In 50 short years, laser has beamed its way into thousands of applications that have transformed our modern world. From its uses in manufacturing to telecommunications to medicine, its clearly one of the most important inventions of the last century, reaping rewards in sports professionals across the world….
Category: Press & News
Financial Times
Turning Politics Into A Spectacular Event By Maggie Urry Professor Dan Reinstein of London Vision Clinic gave eye tests to 29 parliamentarians earlier this week. They included Malcolm Wicks, energy minister, Lord (Tom) King, the former Tory defence secretary, and Ed Vaizey, the Cameroon MP for Wantage and Didcot who admitted to regularly washing his contact lenses down the sink. Today is World Sight Day, organised by the World Health Organisation as part of its Vision 2020 campaign to eliminate…
MSN Health And Well-being
How To Have Laser Eye Surgery by Ross Chainey, Health Editor Around 100,000 Brits have Laser Eye Surgery every year and for many of them the procedure is life enhancing. Yet much of the information and advice in circulation is conflicting, and many people therefore remain sceptical. We sent our Health Editor to find out how you can have safe Laser Eye Surgery. Compared to last week, the world through my eyes looks like a different place. No longer will…
Mail Online (The facts and the myths)
Over the years – and I’ve done more than 18,500 procedures – so many of my patients have harboured unfounded fears about the procedure that I wanted to set the record straight. Here are some myths and facts……
Daily Telegraph (Looking Good – Sounding Better)
Although all of us dread going blind or deaf, few of us are proactive about protecting our eyes and ears; they’re easy parts of the body to neglect….
Hello! Magazine
I Can See Clearly Now Many stars can’t believe their eyes after Laser Vision Correction Surgery. But can we all look forward to a life without glasses? Phillip Schofield has a whole new outlook on life these days – and it’s all thanks to vision correction surgery. After having the procedure (which he allowed to be filmed for This Morning), the popular presenter, a glasses wearer since the age of 15, could not quite believe his eyes. “Done! Unbelievable, astonishing,…
The Evening Standard
Why I Decided To Take The Surgical Route by Sam Ross An eye surgeon has avoided being struck off the register after leaving children’s author Jan Fearnley with blurred vision from LASIK laser work to correct her shortsightedness. Each year more than 100,560 laser eye treatments are carried out in Britain, mostly LASIK. Complications are said to occur in three to six percent of patients. So would you take the risk? Here university student Sam Ross reveals his recent experience….
Eye News: The Eye Of God Is Spotted In Space
We’re adding a new feature to the Insight blog the week that features news, some weird and some serious, that appeared recently relating to eyes, vision and laser eye surgery. We hope you enjoy it!…
Daily Mirror
Tony Blair Gun Police Get Laser Surgery To Fix Dodgy Eyesight By Jon Clements They are the crack gun cops who guard Tony Blair, ready to respond in a split second with a precision shot to rub out anyone deemed a threat to his life. Trouble is, some of them don’t have 20/20 vision… Five of the elite armed squad that protect the PM with high-powered pistols and sub-machine guns have dodgy eyes and are being sent for laser surgery…
Top Santé (A Case For Laser Eye Surgery?)
If you’ve got problems with your sight, you’ll almost certainly have considered this option. But it’s not without its risks. Top Santé writer Sharon Parsons chose to undergo the most popular elective surgery in the world – but not without weighing up all the pros and cons first….
