This is the 6th of a series of eight articles chronicling the development of Customized Ablation or Wavefront Directed Lasik. This column was written following the pre-meetings before the 2001 AAO meeting and was published in the January 15, 2002 issue of Ocular Surgery News. Technology Update Irving J. Arons Spectrum Consulting AAO Refractive Pre-meetings Focus on LASIK, LASEK [LASIK results are improving with active eye trackers. LASEK may provide better results with wavefront-guided ablation. Other options seem far off in development.] As I have done for several years, I attended the refractive pre-meetings held by the International Society of Refractive Surgery (ISRS) and the Refractive Surgery Interest Group (RSIG) , prior to visiting the AAO exhibit halls. This year, after looking at both programs, I decided to spend most of my time at the ISRS Fall Refractive Symposium. That two-day program was jam-packed with sessions of interest, and I had to pick and choose carefully in ord...
6 Strategies for Using Yoga to Help Medical Conditions
by Nina and Baxter De Jur, Age 57 “So, short of unconsciousness, I feel that there is no condition that yoga could not potentially help with!” In Baxter’s post Health Problems that Yoga Can't Help With, he made the dramatic statement that he felt there is no condition that yoga could not potentially help with. His reasoning was: “Yoga certainly can bring our minds and bodies into better balance, and seems to support many of the healing systems in our own bodies in working more efficiently. And, of course, stress management, pain management, and bolstering the immune system via yoga can always help at some level with just about any conceivable health issue we may face, even if you are dying.” Since then, the two of us have been working on identifying the basic strategies that will provide the help he was describing. These six strategies can be used on their own or in any combination as required by the condition. For example, if you are recovering from cancer, you could work on muscu...
