Health Matters: Vision Correction and Lasik
David Schanzlin, MD, Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology at the University of California, San Diego and the Director of Keratorefractive Surgery at the Shiley Eye Center joins host Dr. David Granet to discuss the latest in vision correction utilizing refractive eye surgery. Highlighted in the program is the use of the Intralase laser and wavefront mapping to correct higher-order vision aberrations such as glare and poor night vision, conditions previously could not be sufficiently prevented …
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Lasik Eye Surgery News as of 6/13/09
New York City LASIK surgeon, Kevin Niksarli, M.D. of Manhattan Lasik Center recently released a website update. The website includes a surgeons profile detailing Dr. Kevin Niksarli’s background and expertise.
A federal grand jury has indicted a local eye doctor and his wife on health care fraud, wire fraud and criminal conspiracy charges, prosecutors announced Friday.
MIT Arab Business Plan Awards declared
Stephen McCorkle took the stage and adjusted his microphone. “We turn poop into energy!” he declared to an audience of 300. He went on to tout Agricultural Waste Solutions , a startup that converts farm animal waste into diesel fuel, electricity, and natural gas, in a 90-second pitch to the Tech Coast Angels , a private investor group based in Orange County, Calif.
DUBAI — Two fledgling companies, one involved in patient financing, and another, a service provider that can rank non-spam emails according to their importance, competed with more than 1,200 companies from 17 countries spanning North Africa, the Gulf and Levant, and emerged as first place winners to split the $50,000 prize money in the 2009 MIT Arab Business Plan Competition.
Competition so regularly brings us better stuff — cars, phones, shoes, medicine — that we’ve come to expect it. We complain on the rare occasion the supermarket doesn’t carry a particular ice-cream flavor.
STAAR Surgical Company (Nasdaq: STAA), a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of minimally invasive ophthalmic products, today announced that the FDA has granted 510(k) clearance for its Epiphany Injector System for use with the Affinity(TM) Collamer(R) Three-Piece NTIOL and the Elastimide(TM) Silicone NTIOL.
Dr. David R. Scharf, a board-certified periodontist with a practice in Babylon, is marketing himself as the only periodontist on Long Island fully trained and licensed to perform the Laser Assisted New Attachment Procedure, which is used to treat gum disease. Dr. Scharf expects LANAP to revolutionize gum surgery much like LASIK did for refractive [...]
Hayati Healthcare has announced the launch of its healthcare financing services with its first regional office in the UAE. Covering elective and non-elective healthcare procedures, the new start-up offers loans for procedures that are not covered by medical insurance including Dental and Orthodontics, Lasik eye surgery, Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery, Cosmetic Dermatology, Hair Transplants, …
AsiaOne All about Lasik AsiaOne, Singapore By Poon Chian Hui Ever since the Lasik procedure emerged two decades ago, millions of myopia sufferers have had their blurred vision reversed. Lasik - laser in-situ keratomileusis - is a painless 15-minute procedure that frees one of the need for …
Presby- LASIK corrects near vision better in hyperopes than in myopes OSN SuperSite, NJ US Food and Drug Administration-approved surgical techniques for treating presbyopia include monovision LASIK , conductive keratoplasty and IOL implantation. Techniques under investigation include synthetic keratophakia, new multifocal IOLs and … Precursors to Corneal Transplant Failure; Patients Who Skip … SYS-CON Media (press release) all 11 news articles
Stephen G. Turner, MD has been selected as a Top 10 Lasik .com … BigNews.biz (press release), MA Top 10 Lasik .com investigates the qualifications and performance of LASIK surgeons using public and private data sources to collect information relevant to the evaluation process. The results of this evaluation process are compared against other LASIK …
FDA: Doctors Must Tell People About Lasik Eye Surgery Risks CNNMoney.com WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Doctors need to give patients detailed information about the risks associated with Lasik eye surgery, the US Food and Drug Administration said in a letter Friday. The FDA sent a letter to doctors requesting that they tell … FDA: Doctors Must Warn LASIK Patients of Risks in Ads Attorney at Law Sharfstein Investigates LASIK Patients’ Complaints fdanewsalert.com FDA: Public needs to know LASIK risks …
Slices of life: West Reading business gives gift of sight Reading Eagle, PA “Brandon wasn’t a candidate for LASIK . If your cornea is too thin, it’s safer to perform PRK which takes a little longer to heal. It is still laser surgery, the difference is how you prepare the cornea for laser treatment.” The procedure took less than …
LCA-Vision: Lasik Procedure Volume Drops 45% In April, May Wall Street Journal LCA has undertaken a series of cost-cutting moves in recent months, including reducing by one-third the number of machines it has that handle the Lasik procedure. While most Lasik procedures are performed in doctors’ private offices, the company and … LCA-Vision slides on report of weakening demand Forbes LCA-Vision Reports on Annual Meeting of Stockholders PR Newswire (press release) LCA-Vision adds Thomas as COO,…
LASIK And Your Bottom Line North American Press Syndicate, NY Choosing modern LASIK , also known as iLASIK, invests in your vision and can save you money in the long term. Today, when every penny counts, many Americans with vision care expenses are taking another look at modern LASIK . The iLASIK procedure combines …
Should Manny Play? Huffington Post, NY More extreme still is Tiger Woods’s Lasik surgery, a deliberate and successful attempt to improve his vision to 20/15 — better than normal — a change he himself says has improved his game. If laser surgery, why not steroids? …
OSN SuperSite Thin femtosecond laser flaps, age linked with post- LASIK interface … OSN SuperSite, NJ SAN FRANCISCO — Thinner LASIK flaps made with an IntraLase laser posed an increased risk of light scatter and interface haze, especially among younger patients, according to a study presented here. “Interface haze is associated with light scatter, …
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