FDA Approves Lasik Eye Surgery
by: Ron King
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new custom lasik procedure in September of 2005. This new procedure can now treat many patients who were previously ineligible for the surgery.
Nearsightedness
Nearsightedness occurs when the eye is too long and light rays focus in front of the retina, instead of focusing on the retina. Some of the symptoms of nearsightedness are blurred distant vision, eyestrain, and squinting, along with having a difficult time seeing at night.
Although nearsightedness can be easily fixed with glasses or contact lenses (when not too severe), many people don't like to hassle with either one. With this new lasik procedure, folks will now be able to have pure vision.
Astigmatism
Astigmatism is the effect of the eye being shaped like a football, instead of round like a baseball. This deformity -- where the light rays focus on two points on the retina instead of one -- results in blurred vision, double vision, and shadows on letters when reading. Until recently, this deformity has prevented some people from even getting contact lenses. Breakthroughs in contact lenses have only helped those with slight astigmatism.
However, with this new lasik procedure, patients can now have their eyes repaired to normal, or at least be repaired enough to comfortably wear contact lenses. Either way, their vision is enhanced and many are happy just to get rid of the glasses and finally be able to wear contacts, or possibly nothing at all.
Farsightedness
Farsightedness happens when light rays focus behind the retina instead of on the retina, resulting in blurred near vision. Some patients with severe farsightedness have to step back from what they are reading and others require magnifying glasses to see something that is right in front of them. People with farsightedness can see you 30 feet away, but when you get right up close they can't see you! This can be embarrassing and cause the afflicted person much insecurity along with the feeling that they are going blind.
Farsightedness is easily remedied by wearing glasses to read and see things up close, but it's very inconvenient to constantly be taking your glasses on and off. Not only is it inconvenient, you take the chance of leaving your glasses behind. Some patients keep their glasses on a chain so they won't lose them, but this makes them feel old. Now, lasik surgery is another option for these patients.
New Laser Technology
The FDA recently approved the new Visx STAR Excimer laser system. This fantastic breakthrough in technology allows doctors to do more than they ever could before, giving them the ability to reshape the eye to correct astigmatism, farsightedness and nearsightedness. Before this marvelous breakthrough these patients were not good candidates for lasik eye surgery. They now can join the rest of the vision impaired and have the option for lasik.
Recent FDA studies show that over 98% of all patients receiving these new procedures were seeing 20/40 or better 6 months after surgery. Over 84% were seeing much better than 20/20 after 6 months. Now that's reason to celebrate!
New breakthroughs in lasik eye surgery technology are happening all the time. Now people don't have to be inconvenienced by the hassle of glasses or contacts. All they want to do is to be able to get up in the morning and see normally. These breakthroughs in lasik technology are giving them an improved quality of life that once was unattainable.
About The Author
Ron King Visit http://www.lasik-4u.com to learn more. Ron King is a full-time researcher, writer, and web developer with a http://www.ronxking.com . Copyright 2006 Ron King. This article may be reprinted if the resource box is left intact.
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Postcard Printing Services for the Holiday Season
Postcard Printing Services for the Holiday Season
by: Maricon Williams
Feel the cold breeze. Smell the fresh scent of pines. Stare at the snow falling from the sky. Most of all see the warm and smiling faces of people. One thing is for sure ? Christmas spirit is all over.
Even when there is no Santa around or a cold Mr. Frosty, Christmas can still be felt ? even with just postcards. Yeah, postcards! Personalized postcards are as warm as the fireplace. They can melt frozen hearts and shun grudges among foes.
Full color postcard services can capture your emotions to seize the holiday season. The ask is how can you make an effective, easy to create and affordable full color postcards?
I have noted a few guidelines on how to carry it out. Here they are?
1. Make a List.
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Mitsubishi?s Bright New Idea
Mitsubishi?s Bright New Idea
by: John Richardson
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation is well known for their HDTV rear projection sets. Chances are that you have seen those models that utterly dominate large living rooms, and look similar to big square-like boxes that, if hollowed out, could accommodate a family of rottweilers. Those large monsters, in which the picture quality never looked very good from an angle, will soon be relegated to museums, because rear projectors are getting thinner at a fast clip. Now, Mitsubishi is pioneering a new way to approach the rear projection HDTV-they are using Lasers! With this new idea from Mitsubishi, a RPTV (Rear Projection Television) is transformed because a Laser replaces the usual mercury lamp in the rear of the set. The model is still considered a DLP (Digital Light Projection) but the light comes from red, green and blue Lasers! LASER, which stands for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation...
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When Good Color Goes Bad?
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Women (and men) have been trying to get rid of unwanted hair for centuries. Shaving, plucking, waxing and chemical dilapitory agents have been used by literally billions of people for thousands of years. Yet in Manhattan, the latest trend in hair removal promises long lasting, less painful results than any of these methods.
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by: Chris Bryant, CCIE #12933
To pass your CCNA exam and earn this coveted certification, you've got to master the seven layers of the OSI model and what each layer does.
For those of you taking the two-exam path, you can expect quite a few OSI model questions on the Intro exam. In this seven-part series, we'll spend some time taking a look at each of the OSI model layers, starting with the Physical layer.
Often, CCNA candidates ask if the OSI model has any practical uses for network administrators.
I used to wonder the same thing, and I can now tell you that the answer is definitely yes!
The OSI model isn't something you want to memorize and then forget about, as using the OSI model gives you a structured approach for troubleshooting.
Whenever a network device isn't working properly, I always say to "start at the physical layer".
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If Knowledge is Power, Why Are Professors So Poor?
by: Meredith Keeney
How many times have you heard the statement ?knowledge is power?? How many times have you been told ?you have to go to college to get a good job?? If that is the case, why aren?t the smartest people the richest or most powerful? Why don?t Mensa members fill all the highest slots in the government and run all the big companies? Why have some of the richest people in history been folks of moderate intelligence and sometimes much less than moderate education? Is the connection between knowledge and success just a bunch of hogwash?
In a word, NO, but unfortunately our teachers left something out.
Over and over we have heard statistics that college graduates earn X percent more money a year than non-college graduates. We have also been told repeatedly that if ?you don?t have a good education, you?ll never get a good job and you?ll be a loser all your life?.
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Surveillance Equipment ? The Assurance Of Security
by: John Dougherty
Surveillance equipment usually reminds one of ?007? but with the recent rise in crime rates it is more a necessity than just spy equipment. The surveillance equipment allows you to keep a watch even when you are not physically present at the scene. These are used to monitor the behavior of people (like stealing, harassing etc.) or procedures that do not act desirably. These appliances are thus concealed and obvious.
Since there is always a chance of improper activity in places like shopping malls, public schools, warehouses, parking garages, airport terminals and offices, these places are the ones mostly investing on surveillance equipments. A wide variety of such equipments are available in the market with highly developed technology.
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Do You Need A New Plasma TV?
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