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,...
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,...
It’s a first in Texas. A San Antonio woman is seeing more clearly thanks to an amazing eye surgery. She has an artificial iris.
If the eyes are the window to the soul, Sandy Cook has a brand new, manmade shade. When she was two years old, she stabbed herself in the eye with a knife in a freak accident,...
What is Usher syndrome?
Usher syndrome is an inherited condition characterized by hearing impairment and progressive vision loss. The vision loss is due to retinitis pigmentosa (RP), a degenerative condition of the retina, and usually appears during adolescence or early adulthood. Balance may also be...
The Macaulay Road Centre in Kensington was a hive of activity on 29 April when the centre celebrated its official opening.
The custom designed premises and extensive new facilities are available to people who are blind or have low vision in the City of Melbourne and western metropolitan areas.
The occasion...
If you are ready to choose a doctor to be evaluated for conventional or custom wavefront Lasik, All-Laser Lasik, PRK, LASEK, Epi-Lasik, CK, RLE, or any refractive surgery procedure, it is highly recommended to consider a doctor who has been evaluated and certified.
If thoroughly evaluated and performed...
Technology is rising as years go by. No one can stop it from developing. Even scientist can’t explain why development still occur. The image of the future as cyborg world is possible if development occur for the next millennium.
All things develop, even fashion develop. The development of things...
“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 ... and he abandoned the temperate 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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