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"I'VE heard you can actually smell your eyes burning." Not what you want to hear from a "mate" before having laser eye surgery.

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Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards march during a military parade in Tehran in September 2008 to commemorate the 28th anniversary of Iran's 1980-1988 war with Iraq.

Kenneth Macoul has put away his pupil dilator, screening lens, refractor and slit lamp - for now.

Not long after RK, or radial keratotomy, came a new technique for shortening the focal length of the nearsighted eyeball.

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has sent warning letters to 17 offices that perform LASIK laser eye surgery.

Over the last 30 years the pace of technological change has increased so quickly that one decade's must-have gadget becomes the next decade's laughing stock.

"This is absurd," I muttered - fumbling for a pair of eyeglasses that I mindfully placed on the nightstand before bed.

Three federal agencies -- the Food and Drug Administration, the Defense Department and the National Eye Institute -- announced last week that they are launching a three-year effort to gauge how many, and which, patients suffer troubling symptoms after undergoing the vision correction procedure called Lasik.

The cost of laser eye surgery is not always transparent, especially if you are trying to compare different clinics.

Quite possibly no other complication fills LASIK surgeons with as much dread as corneal ectasia.

A Phoenix eye surgery center has received a warning letter after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration launched a new study on how problems after LASIK surgery affects quality of life.

The Food and Drug Administration says it is launching a study into problems resulting from laser eye-correcting surgery, which include blurred vision and dry eyes.

As physicians our goal is to provide the best quality of life for our patients. Data shows that nearly 95 percent of LASIK patients are satisfied with their outcomes-the highest for almost any surgical procedure.

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A Minneapolis eye surgeon is giving military men and women a $5,000 laser vision correction for free.

More than a dozen LASIK eye centers have poor systems in place to report any side effects in patients who have undergone the vision correction surgery, U.S. health regulators said on Thursday.

Recent work is showing that many patients with keratoconus or post-LASIK keratoectasia are contributing to their own condition.

Femtosecond lasers are making inroads in refractive surgery, so maybe it was only logical to expect them to make a run at cataract surgery, as well.

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Vision care and taking care of your eyes is one of the most important parts of your health care.

Laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis, better known as Lasik, is one of the most commonly performed eye surgeries to correct imperfect vision.

Are you concerned that the photorefractive keratectomy your doctor recommended to fix your eyesight won't be as effective as LASIK surgery? You can rest easier: A new study suggests that people who have their nearsightedness corrected with either LASIK or photorefractive keratectomy, a slightly older laser technique, typically fare well long-term.

The health care reform summary outlined by Sen. Max Baucus and the Senate Finance Committee includes a provision, buried in the available text of the bill, that would raise the threshold for deducting costly medical expenses from your tax returns meaning that people who do not meet the threshold could see their taxes rise.

Veteran health care executive Steven Straus has been appointed CEO of Farmington Hills-based aesthetic services provider American Laser Centers , the company announced Thursday.

CrystalensA , the first and only accommodating intraocular lens that allows patients to focus automatically and seamlessly at all distances, is now available in the Baton Rouge area exclusively at the Williamson Eye Center .

There are sportswear firms offering bespoke trainers and funeral companies that sell personalised coffins, but this latest extension of Savile Row principles may shock even the staunchest devotees of mass customisation.

We all have that blemish or imperfection that we wish we could correct, whether it is a crooked bite or spider veins.

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An estimated 100,000 Britons go abroad every year for cosmetic, dental or other types of surgery, hoping to slash the cost of treatment.

Miracle baby Archie Tripp has amazed doctors by celebrating the first birthday they thought he would never reach after being born at just 24 weeks.

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My mom, age 75, is bothered by extremely watery eyes. The symptoms are worse in stores with clothing or fragrances, in windy conditions, and air conditioning.

The Atlantic Laser Vision Center in Little Silver, NJ was recently recognized as a Center of Excellence by Crystalens .

As laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis has grown in popularity, ophthalmologists have sought out increasingly more sophisticated procedures to accommodate patients requiring vision correction surgery.