Eyeing Lasik surgery? (Channel NewsAsia)SINGAPORE: In a country with one of the world’s highest rates of myopia, would Singaporeans opt for laser eye surgery if they knew that the risk of some vision loss is about 100 times more than that when wearing contact lenses?

Doctors say special overnight contact lenses can help reduce myopia (Channel NewsAsia via Yahoo! Singapore News)SINGAPORE : At least 7,000 people in Singapore underwent LASIK surgery last year to treat their shortsightedness, according to the Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC).

Eye doctor gives 10 moms free LASIK procedures (The Salt Lake Tribune)A surgical procedure might seem an unlikely Mother’s Day gift, but 10 moms are being treated to free LASIK eye surgeries by a local ophthalmologist. Brian Davis of Davis Vision Eye Center in South Jordan gave out the gifts as part of a contest advertised in April.

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