The Eye Care Blog

In a unique attempt of its kind, the Gotham LASIK’s leading surgeon Dr. Brian Bonanni recently announced his plan for a contest in which people will be given the chance to nominate their hometown hero—somebody they know who puts in time and effort into helping others. The selected person will be awarded with a free [...]

A new laser known as femtosecond laser could change the face of the corneal transplant outcomes.

According to a study done by Michael A.Lawless, MB MB, BS, FRACO, FRACS, FRCOphth, Advanced Surface Ablation with Mitomycin-C is more superior and effective than LASIK in the eyes of post- Keratoplasty(PK) patients.

At an exclusive interview to the FOXNews.com. Dr. Sanjay Asrani, associate professor of ophthalmology at Duke Eye Center in Durham has told that the researchers there developed an instrument that is able to detect the glaucoma decades before the disease claims the eyesight of the patients. Thus the high-resolution imaging tool is expected to [...]

According to the study done by Osama Ibrahim, MD, Pediatric LASIK is safe and effective for the children. In the World Ophthalmology Congress he announces that, over 10 years of followup on LASIK in children has shown that this procedure is safe and stable.

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 ssue 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, [...]