Archive for the 'Eye Treatment' Category

Sickle Cell Disease Can Cause Sudden Painless Vision Loss

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

Iraqi Child’s Restorative Eye Surgery Successful in USA

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

Dakota Baby Fights Rare Eye Disease ( Peter’s Anomaly )

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

Drug Quercitin in Onion Protects Against Macular Degeneration

Sunday, June 8th, 2008

Macular Degeneration is the major reason of blindness among the older people especially among the aged people in the USA. At least 10 million people in USA are reported to be effected by it. Macular is the central yellowish part of the retina and is 1.5 mm in diameter. It is responsible for color vision [...]

Midwest Eye Institute Doctor Helps To Test Drug For Macular Degeneration

Sunday, June 8th, 2008

The Macular degeneration is the type of eye disease that develops in the older people. It is one of the major causes of vision loss in countries like the USA, especially among the age group of 65 and above. According to the Archives of Ophthalmology, nearly 1.75 million people were identified with the age related [...]

Alternative To LASIK For Vision Correction

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

According to the network news report , after reports of unsuccessful surgical outcome of Lasik Surgery and subsequent warnings given by FDA on LASIK surgery, many patients are fearing and hesitating to undergo LASIK surgery for the treatment of eye disease. Realizing that, many of the Optometrists of America, are considering of other alternatives that [...]

Free LASIK Surgery for Iraq Bound Soldiers

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

The US soldiers received a free LASIK surgery at the office of the Dello Russo Laser Vision at Manhattan last week. They received this treatment in order to get rid of their glass, contact lens and blurry vision which could have created some problem. The members of the Army’s 2nd Battalion, 113th Infantry Regiment received [...]

Is Life After LASIK Perfect?

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

LASIK surgery is a popular form of eye treatment across the world. At least one million Americans opt for this treatment every year. But does the surgery really promise a really good and improved life? No, claim the patients. The studies show that nearly 5% of the patients experience some major or minor and [...]

Presbyopic LASIK A Better Option For Presbyopia Correction

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

A study presented at the meeting of the French Society of Ophthalmology shows that presby LASIK is the common soluiton for the presbyopia correction. This treatment is more popular than the multifocal IOLs that fails to show proper and satisfactory results. The multifocal IOLs are in fact bifocal and the intermediate vision is [...]

Innovative Indian Eye Surgery Network Wins $1 Million Gate Award

Saturday, May 24th, 2008

On May 29, in the annual meeting of Global Health council, Washington, the Aravind eye care system based in Tamil Nadu in Southern India is going to get an award of $ 1 million. It is the worlds largest prize for international health. This eye care system has a large surgery network in India that [...]