The Eye Care Blog

Dr. James Salz (www.drsalz.com) co-written with Dr. William Trattleran an article entitled “Pupil Size and Corneal Laser Surgery” in the August 2006 issue of Current Opinion in Ophthalmology on refractive surgery.

An optometrist takes four years of school after the bachelor’s degree. They can do minor surgical procedures. An ophthalmologist goes through four years of medical school and then they specialize in eyes.

Dr. Glenn Kawesch, one of the top refractive surgeons in the world, has been hailed as a “miracle” doctor, returning vision to thousands of people from around the world who never dreamed they would be able to see clearly without their glasses or contacts.

Patients on drugs to treat prostate enlargement should inform their eye surgeon about the medications before eye surgery, several U.S. groups advise.

A great number of Filipinos nationwide are affected with various forms of eye defects and disorders, specifically blindness. In order to impart awareness to the public in seeking treatment and caring for one’s eyes, the month of August was declared as Sight Saving Month.

Laser correction for vision defects has been approved for NHS use, but there are still risks.

If you’ve ever worn glasses, or contacts, or both, you know what a hassle they can be. Lasik Eye Surgery has provided relief for some. But not everyone qualifies for the procedure. Still there is a new alternative to Lasik. It’s called Implantable Collamer Lenses or ICL.

Amy Breunig, a Sauk City woman became the first person in U.S. to undergo the new revolutionary vision-correction surgery which involves a newly approved, second-generation optical implant that provides clear vision.

Lasik Vision Institute, Florida eye surgery company, allegedly misrepresented the cost of corrective laser eye surgery in newspaper ads.

LASIK eye surgery has become hugely popular in the last decade as a surefire way to get rid of glasses. However by middle age (soon after 40) most people (including LASIK treated patients) develops presbyopia, the inability to read or see things up close. In middle ages, even LASIK treated patients have to go looking [...]