A Eureka eye center that treats hundreds of patients a week is set to close in February, sparking concern over an upcoming shrinkage of doctors who perform specialist eye treatments and surgeries ...

Sept 17 (Reuters) - Laser surgery for nearsightedness is as safe and effective in older teenagers as it is in adults, researchers reported on Tuesday in Copenhagen at the 43rd Congress of the European ...

A major study of laser correction for short-sightedness shows that the procedure is as safe and effective in older teenagers as it is in adults, according to research presented today (Tuesday) at the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Dr. Charles C. Calenda performed the procedure on a patient’s right eye instead of the left in 2023, according to Department of Health files PROVIDENCE – A Rhode Island doctor was fined after public ...

A Warwick doctor has been fined by the Rhode Island Department of Health after operating on the wrong eye of a patient he was treating. The incident happened on June 28, 2024 when health officials ...

WARWICK, R.I. (WPRI) — A Warwick ophthalmologist has been reprimanded for reportedly performing laser eye surgery on the wrong eye of a patient two years ago, 12 News has learned. The Rhode Island ...

In lab experiments, scientists are testing a new way to reshape the cornea and correct impaired vision, but the research faces many hurdles before it could be approved for use in humans. Scientists ...

A Rhode Island doctor has been fined and reprimanded for performing laser eye surgery on the wrong eye of a patient, according to Rhode Island Department of Health documents reviewed by GoLocal.