The Eye Care Blog

A new research says that menopausal and perimenopausal women are very likely to have dry eye syndrome. Phyllis E. Greenberger, president and chief executive officer of the Society for Women’s Health Research says that the prevalence of dry eye is very high, and growing in Women.

The global leader in ophthalmic surgical devices and eye care products, Advanced Medical Optics, Inc. announced that the National Aeronautics and Space Agency has approved the company’s LASIK technologies for use on U.S. astronauts.

Bruce W. Jackson, MD, and colleagues has performed presby-LASIK on 28 hyperopic patients and observed that it results in good near and distant vision.

Dr. Stephen L. Ebersole who had worked for the past eight years in a large group practice which specialized in laser refractive surgery where he managed patients who were interested in, or who had previous LASIK or other refractive surgeries, has joined Drs. Pauline V. Beale and Douglas J. Henry at Optometric Associates, 168 East [...]

LASIK is the most popular laser vision surgery worldwide and as because it’s considered an elective medical procedure (like cosmetic surgery), most health insurance policies do not offer a benefit for LASIK surgery, therefore you will have to pay the entire surgical fee out-of-pocket, so it is very important to get an idea of LASIK [...]

According to several eye surgeons, Epi-LASIK is a viable alternative to photorefractive keratectomy with alcohol or mechanical scraping, boasting faster recovery time and pain that is manageable with medication.

Photorefractive Keratectomy, an alternative LASIK has shown better result in the case of Cindy Duong, who was suffering from nearsightedness.

Researchers concluded that eating yellow and green vegetables may help people aged 60 and older avoid age-related macular degeneration, a leading cause of blindness.
They have conducted a new study of some 4,500 people aged 60-80 who were screened for age-related macular degeneration, which hampers central vision.

Florida doctors have restored vision of a blind horse caused through a laser surgery. The 11-year-old horse, Ego-Trip was already blind in his left-eye caused by glaucoma.

Prof. Ehud Assia and Dr. Ami Eyel of IOPtima has developed a novel laser device, called OTS134 that promises to revolutionize treatment of glaucoma.