I was rushed into hospital with chest pains, and treated as a five-star patient with clot-busting drugs and diamorphine. But the diamorphine had a bizarre effect on me - as if I was having a second heart attack.
Laser surgery - though not necessarily on the cornea - is used in the treatment of other eye conditions, including:
* Longsightedness (hyperopia):
MACULAR DEGENERATION: A drug-free therapy
Researchers at the University of California have found that vitamin D3 - available as a supplement - has a protective effect only at levels of 1000 IU (international units) a day. The UK government’s recommended safe upper limit dose is just 400...
Of all the illnesses of the aging eye - including glaucoma and cataracts - Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the only one that is sharply on the rise. But what medicine has seldom explored is the role of diet in the development of this...
Also known as age-related macular degeneration (AMD), this condition is the leading cause of irreversible blindness in adults over 50 years of age. The incidence of AMD in persons over 65 years of age is 10 percent and increases to more than 28...
