Vision Correction Surgery
by Dominick Benedetto, MD

In October of 2004, the US FDA approved a new ocular device designed to correct vision for those who are near or farsighted, the Verisyse intraocular lens from Advanced Medical Optics. The approval signaled the beginning of new era in refractive surgery, the correction of optical errors using intraocular implants in contrast to laser reshaping procedures involving the surface of eye.
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Eight Ways to Hold Down Your Health Care Costs
by Teresa Ambord

It’s common knowledge that the cost of health insurance has shot up in the last decade.  Part of the reason is that people with good coverage through their employers consume more health care than they really need, like insisting on an MRI for a headache, or visiting the emergency room when an urgent care center  or doctor visit will do.
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Cancer: Selecting the Right Oncologist, A Personal View
by Michele Blandino

Two summers ago, our family was dealt a devastating blow when my father was diagnosed with cancer. Up to this point, he had been extraordinarily healthy, in fact, with the exception of surgery to repair a ruptured hernia twenty years ago, I couldn’t recall a time when he had missed work due to illness. Yet here he was, sixty-nine years old and scared to death that he wouldn’t live to see his seventieth birthday.
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