September 12th, 2006
This weekend is the International Vision Expo in Las Vegas and hundreds if not thousands of optometrists will make their way to the convention capitol of the world to listen to seminars, visit with company sales representatives and perhaps even socialize. 
Many optometrists from the San Francisco Bay Area will attend this gathering as well.  […]

September 12th, 2006
Here is an article in a Northern California Newspaper.

The ads stare back at you — Lasik for $499. It’s an aggressive price from an aggressive new discount laser eye-surgery company that set up shop in Rancho Cordova about two weeks ago.
 
The arrival is The Lasik Vision Institute of Lake Worth, Fla., which […]

September 5th, 2006

Turner Eye Institute uses the most advanced FS Laser System for the Intralase laser.  Results have been exceptional.  At the current time, Dr. Stephen Turner tends to select the intralase laser for hyperopic patients and patients with a significant amount of astigmatism.  Dr. Turner chooses these cases as they have a slightly […]

While LASIK is the most popular form of surgical vision correction today with over a million Americans undergoing the procedure each year, that might change in the near future.  Implantable Collamer Lenses (commonly known as Phakic Intra-Ocular Lenses), such as Visian ICL, might be the next wave of vision treatments.  Unlike LASIK, Implantable Collamer Lenses […]

September 25th, 2006

Turner Eye Institute Medical Group has seen an increase in patients having Intralase surgery.  Much of this increase can be attributed to recent upgrades in the intralase laser.  As the technology has become more advanced, Dr. Turner is much more enthusiastic about introducing it to patients who are excellent candidate for the all-laser lasik procedure.
 

Each patient […]

September 29th, 2006
In a comparative study of patients who underwent LASIK and/or Visian ICL it was discovered that the Visian ICL not only compared favorably to LASIK surgery but in fact exceeded the results of LASIK surgery in many categories.

Patients who were in the 8-12 range of myopia were seen to favor visian over LASIK […]

October 3rd, 2006

This article was written by Charles Q. Choi and published in LiveScience magazine on Oct. 2, 2006.  You can find it at the livescience website.
 
 

Scanning the eyes with lasers could help detect signs of Alzheimer’s even before symptoms of the disease appear in the brain.  These laser tests could improve patients’ chances […]