(News Report) August is cataract awareness month and the American Academy of Ophthalmology wants people to know they don’t have to live with the vision loss caused by cataracts. New, effective and simple surgeries can restore full vision to the more than 20 million Americans over 40 who have cataracts.

By Dr. David A. Goldman

Dr. David A. Goldman is board certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology and available for consultation on LASIK, cataract, and corneal and external diseases at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at Palm Beach Gardens.

Wouldn't you love to experience life free from contact lenses and eyeglasses?

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Laser eye surgery is popular -- last year alone, an estimated 1.5 million people had the procedure done to correct their vision, although it is often not covered by insurance.

Consumer Reports Magazine says the expense, along with the fact that you're dealing with

Presbyopic LASIK using a new nonlinear aspheric ablation profile that increases the depth of field of the eye allows micro-monovision to safely and effectively treat presbyopia in combination with myopia, hyperopia and emmetropia, a surgeon said.

Dan Z. Reinstein, MD, MA(Cantab), FRCSC, FRCOphth,

Did you know that about 20 million Americans over age 40 have cataracts? A cataract is the clouding of the eye’s normally clear lens, blocking the passage of light needed for vision.

Cataracts form easily and cause no pain. Some stay small and hardly
affect vision, but if a cataract

By RANDY GRIFFITH
The Tribune-Democrat

For those losing vision as they get older, cataract surgery long has been a godsend.

Now, experts say technology has made it even better for many patients.

A new generation of artificial implanted lenses has created new options, eliminating the need for glasses

PATIENTS face a double whammy from government rebate cuts for cataract surgery, with the publicly owned Medibank Private also halving its member benefits for the procedure.

The nation's biggest health fund will pay out about $290

In a study that may change how surgeons evaluate candidates for LASIK and other elective surgery in the future, researchers Jennifer Morse, MD, Steven C. Schallhorn, MD, and David J. Tanzer, MD are finding that a patient's personality may influence their overall satisfaction and visual quality of life after refractive surgery.

Pulses of light clean key membrane to prevent the onset of macular degeneration

Denis Campbell, health correspondent

The Observer, Sunday 5 July 2009

Millions of people could have their eyesight saved thanks to ground-breaking laser treatment that has

Preliminary results of a study of U.S. Navy aviators receiving all-laser iLASIK treatment show 97 percent of eyes attain 20/20 or better uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA) the day after surgery and 100 percent have 20/20 or better UCVA one week after surgery.

The study is investigating the effect of a new fifth-generation