Experimental Treatments Show Promise In the Restoration of Vision
A retinal prosthesis and fetal tissue transplant are two experimental treatments that appear to restore partial vision to people with blinding eye diseases. Presented at Neuroscience 2009, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, the findings may lead to new treatments for the blind. Researchers also reported that an engineered protein restored vision in an animal model and found ways to improve stem cell treatments.
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LASIK Treatment Can Induce Cornea Clouding
While laser eye surgery typically results in miraculously restored vision, there are some cases in which the very center of the cornea clouds up and actually worsens vision.
That’s the bad news, according to a recent study done by a pair of Los Angeles ophthalmologists. The good news is that the opacification of the cornea dissipates on its own in a few months, and the vision problem it produces can be safely reversed with another laser surgery.
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2 Vision-Correction Surgeries Equally Effective
Two laser eye-surgery techniques offer equal success at re-establishing "perfect" 20/20 vision in people with nearsightedness, a recent study shows.
The study, which was a review of six high-quality scientific studies, sought to which surgical approach would be superior in terms of the vision-correction outcome: LASIK (laser-assisted in-situ keratomileusis) or PRK (photorefractive keratectomy). Both techniques use a laser to sculpt the cornea of the eye, making it able to focus light perfectly on the retina at the back of the eye.
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Lasik Helps U.S. Retain Pilots, Astronauts
The natural human aging process is in a constant war with the U.S. military and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Aging has always degraded the vision of Air Force pilots, Navy divers and NASA astronauts - and this has made it difficult for the respective services to retain them. The government has always feared that eyeglasses and contact lenses could be broken or dislodged in the course of the service members' often grueling work, threatening life, limb and government property in the process. Even with the advent of Lasik surgery, the fear didn't subside.
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Choosing Between Traditional and Custom Lasik
Lasik eyesight-correction surgery, a phenomenal breakthrough when it was first approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration in 1995, has recently been trumped big-time by the innovation known as wavefront Lasik technology, which is some 25 times more precise than its older cousin. The consumer still has both choices available today - the traditional versus the new custom technique - but there is an enormous difference in technology.
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Eye Diseases Are Rising Amongst the Elderly, But Few See Risk
The American Academy of Opthalmology finds that most Americans are unaware of the risks presented by age-related eye diseases, according to a health survey of 1,200 Americans. The populations most at risk for age related retinal diseases such as cataracts, diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, and age-related macular degeneration are unaware of the factors that make them susceptible.
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High Sugar Diet May Effect Eyesight
A diet high in sugar and starch may make the eyes more vulnerable to age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the most common cause of vision loss in the US. A new study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition tracked dietary information from over 4,000 participants aged 55-80 or 8,0000 eyes which, as some participants developed AMD in one eye and not the other, is how they were tracked. The participants completed dietary surveys and had their eyes checked for AMD. The surveys listed over 90 foods, and asked how often they were eaten. The researchers were particularly interested in foods that had a high glycimic index, like sugar and white flour.
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Air Force Allows Pilots With Lasik to Fly
For the first time, the US Air Force is allowing aspiring pilots and aircrew members to fly even if they have had LASIK eye surgery. Since 2001, the Air Force has permitted applicants to try for spots as pilots or aircrew members if they have had a corrective eye surgery, known as PRK (photo refractive keratectomy). The Air Force had said it needed more time to evaluate LASIK, a newer procedure.
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New Excimer Laser
New Excimer Laser Breakthrough Excimer Laser technology is leading to unprecedented results in the field of eye correction.
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New research out of the University of Rochester shows video games that contain high levels of action can actually improve your vision. People who played action video games for a few hours a day over the course of a month improved by about 20 percent in their ability to identify letters on a standard eye chart.
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Columbia University Medical Center Department of Ophthalmology
Columbia Laser Vision Correction
16 East 60th Street
NYC,
NY
10022
Call: 888-803-0571
Want the best of the best in laser eye surgery in New York City? Dr. Richard E. Braunstein, MD of Columbia Laser Vision Correction in NYC, NY offers the most recent in Lasek technology. Dr. Braunstein has over 15 years experience of successful laser refractive procedures in his career. He is accomplished enough to operate, research and utilize the ever-developing new laser technology for vision surgery. Dr. Braunstein is one of the few in a group of doctors who is trained in all the fields of Laser Vision Correction.
Columbia University Medical Center Department of Ophthalmology
Columbia Laser Vision Correction
16 East 60th Street
Manhattan,
New York
10022
Call: 888-803-0571
Looking for an Ophthalmologist in Manhattan, New York City? Ophthalmology or the study of the eyes is a field that is constantly evolving. At Columbia Laser Vision Correction they diligently keep up with the latest developments in LASIK technologies. The surgeons at Columbia Laser Vision Correction are trained in all major laser platforms of vision correction surgery.