According to many published reports, nearly 50,000 people die every year in the United States due to car accidents. Auto accidents are also among the most common personal injury claims filed not only in California but the rest of the country as well. There are many reasons that can cause a car accident but in [...]
Our eyesight is one of our most treasured senses and it’s not unusual to want to do what you can to ensure your vision remains at its fittest and healthiest. Unfortunately, millions of people in the UK are affected by varying levels of poor eyesight, from mild nearsightedness to partial blindness – both of which [...]
Nothing is more precious than your eyesight. Maintaining good sight and healthy eyes is the responsibility of an individual and his or her ophthalmologist. One look at the complexity of the eye’s structure is enough to understand the need to choose a knowledgeable and professional eye doctor to safeguard your precious sight. Eye Structures For [...]
When you have LASIK to correct your nearsightedness, farsightedness, or astigmatism, that correction lasts for your lifetime. The LASIK laser has changed the shape of your cornea below the surface, in the stable layer called the stroma, and that layer will retain the new shape indefinitely. However, that does not mean that your vision will [...]
What is PRK? PRK (Photorefrective Keratectomy) is a laser vision correction surgery that gives results as good as those of LASIK. It is a quick procedure and is used for people who are not good candidates for LASIK. Your eye surgeon would do a thorough vision and eye health examination to determine whether PRK or [...]
<!– @page { margin: 2cm } P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } –> Biomedics toric contacts are specially designed for people with the eye condition astigmatism, which is a misshaped (football shaped) cornea or optic lens. A toric contact has two different powers or curvatures so that it can rectify both astigmatism AND either myopia (near-sightedness) [...]