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Eye Clinic Performs Free Surgery for First Responder

Thursday, October 6th, 2011

Senior patrol officer Robert McKeithen’s world has come into focus, thanks to ophthalmalogist Rainna Bahadur of Eye Associates of the South. google_color_border = “fbf7cc”; google_color_bg = “f6f4dc”; google_color_link = “802100″; google_color_text = “333333″; google_color_url = “802100″; When Eye Associates got a new Ziemer’s Femtosecond LDV Laser machine about Sept. 11, Bahadur came up with the [...]

Rotary offers free eye surgery – Vanguard

Thursday, October 6th, 2011

No fewer than 1,000 persons suffering from different eye ailments are expected to benefit from the on-going screening and free eye surgery by Rotary Eye Institute at General Hospital, Marina, Lagos. More than 989 eye patients had so far been screened for eye problems at the free screening, which started on October 3 and expected [...]

Food and Drug Administration Warns LASIK Providers not to Make False Claims about LASIK

Saturday, October 1st, 2011

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has alerted eye care professionals not to make untrue safety claims and pledges about LASIK eye surgery, as asserted by a Health Day report. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration dispatched a note to eye care professionals this week saying that they have 90 days to revise any promotional components that make untrue claims. If they don’t obey, the bureau will take regulatory action. FDA representative Erica Jefferson said some physicians manage not amply supply buyers with data about the dangers affiliated with [...]

8 Key Technical Advances in Ophthalmology

Tuesday, September 20th, 2011

Cataract surgeons have adopted several improvements in surgical techniques, says R. Bruce Wallace III, MD, founder and medical director of Wallace Eye Surgery in Alexandria, La., and current president of the Outpatient Ophthalmic Surgery Society. For example, “phaco techniques and implants are now so tiny that standard intraocular lenses are easier to put in,” he [...]

Refractive or Laser Eye Surgery and Insurance

Saturday, September 17th, 2011

Health insurance frequently does not cover the cost of laser or lasik eye surgery, but some companies will capitulate the account under certain criteria. Still other insurance companies that offer a vision plan may supply partial treatment for laser eye surgery. Because laser eye surgery is generally an discretionary surgery, numerous health insurance businesses address it cosmetic and not medically necessary. However, under certain situation, health insurance plans will cover refractive or laser eye surgery. These include: Eye surgery for critical refractive errors. However, there [...]