Due to a constriction of blood vessels caused by diabetes, 35-year-old Michael Larkin was losing his sight. By entering the eye wall with microscopic instruments and lasers, Dr. Julia Haller, of the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins Medical Center, removes the bloody fluid causing the blurred vision. Dr. Haller performs approximately 500 of these procedures a year. A Discovery Channel Production. (46 minutes)

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