Interesting

Again, taken from KYW 1060 News Radio's web site.

Implantable Lens for Nearsightedness Approved

by KYW's Dr. Brian McDonough

The latest breakthrough in eye surgery has gained approval from the Food and Drug Administration.

It is called the interocular lens, and the US Food and Drug Administration has now approved its use for people who are nearsighted.


This particular lens can actually be inserted into the eye and allow permanent correction of nearsightedness.

The FDA gave its approval based on a three-year study involving 662 patients with moderate to severe nearsightedness.

At the end of the study, 92 percent of the patients had vision of 20-40 or better and 44 percent had 20-20 eyesight or better.

It is an alternative to other forms of treatment including laser surgery, but there is a downside.

Studies over a three-year period have shown that individuals can have a loss of endothelial cells in the cornea. Endothelial cells are cells that are on the undersurface of the cornea and are essential to keeping the cornea clear.

Heres my take on it. It seems like an exciting new procedure that could have long-term benefits -- but the question is, do you want to be one of the first people to have it or do you want to wait and see what the long-term benefits and risks are?

Remember, if you are suffering from nearsightedness, this is something that can be corrected by a wide variety of other methods. You may not want to be in the first group of people having it. It's exciting, but look at it with caution.
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As most of you know I'm very nearsighted.

This is an interesting developement and is worth looking into. I think I'll wait until I see what the real long term effects will be.

Maybe if I wait long enough they will have a real "bionic" eye. :=3

Col. Steve Austin (the "Six Million Dollar Man") is not that far off.

Two more from KYW 1060.

How callous can one be?
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Man Dumps Baby Onto Highway During Police Chase

Police in Wisconsin say they were stunned when a man they were pursuing dumped a baby in a baby seat out of his car and onto a busy highway.

The dramatic scene was caught on a police cruiser's video.

Officers were following a man who had taken his girlfriend's baby during a domestic dispute.

The driver is seen slowing down abruptly, then opening his car door. Police were expecting the suspect to take off on foot.

Instead, he slid a baby seat out onto the highway and took off again.

On the tape, a police cruiser stops just a few feet from the car seat. Police found the baby, still strapped into the seat, unharmed.

The driver eventually collided with another car. He later died of injuries from that crash.
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All I have to say is he had it coming. :=/

Can you say "D'oh!"
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Police Say Pa. Man Charged with DUI Shows Up Drunk for Hearing

Police in Reading, Pa. say a Berks County man showed up drunk on Monday for his preliminary hearing -- on drunken driving charges.

Officials say 46-year-old Emerson Moore Jr. of Caernarvon Township was awaiting his hearing before Muhlenberg Township district justice Dean Patton when Moore got into an argument with state trooper Roberto Soto.

Soto had arrested Moore in the drunken-driving case June 20th.

Officials say the trooper smelled alcohol on Moore's breath as the two stood in the hallway outside Patton's courtroom.

Police say Moore, who had driven himself to court, had a blood-alcohol level of 0.10 percent. The legal limit for driving in Pennsylvania is 0.08 percent.

Patton revoked Moore's bail in the drunken-driving case and sent him to Berks County Prison on $2,500 bail. The justice said Moore also will be cited for public drunkenness.
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No comment as this one speaks for itself