The emotional weight behind eye surgery also comes from the stakes involved. People worry about protecting their vision, and ...

When Brent Chapman was 13, he took ibuprofen during a Christmas basketball game. It was a drug he had taken before, but what happened next was anything but routine: He had a severe reaction that ...

An expert MD reveals clear insights into cataract surgery, spotlighting the breakthroughs in treatment: "We live in a time of ...

Virtual reality is becoming a common tool in medicine. Now, New England Vision and Vermont Eye Laser is using the new ...

The suicide of a 26-year-old Pennsylvania police officer over the aftereffects of the popular eye surgery LASIK was not an isolated incident, with others saying the procedure left them with agonizing ...

Brent Chapman can see again after doctors pulled out one of his teeth, flattened it, drilled a hole in it, placed a lens inside and implanted the tooth in one of his eyes. It seems bizarre, but the ...

Gail Lane lost her eyesight ten years ago, the result of a bad reaction to prescription drugs. For the last decade, the 74-year-old retiree in Victoria, Canada, has not seen her friends’ faces, nor ...

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