81. ABC7Chicago.com Focus On Farsightedness Focus on farsightedness. July 8, 2002 — Just a few years ago lasik surgery cameout and people everywhere were able to throw away their glasses. http://abclocal.go.com/wls/health/070802_hs_farsighted1.html

82. LASIK Treatment For Farsightedness: 9/98 LASIK being tested as treatment for farsightedness. BY RUTHANN RICHTER.Ophthalmologists at Stanford have begun a clinical trial of a new laser treatment to http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/1998/september30/lasik930.html

Issue of September 30, 1998 LASIK being tested as treatment for farsightedness BY RUTHANN RICHTER Ophthalmologists at Stanford have begun a clinical trial of a new laser treatment to correct vision in people who are naturally farsighted, with or without astigmatism, or who have become farsighted as a result of earlier eye surgeries. The trial is believed to be one of the first in the United States to test the value of the technique in patients with these vision problems, said Edward Manche, MD, assistant professor of ophthalmology and director of refractive surgery. The technique is called LASIK, or laser in-situ keratomileusis. "There were many people who had radial keratotomy [RK] and who are farsighted because of the unrecognized consequences of the progression toward farsightedness. Up until now, there was nothing we could offer them. This offers a solution to patients who have had RK in the past and are farsighted as a result," said Manche, the principal investigator in the new trial. Radial keratotomy is a once-popular procedure in which doctors reshaped the cornea through a series of tiny incisions. The technique faded from the scene with the advent, in 1985, of the excimer laser, now the tool of choice for refractive surgeons, Manche said. In the meantime, however, thousands of once-nearsighted patients developed farsighted vision as a result of overcorrection by RK, he said.

83. Experimental Treatment For Farsightedness: 4/99 Stanford tests experimental treatment for farsightedness. BY MITCH LESLIE.An experimental method to correct farsightedness is being tested at Stanford in http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/1999/april14/farsight-414.html

Issue of April 14, 1999 Stanford tests experimental treatment for farsightedness BY MITCH LESLIE An experimental method to correct farsightedness is being tested at Stanford in the nation's first clinical trial of the procedure. The fast, painless outpatient treatment uses radio-frequency energy to reshape the front of the eye. For patients treated thus far, the technique has provided immediate improvement in vision, said Edward Manche, MD, assistant professor of ophthamology and director of cornea and refractive surgery. Vision continued to sharpen in the weeks after the procedure as the eye settled into its new shape, added Manche, who is national medical monitor of a four-center FDA clinical trial of the effectiveness, safety, and stability of the technique. The procedure has been previously tested only in Italy and Mexico. Since starting Stanford's trial about six weeks ago, Manche has treated four patients, all of whom now have at least 20/25 vision, he said. Before the therapy, none had vision better than 20/40 the limit to drive legally without corrective lenses, Manche said. Manche presented preliminary data on these patients April 11 at the annual meeting of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, held in Seattle, Washington.

84. HGOnSite Article Nearsightedness and farsightedness. In farsightedness, or hyperopia, visionis often better at a distance than up close (although it may be blurry both http://www.emoryhealthcare.org/HealthGate/11465.html

Home Find a Physician Departments Facilities ... Ways to Give Search: Patient/Visitor Guide About Us For Physicians News/Media ... Ways to Give "U.S." News Ranks Emory University Hospital Among Nation's Best Hospitals In Seven Specialties Click Here for More.... Emory Eye Center Nearsightedness and Farsightedness (Myopia and Hyperopia) by Michelle Badash, MS Definition In nearsightedness, or myopia, vision is better up close than at a distance. In farsightedness, or hyperopia, vision is often better at a distance than up close (although it may be blurry both at a distance and up close). Causes Both of these conditions are caused by structural distortions within the eye. Myopia In myopia, your eyes focus ahead of the retina. This usually occurs with an eyeball that is longer or a cornea that is steeper than normal. Hyperopia In hyperopia, your eyes focus past the retina. This usually occurs if your eyeball is too short or the cornea has too little curvature. With aging, the lens of the eye becomes less flexible and cannot focus as well on close objects. This condition, called presbyopia, accounts for the development of farsightedness in most people after the age of 40. Risk Factors A risk factor is something that increases your chance of getting a disease or condition. Risk factors are slightly different for the two types of vision disorders.

