And today, laser surgery is helping many people see perfectly without corrective lenses at all.
For example, laser surgery to substantially improve eyesight costs a third of what it did a decade ago.
Defending champion Retief Goosen withdrew from the tournament on Wednesday because of an eye complaint following recent laser surgery.
Consider NovaMed Eyecare, an operator of ten laser surgery centers in the Midwest.
The drug is the first and the only FDA-approved treatment for DME patients, which are treated by laser surgery otherwise.
Some scientists believe that laser surgery may be a better option for sight correction once it is considered completely safe.
If eyedrops and laser surgery aren't effective in controlling your eye pressure, you may need a surgical procedure called a trabeculectomy (truh-bek-u-LEK-tuh-me).
Now 66, she has struggled with diabetes and was once legally blind until laser surgery helped her see well enough to drive.
MMSAs and HSAs will help bring about in the rest of medicine the kind of pricing changes seen in laser surgery for the eyes.
That means that the fundamental physics underlying the Internet, DVDs, laser surgery, and many many more critical parts of the economy are based on bad science.
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Of course the goal of advertising has always been to present the right message to the right consumers but the current form of television advertising that was ushered in during the Mad Men era is a blunt instrument in an age of computer controlled laser surgery.
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Two examples that have already proved this--plastic surgery and laser vision surgery.
Laser is the foundation of countless technologies we use each day: the Internet, digital media, computer hard drives, satellite broadcasting, laser eye surgery, and laser cancer treatment.
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Laser eye surgery, for example, is half the cost it was ten years ago.
Laser eye surgery for simple vision correction, for example, is not covered by most medical plans.
Tiger Woods hits his chip shots with the aid of laser eye surgery.
So I want to end by directing your attention to the laser eye surgery, another medical procedure typically not covered by insurance.
Money in hand, Carpenter plunged into the most lucrative area in eye care today: refractive laser eye surgery to correct faulty vision.
Patients pay cash for elective procedures like stomach-stapling or laser eye surgery, so these customers get in the habit of searching for bargains.
Therefore, if you are already enrolled in a healthcare FSA, try to schedule costly procedures such as Lasik, or laser eye surgery, for 2012.
Still, MSAs can be attractive, particularly if you run up big bills for items that aren't covered by regular insurance, such as alternative medical treatments, orthodontia or laser eye surgery.
Asked about laser eye surgery, 73% said it was too expensive, 37% thought it was too risky and 52% said they did not like the idea of surgery on their eyes.
He plans to release more information at the spring meeting of the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery.
Scavone recently shorted Visx, a provider of laser eye-surgery equipment.
Exercise, use of stockings, injections, surgery and laser treatments are all options, she says.
New laser techniques could revolutionize heart bypass surgery, cut diagnosis time for viruses linked to cancer from weeks to minutes, reduce hospital costs dramatically, and hold out new promise for saving human lives.
Hertzak was the head of the Hertzak Laser Center, which specializes in liposuction and cosmetic surgery.
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