The Eye Care Blog

According to the research highlights of the July 2008 issue on Opthalmology, the Ophthalmologists of America are continuing to develop treatments for Glucoma. The July issue contains a large study of outcomes of incisional surgeries, used to reduce the pressure inside the eye of the Medicare patients.

In a survey it is found that by 2010 more than 8.4 million people in Asia will turn blind from Glaucoma, if not treated properly in time. Glaucoma is a disease which is the second leading cause of blindness after Cataract.

A miracle operation program which was implemented by Cuba and The Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas in Guantanamo, the easternmost province of Cuba. has helped 2,400 patients to recover their vision. These patients were mainly from Guantanamo, Haiti and Venezuela.

Now people suffering from cataract can see clearly, near, far and everything, all thanks to special type of lens, called Crystalens. According to Dr. Carey T. Rowan, an cataract and laser surgeon, this brand of lens have an ability to be flexible along the muscles of the eye.

Macular degeneration and cataract are the most common eye disease that is found in America. Near about 13 million people of America are suffering from Macular degeneration and half of the people of age more than 80 have cataracts. A large scale research has been conducted by the National Eye Institute from nutritional stand point, [...]

Scotland has experienced its first new corneal transplant procedure successfully. Gretta Biggar, from Kilmarnock, has undergone the surgery at the Ayr Hospital in May. And now she has regained her lost sight and is happy. The new procedure targets only affected areas of the cornea as opposed to the traditional full cornea transplant. Doctors said [...]