More than 150 million Americans have poor vision because of a refractive error. Refractive errors make your vision blurry or hazy, making reading difficult, and can ...

Nearly 75% of American adults wear corrective lenses in order to see. For many, procedures like LASIK or PRK have been life changing, allowing them the freedom from wearing glasses or contacts.

DENVER - More than a million people choose laser vision correction every year, most of them opting for Lasik. But they're not all paying the same price. , and settled false-advertising claims with the ...

Between his active lifestyle and working on the computer, Alex Olesen grew tired of glasses and contacts. “I rowed in college, and I play a lot of golf. I always switched between glasses for work, ...

For thousands of people considering LASIK each year, the most common question is also the most personal: “Will it hurt?” Brinton Vision, a premier refractive surgery center in St. Louis, is addressing ...

This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece is part of a series dedicated to the eye and improvements in restoring vision. In 1999, I defined ...

Most people have had eye correction surgery that involves a metal, microkeratome blade and a laser, but there is a newer, more expensive procedure many people choose because there's no metal blade.

Patients who had LASIK eye vision corrective surgery — or Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis — have been weighing in on the recent draft guidelines from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...

Jeff Hannon has spent most of his waking hours since he graduated from the third grade wearing contact lenses. Hannon, 30, breaks out his glasses on rare occasions — at night when he is watching TV at ...

Astigmatism (uh-STIG-muh-tiz-um) is a type of refractive error where one or more of the eye’s surfaces are not smooth and/or ...