Laser Eye Surgery In The News: Keeping An Eye On The Latest InformationIn the everchanging world of medical tecnnology, laser eye surgery procedures continue to evolve. Lasik eye surgery has literally turned eye surgery on it's head with thousands upon thousands of people going under the surgeon's laser during the last few years. While there are no guarantees in the world of medicine, a success rate of 98% is a convincing argument to people contemplating Lasik eye surgery. It's a matter of weighing up the advantages against the disadvantages. New Hope For Adults With 'Lazy Eye' New evidence that the brain regions responsible for vision are capable of adapting in adults offers new hope for those with an untreated condition commonly known as lazy eye. Also called amblyopia, the condition is the most prevalent cause of visual impairment in a single eye, affecting about six million people in the United States alone. LASIK Surgery Boosts Vision Long Time Title: LASIK Surgery Boosts Vision Long TimeCategory: Health NewsCreated: 11/14/2006Last Editorial Review: 11/14/2006 LASIK Surgery: Safer Than Contacts? Title: LASIK Surgery: Safer Than Contacts?Category: Health NewsCreated: 10/12/2006Last Editorial Review: 10/12/2006 Gene Mutation For Eye Disorder Found Title: Gene Mutation for Eye Disorder FoundCategory: Health NewsCreated: 7/25/2008 2:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 7/25/2008 LASIK Vs. LASEK: Both Safe, Effective Title: LASIK vs. LASEK: Both Safe, EffectiveCategory: Health NewsCreated: 1/2/2007Last Editorial Review: 1/2/2007 Interferon Or Surgery For Eye Surface Cancer - Which Is Best? James Chodosh, MD, and colleagues evaluated 29 patients who were treated within a 10-year period for ocular surface squamous neoplasia (OSSN), a type of cancer, either by surgical removal of the tumor or with topical interferon (alfa-2b). There were no statistically significant differences in age, gender-affected eye and tumor size between patients in the two groups. Diabetic Hispanics Missing Out On Eye Exams Title: Diabetic Hispanics Missing Out on Eye ExamsCategory: Health NewsCreated: 7/15/2008 2:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 7/15/2008 News From The Journal Of Neuroscience 1. Modeling Electrophysiological Diversity Variations in morphology and ion-channel expression largely determine the electrophysiological properties of neurons. To investigate whether such variations are sufficient to explain the electrophysiological variability of globus pallidus neurons recorded in brain slices, Gunay et al. created more than 100,000 computer models using three realistic morphologies and variable levels of nine ionic conductances. |
