LASIK / Ophthalmology Medical Library Stories & Articles

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... ( Read more about Air Force Allows Pilots With Lasik to Fly)

All too often, problems with a patient's night vision have resulted following laser eye surgery - problems such as night glare, haloes and rings. But these problems can be minimized, or even eliminated, by proper patient screening, skilled... ( Read more about Avoiding Lasik Surgery Night-Vision Problems)

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... ( Read more about Choosing Between Traditional and Custom Lasik)

Congenital glaucoma is an eye disease where the normal eye pressure is affected by the buildup of fluid in the eye. You might say that 3 year old Juan Navarro is a little ham. Smiling and posing for the camera, he looks like your typical... ( Read more about Congenital Glaucoma)

A relatively new eye surgery technique improves patients' recovery times and reduces the postoperative pain they experience. The Epi-LASIK procedure was developed to avoid some of the potential problems with the LASIK and LASEK eye-surgery... ( Read more about Epi-LASIK Surgery Better in Two Ways)

Laser eye surgery, hugely successful for the great majority of patients, can fail if a subject’s pupils are too large.
   
Thus, a good eye doctor who wants to provide patients with LASIK surgery (short for... ( Read more about Good Pupil Diameter Key for Successful LASIK Surgery)

Although LASIK eye surgery gives the gift of restored vision to hundreds of thousands of Americans each year, there are some people who are so nearsighted - near or past being legally blind - that the laser surgery simply can't help them. For... ( Read more about Help for Those Beyond LASIK's Help)

Rekha Krishanmurthi has tried glasses and hard lenses to help improve her vision. But unfortunately, nothing is doing the trick. "I can't focus, everything is blurry. I can't read and there's no way I could drive or anything like that." says... ( Read more about Infacs Eye Treatment)

What are Intrastromal Corneal Ring Segments?

Intrastromal Corneal Ring Segments or INTACs are the first FDA approved, non-laser, surgical technique for correcting near... ( Read more about Intrastromal Corneal Ring Segments (INTACs))

While LASIK eye surgery in most cases results in vision improvement to 20/20 or better, an occasional subject becomes affected by a chronic condition in which the eye has a problem with lack of lubrication.
   
This... ( Read more about LASIK Surgery Can Cause Dry Eye Syndrome)

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... ( Read more about LASIK Treatment Can Induce Cornea Clouding)

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... ( Read more about Lasik Helps U.S. Retain Pilots, Astronauts)

If you're considering LASIK surgery to get rid of your glasses, you might want to ask your doctor about the risks of LASIK surgery. There are many factors that can play a role in the success of the procedure, even factors like the temperature... ( Read more about Lasik Study)

New Excimer Laser Breakthrough Excimer Laser technology is leading to unprecedented results in the field of eye correction.

A new eye surgery technique has proven excellent at eliminating a common vision condition affecting most middle-aged and elderly people, a recent study showed.
   
The condition, known as presbyopia, starts to... ( Read more about New Laser Eye Surgery Helps "Presbyopic" Patients)

What is Lasik Surgery?

Lasik is a new procedure that borrows technology from laser keratotomy and radial keratotomy to correct near sightedness and astigmatism. To correct near... ( Read more about New Lasic)

When a woman is pregnant or breastfeeding, her hormonal balance shifts dramatically. This causes her body to retain more fluid. And when this happens, her eyes' lenses swell, too, making a correct diagnosis to fix her vision problems with LASIK... ( Read more about Pregnancy and LASIK Don't Mix)

The presence of dangerous antibiotic-resistant bacteria on patients about to undergo LASIK vision-correction surgery has increased dramatically during the past decade, a recent study showed. Infections occur rarely in LASIK patients, but... ( Read more about Preventing Rising Number of Post-LASIK Infections)

Two little-known but related eye conditions, one stemming from LASIK vision-correction surgery, plunge sufferers into a world of blurriness and sensitivity to glare and light. But a novel development involving treatment with vitamin B2 drops and... ( Read more about Strengthening Eye Collagen Fixes 2 Vision Disorders)

British researchers using X-rays from a massive particle accelerator are investigating the human cornea and making discoveries that could help create the next generation of LASIK eye surgery – and even one day develop an artificial... ( Read more about Synchrotron X-Ray Research Being Used to Advance LASIK)

What is the Conjunctivitis?

Conjunctivitis or pink-eye is an infection of the lining of the eye or the eyelid produced by a virus or bacteria. Bacterial conjunctivitis produces a... ( Read more about Understanding Conjunctivitis)

LASIK is a surgical procedure intended to reduce a person's dependency on glasses or contact lenses. The goal of this Web site is to provide objective information to the public about LASIK surgery.

What is Presbyopia?

Presbyopia is a vision condition in which the crystalline lens in the eye loses its flexibility. The lens of the eye focus's the image upon the retina.

What is Radial Keratotomy?

Radial keratotomy, or RK, changes the shape of the cornea by making incisions with a surgical knife to flatten, steepen or alter the contour of the front... ( Read more about Understanding Radial Keratotomy)

What is Color Blindness?

What are the causes of Color Blindness and how does it present?)