Whole Network Cases Diagnostics Functional Food... News Obesity Studies Treatment

 

U-M Tool Using Tiny Bubbles, Potential Cure for Reading Glasses

Filed in archive Treatment by Gloria Gamat on June 6, 2006

U-M Tool Using Tiny Bubbles, Potential Cure for Reading Glasses
Presbyopia is a condition where the eyes are unable to focus on close objects, resulting in blurred vision. This condition is shall we say age-related that affects 100% of people in their 50's but usually starts at age 40. That's why people in this age bracket cannot function normally without reading glasses.

Laser correction of the intraocular lenslinks was proposed for the treatment of presbyopia. However, this procedure is risky because there is no way for ophthalmologists to see what they are doing to the lens being cut.

There is a new tool being developed at the University of Michigan that allows for a potentially noninvasive, painless fix to presbyopia using tiny bubbles that help ophthalmologists reshape the eye's lens and restore its flexibility and focusing ability.

Read more at Science Daily.






Permalink: U-M Tool Using Tiny Bubbles, Potential Cure for Reading Glasses
Tags: reading  glasses 

Trackback: http://www.creative-weblogging.com/cgi-bin/mt-tb.pl/23278

Related Entries:

Reading for Kids - 05 December 2005

Icuiti VR920 Gamer Glasses - 27 March 2007

Double Your Reading Rate - 27 March 2007

Sun Glasses & Earring Matching - 08 June 2007

Wine Gift Monday: Silhouette Wine Glasses - 10 December 2007

The Power of Pink - 02 August 2008

Unique Wine Glasses - 16 August 2008





RSSrss   | See all blog subscribe options
Google google   |   What is RSS?
Yahoo! yahoo
Addthis Subscribe using any feed reader!
Bloglines Bloglines
Newsletter
Grouptivity

Use the search to look for other interesting posts

pic


 
  • Advertise with us

  • Learn more about our advertising options or email advertising - at - creative-weblogging.com or give us a call at +1 (650) 331 4900.


  • Testimonials

  • 'Thanks, for a very interesting and informative Blog.'

    'Thanks for doing this; it's a terrific site.'

    'I don't know...but why I don't find such informative and profitable blogs so often, I suspect blogging world is becoming so small that we can't find such lucrative blogs like this one.'
Health & Medicine - Top Blogs Philippines

  • Other blogs in the same channel in the Creative Weblogging Network







 

Tagcloud: Allergies Alzheimer's Disease Arthritis Bacteria and Bacterial Infections Blog Carnivals Bone Health Cancer Cardiovascular Health Cases Consumer Alert Controversies Dental Health Diabetes Diagnostics Diarrhea Diet Dietary Supplements and Vitamins Digestive Disorders Epilepsy Eye Health FDA Approvals Functional Foods Genetics HIV & AIDS Influenza Investigational Kid's Health Lung Conditions Lupus Malaria Medical Blogs & Blogging Medical Career Medical Devices Men's Health Mental Maladies Miscellany Multiple Sclerosis Muscular Disorders Nanotechnology Neurological Disorders News Obesity Opinion Oral Health Pain Management Parkinson's Disease Plants & Herbs Poison & Antidotes Pregnancy & Child Birth Psoriasis & Skin Diseases Sexual Health Sleep Disorders Sponsored Post Stem Cell Research Studies Treatment Tuberculosis Viruses and Viral Infection Weight Loss Women's Health