An implantable contact lens that corrects vision in nearsighted patients is safe and does not have some of the side-effects of laser surgery. The researchers at the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s clinical journal Ophthalmology said that no patients opting for implantable contact lens have reported increased problems, such as glare halos, double vision, night vision or difficulty driving at night, all of which are the potential side-effects of Lasik surgery.

ARVO Researchers used a new imaging technique to take high quality color photographs of the clinical stages of ocular inflammation in mice, and the technology could help in the monitoring and treatment of diseases of the eye that may cause blindness. It featured the use of Topical Endoscopic Fundal Imaging (TEFI), a technique that uses an endoscope with parallel illumination and observation channels connected to a digital camera. The study was published in the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology journal Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science.