Optical Express News

Optical Express are pleased to support this pioneering vision research project to help in the development of new treatments for several common visual disorders.

The UK has a growing deaf community of nine million people, with a 45 per cent increase in the number of registered deaf people since 1987.

The Iceman - aka Cameron Hudson, makes his dreams a reality.

Optical Express is to sponsor an optometrist's epic quest to trek across Antarctica and help his research into the effects of 24-hour daylight on vision.

In the majority of sports that extra something often comes from sharp vision and precise visual acuity, and with the latest advances in laser eye surgery, many athletes and sports people are setting their sights on precision vision.

US space agency NASA has for the first time approved LASIK surgery for would-be astronauts who previously would have been disqualified from applying for its training programmes.

Louise Harte a television presenter for VeeSee TV received free laser vision correction from The Optical Express Group and is one of the first deaf people in the UK to undergo laser vision correction.

Poor eyesight has long been the bugaboo of many aspiring astronauts, disqualifying more would-be space travelers than any other physical requirement since the beginning of the U.S. astronaut program in 1959.

NASA follows in the footsteps of the Navy and Air Force as they endorse the procedures and technology used in Optical Express clinics.

Mark Maultby underwent a LASIK procedure at Optical Express before embarking on a round the world bicycle trip, titled Ride Earth, to raise money for charity.