85. Farsightedness Treatment Available At Laser Center: 11/6 farsightedness is normally due to the curvature of the cornea, “Patients withmild to moderate farsightedness would have difficulty seeing the E on the http://www.musc.edu/catalyst/archive/1998/co11-6farsight.htm

Farsightedness treatment available at laser center Until recently, the only corrective options available for people with hyperopia, or farsightedness, were glasses or contacts. Now, the same laser technology that has been used for several years to treat myopia, or nearsightedness, can be used to correct farsightedness. The Food and Drug Administration recently approved the use of the VISX STAR S2TM Excimer Laser System to treat mild to moderate farsightedness and farsightedness with astigmatism. The excimer laser improves the focus of a farsighted eye by permanently reshaping the cornea. VISX is the first and only laser manufacturer in the United States to receive approval to treat hyperopia. Because ophthalmologists at the Magill Laser Center have been participating in investigational trails using the excimer laser to treat hyperopia, MUSC can begin treating farsighted patients immediately. “It is exciting to be one of the first centers to offer our farsighted patients the option of having their vision enhanced through refractive surgery,” said Kerry D. Solomon, M.D., medical director of the Magill Laser Center. “Clinical experience indicates that laser vision correction can reduce or eliminate the need for glasses for patients who have difficulty seeing in the distance and close up.” The excimer laser procedure is painless and takes only two to three minutes. Prior to surgery, numbing drops are placed in the patient’s eye. The excimer laser, programmed to specifically address a patient’s unique corneal shape, emits a beam that removes small amounts of corneal tissue.

86. Farsightedness Links Links to information about farsightedness. farsightedness Links. Healthtouch Health Information farsightedness (Hyperopia). http://www.blind.net/bg200100.htm

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87. Refractive Errors Corrected By LASIK Eye Surgery – Myopia, Hyperopia, Astigmati farsightedness or hyperopia occurs due to an irregularly shaped cornea whenlight enters the eye it focuses behind the retina, rather than directly on the http://www.lasikfyi.com/refractive_errors.html

Home Articles News Glossary ... City LASIK Topics Improve your vision and enhance your life! LASIK How Your Eyes Work Refractive Errors LASIK Surgery ... Excimer Lasers LASIK Refractive Errors The three most common refractive errors that can be surgically corrected with LASIK are nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism. Nearsightedness (Myopia) Nearsightedness or myopia occurs due to an irregularly shaped cornea - when light enters the eye it focuses in front of the retina, rather than directly on the retina. If you are nearsighted you will see well up close, but distant objects will be fuzzy. Farsightedness (Hyperopia) Farsightedness or hyperopia occurs due to an irregularly shaped cornea - when light enters the eye it focuses behind the retina, rather than directly on the retina. If you are farsighted you will have trouble seeing objects up close, but will see distant objects clearly. Astigmatism The most common of all eye disorders, astigmatism occurs when the eye is shaped more like a football than a basketball. This odd shape causes the light to focus on two points of the retina, rather than one.

88. KESQ NewsChannel 3 Palm Springs, CA: Farsightedness (Hyperopia) farsightedness, or hyperopia, as it is medically termed, farsightedness occursif your eyeball is too short or the cornea has too little curvature, http://kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=1330287

89. Farsightedness And Cautiousness In Coalition Formation Downloadable ! Author(s) Ana, MAULEON Vincent, VANNETELBOSCH. 2003 AbstractWe adopt the largest consistent set defined by Chwe (J. of Econ. http://ideas.repec.org/p/ctl/louvir/2003003.html

This file is part of IDEAS , which uses RePEc data Papers Articles Software Books ... Help! Farsightedness and Cautiousness in Coalition Formation Author info Abstract Publisher info Download info ... Statistics Author Info Ana, MAULEON Vincent, VANNETELBOSCH liame2('be','ac','ucl','ires','m7i7','vannetelbosch') ) (UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN, Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES)) Additional information is available for the following registered author(s): Ana Mauleon Vincent Vannetelbosch Abstract We adopt the largest consistent set defined by Chwe (J. of Econ. Theory 63 (1994, 299-235) to predict which coalition structures are possibly stable when prayers are farsighted. We also introduce a refinement. the largest cautious consistent set, based on the assumption that players are cautious. For games with positive spillovers, many coalition structures may belong to the largest consistent set. The grand coalition, which is the efficient coalition structure, always belongs to the largest consistent set and is the unique one to belong to the largest cautious consistent set. Download Info To download: If you experience problems downloading a file, check if you have the proper

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This file is part of IDEAS , which uses RePEc data Papers Articles Software Books ... Help! Farsightedness and Cautiousness in Coalition Formation Author info Abstract Publisher info Download info ... Statistics Author Info Ana Mauleon (LABORES (URA 362, CNRS), Universit© Catholique de Lille, France) Vincent Vannetelbosch (FNRS, IRES and CORE, Universit© Catholique de Louvain, Belgium) Additional information is available for the following registered author(s): Ana Mauleon Abstract We adopt the largest consistent set defined by Chwe [J. of Econ. Theory 63 (1994), 299-235] to predict which coalition structures are possibly stable when players are farsighted. We also introduce a refinement, the largest cautious consistent set, based on the assumption that players are cautious. For games with positive spillovers, many coalition structures may belong to the largest consistent set. The grand coalition, which is the efficient coalition structure, always belongs to the largest consistent set and is the unique one to belong to the largest cautious consistent set. Download Info To download: If you experience problems downloading a file, check if you have the proper

91. USATODAY.com - Researchers Find Hope For Cataracts, Farsightedness Researchers are developing a new gellike material may one day replace diseasedor aging lenses in the human eyes for people who have cataracts or http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2003-10-29-cataracts-usat_x.htm

