OptiMedica Corp. recently announced results of a clinical study that showed its new Catalys Precision Laser System to be a more precise method to perform cataract surgery, as compared to manual techniques. The data was published in the Science Translational Medicine journal. “These study results clearly indicate that a femtosecond laser with integrated Ocular Coherence [...]

A team of chemists, radiologists and surgeons at the University of California, San Diego, have collaborated to develop a new and highly accurate system of marking breast cancer tissue prior to surgery, that is predicted to significantly reduce the need for second surgeries, as well as reducing the discomfort to patients prior to surgery. This [...]

You can get free LASIK eye surgery, but first you have to be a Major League Baseball umpire or referee. And even then, you have make a bad call during a crucial game to qualify for this special offer from Dr. Dean Dornic. Dr. Dornic, medical director of the Laser Eye Center of Carolina, is [...]

Lindsey Vonn, 2010 Vancouver Olympic Gold medalist and 3-time overall World Cup Champion Skier, has just undergone LASIK surgery and now has better than 20/20 vision. Vonn won the gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in downhill alpine ski racing, the first American woman ever to do so. She also won three consecutive overall [...]

A new and painless treatment for presbyopia is now available in certain countries, and it promises a fast and safe way to get rid of your reading glasses. Intrastromal correction of presbyopia with the femtosecond laser (“intraCOR”) is available is Europe and Singapore. Using a high-tech Femtec femtosecond laser made by a German company called [...]