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News Int'l Business Interviews Articles Cricket News Features Columns News by City by State People Acting Artists Movies Lasik - The Right Procedure For Your EyesMarch 05, 2006by Michael Russell When it comes to eye impairments, there are many concerns.

The eyes are one of the most sensitive parts of the body, which means that even a little, tiny mistake may put total vision at risk .

With so many doubts, worries and frustration, Lasik vision correction surgery appears to be the number one choice of thousands of people who have any sort of vision impairment.

This is because of the safety involved in the procedure plus the benefits.

What could please people more than combining safety with benefits?

This surgery is safe due to the unique type of laser used: the excimer.

This special light was designed exclusively to be used in Lasik surgery, offering no risk to people who undergo the procedure.

Lasik surgery is declared to be the best and the highest technology procedure to correct vision impairments.

Lasik Procedure The Lasik procedure is really simple.

It's so simple that people who undergo this surgery are able to get back to work the next day.

There is no need to stay at home and spend those boring days - as doctors like to say - recovering.

The idea lies in the fact that all vision impairment has to do wi...

...Lofstrom’s experience shows how the accounts are supposed to work, and the way many of us may obtain health care in coming years.

Boosters note that HSAs give people an incentive to think twice before going to the doctor or the hospital.

They say that can keep a lid on health costs.

“It permits the individual to be more engaged in their health care,” said Dennis Triplett, president of Kansas City-based UMB Healthcare Services, which provides services for health savings account funds.

Big bucks For banks and health insurance companies, health savings accounts offer a tremendous new source of revenue.

DiamondCluster International, a consulting firm, estimates that $75 billion in assets could be parked in these accounts by 2010.

Those assets have to be managed.

“Some banks see this as an opportunity to partner with health insurers or third-party benefit administrators, to develop a new income source,” said Triplett.

“Other banks are doing this to accommodate their existing client base with another service.” The money-making potential of the accounts has created a climate for bank-health insurance cross-pollination.

UnitedHealth Group, one of the nation’s largest insurers, has chartered its own bank to service HSA assets, and the Chicago-based Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association also is chartering a bank.

The association also is partne...

... The Herald Standard - Sports - 03/05/2006 - Brownsville's Davis excels despite vision impairment caused by uveitis Contact Us Home Delivery QUICK SEARCH: NewsSportsObituariesClassifiedsArchivesJob SearchMarketplaceSpecial Sections Clear 26°5 Day Forecast Registration Home : News : Sports : Local SportsHome  Sports > Local Sports Sunday, March 05, 2006 Brownsville's Davis excels despite vision impairment caused by uveitis By Rob Burchianti, Herald-Standard03/05/2006Email to a friendPost a CommentPrinter-friendly REDSTONE TWP.

- James Davis remembers it like it was yesterday.

Davis was watching his youngest son, eight-year-old Jacob Jamil Davis, playing catch at a friend's graduation party.

"He and Ryan Bashour were throwing a ball around and I noticed Jacob was having trouble catching it," Davis recalled.

"It was noticeable something was wrong."From that day on Davis, of Davis & Davis, Attorneys at Law, his son and his family have been on an emotional roller coaster when it's come to Jacob's vision.Jacob - "Jake" as he prefers, although his father still calls him the former - was eventually diagnosed with uveitis, which caused dense cataracts in both of his eyes and led to several major surgeries.A decade later Davis, now a senior at Brownsville Area Senior High School, continues to have vision impairment.A three-sport athlete, Davis missed a good portion of this past football season - he was the Falcons' starting quarterback - and adm...