Prevent Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Macular degeneration, and more specifically age-related macular degeneration, is a age-related eye disease. In a 2001 study known as the AREDS (age-related eye disease study), researchers found that high doses of vitamins C, E, beta-carotene, and zinc/copper was beneficial in reducing the rate of progression to advanced AMD in patients [...]

Prevent Age-Related Macular Degeneration

What is Amblyopia?

Amblyopia is oftentimes referred to as “Lazy Eye”. To understand what causes lazy eye, you have to first understand how the brain and eyes work together to produce vision. The eye focuses light on the retina. The retina is a layer at the back of the eyeball containing cells that [...]

What is Amblyopia?

Why Consider IPL Treatment Therapy for Chronic Dry Eye Disease

IPL Treatment Therapy is commonly used by cosmetic and medical practitioners to treat skin-related issues for therapeutic and aesthetic purposes. Some of these dermatological issues include sun damage, acne scarring, hair removal, thread veins, and rosacea. Recently IPL is increasingly being used in optometry and ophthalmology to treat chronic dry [...]

Why Consider IPL Treatment Therapy for Chronic Dry Eye Disease

Blue Light, is it Blinding You?

There is a lot going around in the news lately about whether or not Blue Light from your smartphone or electronic device is hurting your eyes. According to a very reputable source, the American Academy of Ophthalmology, Blue Light from your smartphone or other electronic devices is “not” going to [...]

Blue Light, is it Blinding You?

Retinal Detachment Surgery

The retina is the light-sensitive layer of cells (tissue) that lines the inside of the eye and sends visual messages through the optic nerve to the brain. The optic nerve carries visual images from the back of your eye to your brain. A retinal detachment occurs when the retina is [...]

Retinal Detachment Surgery

Angle-Closure Glaucoma

There are several types of glaucoma. The two main types of glaucoma are open-angle and narrow angle glaucoma. Open-angle glaucoma is the most common type of glaucoma and accounts for at least 90% of all glaucoma cases, affecting about three million Americans. It is called open-angle because the angle where [...]

Angle-Closure Glaucoma

Diagnosing Eye Conditions with Optical Coherence Tomography

Invented by James G. Fujimoto, Adolf F. Fercher, Christoph K. Hitzenberger, David Huang, and Eric A. Swanson, Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT scan) was patented at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) in 1991. According to the National Academy of Engineering, these inventors were awarded the 2017 Fritz J. and Dolores H. [...]

Diagnosing Eye Conditions with Optical Coherence Tomography

Laser Cataract Surgery vs. Traditional Cataract Surgery

Which is best for you? Nearly 3 million cataract surgeries are performed each year in the United States with one in three Americans needing cataract surgery at some point in their lives. A cataract is a clouding of the normally clear lens of your eye. Cataracts can make it difficult [...]

Laser Cataract Surgery vs. Traditional Cataract Surgery

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