All Posts Tagged With: "presbyopia"

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New lens to restore reading vision for people age 45+

A new lens to help reading vision has received approval from the American Food & Drug Administration (FDA), according to manufacturers Bausch & Lomb, based at Rochester in New York state.
These lenses are inserted inside the eye during a procedure very similar to that used for cataract surgery. The natural lens is removed and replaced [...]

8Jul2008 | Dave Allamby | 0 comments | Continued
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Reading vision helped by laser eye surgery

Most people start to need reading glasses after the age of 45 and previously were not eligible for laser eye treatment. All that has changed with advances in technology. FOCUS Laser Vision has been very active in this increasingly popular area of laser eye correction.

27Jun2008 | Dave Allamby | 0 comments | Continued
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Laser eye surgery is effective for reading vision

SEVERAL approaches to LASIK are effective in the treatment of reading vision problems (presbyopia) for patients with otherwise normal distance vision, or long or short sight, according to studies presented at the 12th Winter Refractive Meeting of the ESCRS.

26Jun2008 | Dave Allamby | 6 comments | Continued
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Rick Wakeman and his laser eye surgery

Read Rick Wakeman’s story about his laser eye treatment online at the Daily Mail’s website. Rick talks about the whole process in a very interesting article from Rachel Kaufman.

25May2008 | Dave Allamby | 7 comments | Continued
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New video on why you need glasses

Watch this video to learn more about why you need glasses. It explains about short sight, long sight, astigmatism and presbyopia.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c49fqi966os

16Feb2008 | Dave Allamby | 0 comments | Continued