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If I told you that the Irish army has a strict policy against recruiting those who have had LASIK eye correction surgery (or any of its alternatives), wouldn’t you think the same thing? Wouldn’t you echo my belief that the Irish army is hopelessly outdated on its LASIK policy?
Well, whether you or I believe it […]



The once-sighted blind - i.e. those who were born with sight, but have lost it – may soon be granted partial reprieve from their blindness, and the miracle technology that will do that is a small camera connected to electrodes that are implanted in the brain. In fact, there are already 16 people worldwide with […]

Marriage Through LASIK?

This must be one of the weirdest pieces of news I’ll ever report on. Anyway, let me get back to the point. Recently, a guy (Ryan Phillips-Page) proposed to his girlfriend during a post-LASIK eye exam. Yes, it was a made-for-tv moment as reporters and photographers were all over the exam room.
For your information, […]