A Hanover LASIK provier is giving away a free Lasik procedure to an active member of the armed services.

Friends and family of active military personnel can start submitting nominations on Veterans Day, but servicemen and women can also nominate themselves.

Nominations will be accepted through Jan. 3 at which time three finalists will be chosen.

More details at the Evening Sun.

John Elway, Hall-of-Fame quarterback recently reported receiving LASIK eye surgery in Denver, Colorado. "..I can't imagine my active lifestyle without the convenience of clear vision and I'm amazed with the results," said Elway.

More details can be found here at the official press release.

In October 2006, Dr. Joseph Dello Russo shared the results from a vision safety study that for the first time indicated that LASIK is safer than contact lenses.

A new study published this year in the American Journal of Ophthalmology compared patient outcomes achieved during LASIK surgery. The study sought to uncover the differences in results achieved by traditional LASIK (using the hand-held microkeratome blade to create the cornea flap) versus custom LASIK (which creates the cornea flap using computer-guided wavefront technology).

The FDA approved the CustomVue Monovision device.

Research performed at the University of Illinois at Chicago showed no significant difference in levels of safety experienced by patients whose ages ranged from 40 - 69 years old.

Dr. Dimitri Azar co-authored the study based on 710 consecutive laser eye surgeries he performed between 1999 & 2005. He concluded that LASIK correction for near-sightedness and far-sightedness has reasonable safety, efficacy and predictability.

More details of this new LASIK study at news-medical.net

Though pilots will largely benefit from undergoing the LASIK procedure, the Air Force eye clinic's program is not just limited to pilots.

More on this story at BloggerNews.

A femtosecond is a measure of time. Let's put this tiny measurement of time in perspective: the difference between a femtosecond and a second is the difference between a second and about 32 million years.

A femtosecond laser is now being successfully used in LASIK surgery as a means to treat secondary hyperopia resulting from previous RK surgery.

The Vision Council of America released a report June 26 that found vision problems cost U.S. businesses an estimated $8 billion each year in lost productivity.

There has been a lot of press lately about lens implants. Before undergoing surgery be sure you weight out all the potential risks. Get a second opinion. Find out for sure if LASIK or other vision correction procedures are possible options.

If you have already looked into phakic lenses, then you may already know that it is way more expensive than LASIK. How much more expensive.
Phakic implants can cost around $9000.