Laser Eye Surgery

...Boomers (now 45 to 59 years old) were doing the young things - running, rollerblading, bungee jumping, driving a motorcycle - in ever-increasing numbers.

Pick your poison: This generation wasn't going quietly into old age.Just under a year ago, a story in The Hamilton Spectator cited market research showing that more than 61 per cent of boomers felt about 10 years younger than their true age.

"For them," the story said, "50 is the new 40 and 40 is the new 30."News stories and our own day-to-day experience showed us that boomers acted hipper and younger than their parents.

Boomers - the first of them are turning 60 this year - were generally refusing to concede virtually any activity to a younger generation.

The heck with aging gracefully.

This was a generation that just didn't plan to age at all.Denial is a powerful thing.A report this week says boomers have been deluding themselves (ourselves) about the most important issue in aging: our health.

The Heart and Stroke Foundation's annual report on Canadians' health, releas...

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TEXT SIZE: A A A A Site Search site web New Options for Laser Facial Surgery By Tisha Powell (02/17/06 - RALEIGH) - For years, lasers have been used to improve the look and feel of people's skin, but they haven't always been safe enough for everyone.

One local doctor says he's now able to help people of all shades turn back the hands of time with a new type of laser.

Elaine Cunningham is almost 43 and wants younger looking skin.

"I'm look...

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Customer Service: Subscribe Now Contact Us guampdn.com Weather Calendar Jobs Cars Homes Apartments Coupons Classifieds Funerals Dating 7 days Archive Home News Local News Lifestyle Islandstyle Local Sports Obituaries Police Blotter Opinion Nation/World USA Today Travel Technology Weather Photo Galleries Forums Entertainment RSS Feeds Communities Directories Customer Service ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The fight for sight Guam residents try a new procedure to stave off blindness By Jojo Santo Tomas Pacific Daily News santotomas@guampdn.com What it boiled down to, says 64-year-old Gail Reichenberger, was hope.Until early last week, Reichenberger was going blind.

She was in the later stages of diabetic retinopathy, a serious condition caused when diabetes damages the light-sensitive part of the eye called the retina.

Left untreated, patients with diabetic retinopathy can go blind.

ADVERTISEMENT So Reichenberger felt she had a choice: slowly go blind or try a new, barely tested procedure that is not approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

She chose the procedure, she says, because it sounded better than the alternative.

Today, just 11 days later, she's glad she did.

"I feel good now.

There were no side effects to it, except the eye got red, but that cleared up in t...