of 60 making it difficult to do normal daily activities like reading, writing, and driving. However it affects the central vision only and rarely causes complete blindness. However early detection and timely action... 

Health Research Sciences has developed a new portable device allowing early detection of the leading cause of blindness in the US; Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and Diabetic Maculopathy.  This inexpensive and portable device will be an integral part during the next few years in the fight... 

As a person ages, lots of changes can take place which in turn can weaken the vision and the eye sight. Apart from that there are several eye diseases that are quite common in older people. Eye diseases in the aging eye most often require surgery. However, before taking any kind of vital steps it is... 

Contact lenses are actually pieces of plastic through which visibility becomes clear without the use of the glasses. They are mostly used as a substitute for glasses and in some cases they are also used to treat certain eye diseases like cataract. They may also be used for cosmetic purposes to change... 

Lasik eye surgery stands for Laser Assisted in situ Keratomileusis is type of photorefractive Keratomileusis or PRK. Lasik eye surgery procedure is primarily to reshape the cornea so as to correct vision problems like myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism. The problems originate from the fact that due to... 

The Lasik eye surgery procedure stands for Laser Assisted in-situ Keratomileusis this is a corrective surgery to restore unassisted vision both in case of myopia or hyperopia. Once Lasik has been performed on the patient it is expected the patient will have vision without the help of glasses. This procedure... 

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... 

Implantable lenses could be a safer alternative to laser surgery for moderately nearsighted people, a British review of earlier research suggests. Laser surgery — for example, LASIK – is the standard procedure for nearsighted people who don’t want to depend on glasses or contact lenses.... 

A new method of correcting nearsightedness could be better and safer than laser eye surgery, experts say. In laser surgery, a razor-thin layer is shaved from the outer surface of the eye, the cornea, to focus light from an image in the right place on the retina. The new surgery achieves the same effect... 

“Sight-testing opticians” in British Columbia may be permitted to independently conduct automated refractions for healthy patients, and spectacle and contact lens providers may be able to fill prescriptions without possession or verification of a current, valid refraction. According to a news release...