Treatment Options for Retinal Detachment
While infrequent, retinal tears and detachments are serious medical conditions that require prompt attention and treatment. Knowing the signs and treatment options could help you pursue the right medical treatment sooner. Detecting Retinal Tear and Detachment The retina is the light-sensitive tissue lining the back of our eyes. It converts [...]
Resolutions for Better Eyesight
New Year’s resolutions often revolve around health and wellness, but did you know that many lifestyle changes impact more than your waistband or the number on your scale? They can also affect your eye health. This year, resolve to take care of your eye health and preserve your good vision [...]
Better Vision: Add It To Your Christmas List
If better vision isn’t on your Christmas list this year, you might consider adding it. Improving your eyesight through LASIK, a state-of-the-art laser vision correction surgery, can give you clear, unassisted vision in 2019 and beyond. What better gift could there be? LASIK is a refractive surgery in which the [...]
Everything You Need to Know About Infectious Conjunctivitis, AKA Pink Eye
The temperatures are falling, and as charming as the changing seasons can be, autumn ushers in an unpleasant reality: sick season. Cold and flu are often the offending parties this time of year, but we can’t forget about conjunctivitis, another common condition that plagues children and adults alike. That’s right: [...]
Eye Floaters: What Are They & Should You Be Concerned?
Floaters. Most of us have had them, the little specs -- sometimes more web-like than anything-- floating across your line of sight. They seem to appear out of nowhere, and when you try to look at them, they dart in another direction. What are they? Do you need to be [...]
Contact Lenses: Everything You Need to Know
According to a recent study, an estimated 45 million people in the United States wear contact lenses. Whether you are thinking of wearing contacts or you already wear contact lenses, it’s important to understand how they work, the different types of lenses, and what potential complications they bring. How Contact [...]