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Research moves ever forward on LASIK techniques and equipment. Improvement and success rate continue to climb in increments. In the past two years, several studies on topography-guided LASIK have given positive results in a field where over 90% success has become the norm. In a pivotal trial in 2016 topography-guided LASIK showed improvement for myopia […]

Legal blindness in the USA defines as a medical diagnosis where the central visual acuity measures at 20/200 or less even with correction. A person may have the label of legal blindness but still have usable vision. Presently the National Federation of the Blind states about 1.3 million people has the condition. Heightened awareness of […]

Houston Texas has always been a place for the wild blue yonder and beyond. Houston LASIK agrees and has corrected the vision of many a NASA and Air Force person so they can continue with duties. The winds of change have begun in the aero-flight industry. Once exclusively a government program a bevy of companies […]

Glaucoma lists as one of the leading causes of blindness in the USA. As many as 3 million Americans have the condition but only 50 percent know it. No cure exists for glaucoma, but an array of treatments do. Since 2012 a minimally invasive treatment known as iStent has been helping alleviate the problems caused […]

Eyes remain one of the most complicated and fascinating structures in the human body. Digital cameras though marvelous works of mechanical engineering cannot do all that the eye can do. According to Dr. Roger Clark, a leading digital and film imaging scientist who works with NASA, the resolution of the human eye approximates 576 megapixels. […]

Wearing glasses requires a sacrifice at least once a day. A person will try to do without them and end up being a contortionist in the arms just to read something. Unless a person must wear glasses, they do not understand. The following list should help people who do not wear glasses understand. 1. Once […]

Presently the U.S. Census Bureau says a little over 40 million people age 65 years and older exist making them 10% of the population. In 2014 the Health and Human Services along with the Department of Commerce released a study that projected by 2050 nearly 21% of our population would be 65 years of age […]

A “Festival of Lights” occurs every year in December that does not have the designation of Christmas. For eight nights families will gather around a menorah. The sacred candle represents Divine inspirations, wisdom, and light. Known as a sacred vessel in the Holy Temple of Jerusalem the menorah connects Jews to their history while moving […]

Cataracts define as a clouding of the lens related to aging. About half of 80-year-old Americans have cataracts in the making or had to have cataract surgery. The lens in the eye has a transparency that lets the light shine through to concentrate on the retina. It allows nerve signals to process properly to the […]

Movies thrill and astound us. One-person hosted shows give us a glimpse of what all a media personality can do. Behind all the glitz and special effects lies real human beings. To do all those marvelous scenes takes a keen eye. Reading a teleprompt under bright lights can become difficult for those Red Carpet and […]