Alberta is opening the door to more competition in eye care, and Canadian medical groups want the government to close it. On October 26, the provincial government announced an expansion that allows ...

When we talk about getting corrective laser eye surgery, most of us use “LASIK” as a catch-all term. But it is actually just one specific procedure in a much wider family of treatments. Although these ...

Eye injuries are of primary concern. The effect to the eye depends on various factors, including pupil size, pigmentation, laser pulse duration and repetition, and wavelength. Pierre Gougelman had the ...

Jess Dreyfus, a 47-year-old social media marketing manager from Southern California, had worn glasses since she was eight years old and wanted to finally ditch her specs. So for her 40th birthday, she ...

Laser blended vision uses LASIK surgery to help improve a person’s eyesight. The technique involves correcting the longer-distance vision in one eye while leaving the other more nearsighted for ...

Lasik eye surgery may be pitched as a "safe and easy alternative to glasses," but more than half of the people who have it or other laser vision-correction surgery still need to wear glasses at least ...

This story has been corrected. TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER, Hawaii — Patients seeking laser eye surgery can expect longer wait times at this Army hospital as its refractive center transitions from ...

Singer Taylor Swift recently appeared in a video, but not the kind that might win an MTV Video Music Award. (Photo by Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images) After you get laser eye surgery, you can’t just ...

Ultrashort laser pulses can cause retinal lesions at energy levels deemed safe by the American National Standards Institute, ...

Dry eyes after LASIK may be caused by your eyes not producing enough moisturizing tears while they heal. Artificial lubricants can alleviate these symptoms, which typically resolve in a few months.