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92. Hopkins Offers Non-Laser Correction Farsightedness Surgeons at Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute are now offering conductivekeratoplasty, or CK, to correct lowlevel farsightedness in selected patients http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/09/020927070440.htm

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93. Frequently Asked Questions - New York Eye & Ear Infirmary Many people think that farsightedness must be the opposite of nearsightedness . However, if the farsightedness is corrected with glasses, http://www.nyee.edu/faqlist.html?tablename=faq&key=74&print=

94. FuturePundit: Radio Waves To Correct Farsightedness Radio waves to correct farsightedness now offering conductive keratoplasty,or CK, to correct lowlevel farsightedness in selected patients over age 40. http://www.futurepundit.com/archives/000205.html

FuturePundit Future technological trends and their likely effects on human society, politics and evolution. Go Read More Posts On FuturePundit October 01, 2002 Radio waves to correct farsightedness Some day in the future everyone will have perfect eyesight. Some Johns Hopkins scientists have just moved us closer to that day: Surgeons at Johns Hopkins' Wilmer Eye Institute are now offering conductive keratoplasty, or CK, to correct low-level farsightedness in selected patients over age 40. The procedure, approved in April by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, is the first non-laser treatment for hyperopia, a condition in which people can see objects far away but have trouble focusing on those nearby. It is an outpatient surgery performed under local anesthesia in just a few minutes. Unlike laser treatments, which use light waves as an energy source, CK uses radiofrequency waves, a form of electromagnetic energy, to re-shape the peripheral cornea. The energy is similar in some respects to the microwaves that power CB radios and cell phones. CK employs a pen-shaped instrument with a tip as thin as a human hair that releases the radiofrequency energy. The tip is applied in a circular pattern on the outer layer of the front of the eyeball to shrink small areas of tissue. The result is a constrictive band of tissue, similar to a tightened belt, that increases the overall curvature of the cornea.

95. MSN Encarta - Farsightedness farsightedness, also called hyperopia, common name for a defect in vision inwhich a person sees near objects with blurred vision, while distant http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761555957/Farsightedness.html

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96. Health Library - farsightedness, also called hyperopia, is the inability of the eye to focus farsightedness occurs when an eye is too short lengthwise, the cornea is not http://www.mountauburn.caregroup.org/library/healthguide/en-us/support/topic.asp

97. New Laser Treatment For Farsightedness Offered At New York Weill Cornell Medical New Laser Treatment for farsightedness Offered at New York Weill Cornell MedicalCenter. New York, NY (August 3, 2000) A new procedure has been approved http://www.med.cornell.edu/news/press/aug_3_farsight.html

Advanced Search New Laser Treatment for Farsightedness Offered at New York Weill Cornell Medical Center New York, NY (August 3, 2000) A new procedure has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to correct farsightedness. Laser Thermal Keratoplasty (LTK) takes less than three seconds per eye and involves no cutting or removal of corneal eye tissue. Currently, the only site in the northeastern U.S. that offers LTK is the Weill Cornell Medical Center of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital at its Laser Vision Correction Center. According to Sandra Belmont, MD, FACS, the Director of the Weill Cornell Laser Vision Correction Center, and one of the principal investigators for the FDA study, farsightedness, or hyperopia, is the most common refractive error among Americans. There are 60 million farsighted Americans over the age of 40 in the U.S. During the LTK procedure, two concentric rings of eight simultaneous spots of laser energy are applied to the mid-periphery of the cornea (outside of the optical zone). The collagen shrinks, steeping the cornea.

98. Farsightedness farsightedness (hyperopia) is a common vision condition in which you can see objects The degree of your farsightedness determines your focusing ability. http://www.wkbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=3647731

99. Vision farsightedness. If the eyeball is too short or the lens too flat or inflexible,the light rays farsightedness is called hypermetropia. Nearsightedness. http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/V/Vision.html

Index to this page The blind spot The lens The Retina Rod Vision ... Blue vision The Human Eye The human eye is wrapped in three layers of tissue: the sclerotic coat This tough layer creates the "white" of the eye except in the front where it forms the transparent cornea . The cornea admits light to the interior of the eye and bends the light rays to that they can be brought to a focus. The surface of the cornea is kept moist and dust-free by secretions from the tear glands. the choroid coat This middle layer is deeply pigmented with melanin . It reduces reflection of stray light within the eye. The choroid coat forms the iris in the front of the eye. This, too, is pigmented and is responsible for eye "color". The size of its opening, the pupil , is variable and under the control of the autonomic nervous system . In dim light (or when danger threatens), the pupil opens wider letting more light into the eye. In bright light the pupil closes down. This not only reduces the amount of light entering the eye but also improves its image-forming ability (as does "stopping down" the iris diaphragm of a camera). the retina The retina is the inner layer of the eye. It contains the light receptors, the

100. The Eyecare Trust - Farsightedness - Raising Awareness Of Eye Care And Eye Wear A British charity that raises awareness of eye care and eye health. http://www.eye-care.org.uk/item_view.php?item_id=81&content_id=4

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