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School Focuses On Better Learning Through Better Eyesight
If you're already seeing early signs of your child not doing well in school, you might consider an eye exam.
NewsCenter 5's Liz Brunner reported that undiagnosed vision problems can mimic attention deficit disorder and other learning problems. A local school is focusing on better learning through better eyesight.
hanwen on 12.13.04 @ 03:16 PM GMT+8 [Read Full Article]
Block on laser eye surgery in Britain
BRITAIN'S health authorities are blocking laser eye surgery to correct myopia because of concerns over its long-term safety for patients.
Current evidence on its safety does not justify its widespread use in the National Health Service (NHS), the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (Nice) concluded after a year-long review, Britain's Sunday Times reported.
hanwen on 12.06.04 @ 06:08 PM GMT+8 [Read Full Article]
Excessive computer use 'threat to eyesight'
Watching a computer screen for nine or more hours a day might be linked to a progressive eye disease that can blind without treatment, researchers warned yesterday.
The risk of developing glaucoma this way was highest for those with short sight, they said in a study which provided more bad news for male office workers and professionals.
hanwen on 11.16.04 @ 11:09 AM GMT+8 [Read Full Article]
Beyond Super Vision
The ophthalmologist who pioneered customized LASIK surgery – supervision – now aims to further improve patients' eyesight and minimize the risk of side effects. Patients should benefit from several recent discoveries, Scott MacRae, M.D., told an audience of eye doctors in a keynote address at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology last month.
The techniques appear crucial for minimizing unwanted side effects and allowing patients, most of whom now have vision of 20/16 or better, to enjoy the full effects of a type of enhanced vision that wasn't even a twinkle in the eye of doctors 20 years ago.
hanwen on 11.16.04 @ 11:07 AM GMT+8 [Read Full Article]
Lasik eye surgery advertising
Many people are turning to Lasik eye surgery hoping to toss out their glasses and contacts, but what they see is not often what they get when it comes to advertising for Lasik.
hanwen on 09.12.04 @ 09:41 PM GMT+8 [Read Full Article]
Cutting Eyes, Implanting Lenses To Correct Nearsighted Vision
Some doctors believe implantable lens could soon become an option for severely nearsighted people for whom LASIK surgery will not work.
Doctors describe the patients that could be considered eligible to use the implantable lens as those who would say their glasses are as thick as "Coke bottles."
Some ophthalmologists eagerly expect the federal Food and Drug Administration to approve corrective lens implants, lenses that are implanted surgically.
hanwen on 09.11.04 @ 06:36 PM GMT+8 [Read Full Article]
Sitting in front of a screen for hours can do irreparable harm to a child's eyesight.
"You'll ruin your eyesight watching all that TV," my mother used to tell me when I was a child. It turns out that she may have been right all along.
The epidemics of short-sightedness in countries such as Japan and Singapore are due solely to changes in children's lifestyle, according to medical research.
What's more, similar levels of myopia could soon be seen in many Western countries. "As kids spend more time indoors, on computers or watching TV, we are going to become just as myopic," says Ian Morgan of the Australian National University in Canberra.
hanwen on 09.11.04 @ 06:24 PM GMT+8 [Read Full Article]
LASIK Results Favorable Among Patients
Aug. 24, 2004 -- Considering LASIK eye surgery? Most people who have had the procedure are happy with their results, according to a study in the journal Current Opinion in Ophthalmology.
hanwen on 09.11.04 @ 06:11 PM GMT+8 [Read Full Article]
New meaning to ‘eye candy’: You’ll see stars, or hearts or moons
Christopher Robin isn't hanging out with Pooh and the gang anymore. He's getting a piece of jewelry inserted in his eye.
Robin (yes, that's his real name), is the second patient to get outfitted with JewelEye, the latest in body bling, by Dr. Robert Maloney, the Lasik doc on ``Extreme Makeover'' and director of the Maloney Vision Institute in California.
In the $3,900 procedure, developed in the Netherlands, a decorative piece of platinum - a heart, a half-moon, a star - is inserted in the eye. It debuted in America last week - in Los Angeles, of course.
hanwen on 09.11.04 @ 06:09 PM GMT+8 [Read Full Article]
Anaesthetic-free test will help save eyesight
A GLASGOW design student could save the eyesight of thousands of young children after pioneering the world’s first test for glaucoma that does not require a general anaesthetic.
Geoff Bland, 21, a product designer from Newlands, has designed a device which will let doctors test the pressure of the eye while it is closed, allowing children to stay awake during the procedure. Normally, specialists must carry out a full examination of the open eye, which is so traumatic it usually requires a general anaesthetic.
hanwen on 08.24.04 @ 11:35 AM GMT+8 [Read Full Article]
Lasik surgery price war breaks out
THE cost of Lasik surgery, which corrects short-sightedness, is tumbling at both public and private institutions.
After two public hospitals cut the cost by 20 per cent on Monday, the Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC), which does the bulk of Lasik treatments here, announced yesterday that it had slashed rates by up to 30 per cent.
hanwen on 08.24.04 @ 11:31 AM GMT+8 [Read Full Article]
Choosing among vision-correction surgery options
Consumers looking for the right medical and financial fit for vision correction surgery can go cross-eyed considering all the options.
Lasik is by far the most popular procedure that surgically corrects most kinds of nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism, with both traditional and "custom" Lasik accounting for 90 percent of vision-correction surgery.
But it isn't cheap, is rarely covered by insurance and patients with certain visual characteristics aren't candidates for the procedure.
hanwen on 08.24.04 @ 11:27 AM GMT+8 [Read Full Article]
Keep an eye out for children with vision problems
With school back in session, now is the time for parents, teachers and child care providers to watch for signs of vision problems in children.
During the summer, a child's eyesight is not taxed to the degree that it is throughout the school year, and problems are much more difficult to detect, especially during the early stages of an eye condition. Detecting problems with eyesight early is important for many reasons.
hanwen on 08.23.04 @ 01:38 AM GMT+8 [Read Full Article]
Literature review of LASIK shows benefits, challenges
Most of the million-plus people having LASIK each year to correct their vision are happy with the results, according to a 15-year literature review that indicates most reasons for discontent could be resolved with more patient education before surgery.
hanwen on 08.23.04 @ 01:25 AM GMT+8 [Read Full Article]
World's First Interactive Computer-Aided Vision Improvement Centre opens in Singapore
Groundbreaking Treatment for Amblyopia and Myopia
Singapore, June 10, 2004 -- The Singapore National Eye Centre today announced the opening of the world’s first non-surgical, interactive computer-aided NeuroVisionTM treatment centre in Singapore. The innovative, groundbreaking technology offers treatment for adults with amblyopia (‘lazy’ eye) which has been considered untreatable until now as well as individuals with low degrees of myopia (short-sightedness). The NeuroVision technology improves vision without the need for surgery, contact lenses or medication. It is a series of computer-based programme that exercises the part of the brain responsible for visual function to improve contrast sensitivity and to sharpen images seen. It is unique in that the programme is interactive, tracks the patient’s individual progress to customise to the individual’s visual needs.
hanwen on 06.19.04 @ 11:05 AM GMT+8 [Read Full Article]
