Say goodbye to glasses

If you have always wanted a permanent solution to wearing glasses, then spend just 15 minutes under the laser and you can say adios to those ugly frames. Laser surgery is popular, largely painless and every effective.

Nearsighted fix: I couldn’t tell who my friends were

Barb Merriman was tethered to her first pair of eyeglasses at age 7. Without them, she was lost – literally.

Researchers Perform Real-time Laser Cell Surgery over Internet

In an effort to combine sophisticated laser and Internet technologies, scientists in Australia have successfully performed laser surgery and “optical trapping� in a Southern California laboratory via the Internet.

Cataract procedure alleviates need for glasses

Dave Wallace found himself in quite a quandary. The 76-year-old River Bend resident suffered from cataracts and disliked wearing glasses. Yet as an avid cyclist, he needed to see the road.

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