Impact of Eating Healthy on your Eyes
Living a healthy lifestyle can be extremely beneficial to preventing eye diseases. One approach to living a healthy lifestyle starts with proper eating which can help prevent or slow down the process of diseases such as dry eye, macular degeneration, cataracts, night blindness, as well as many others. Fruits, vegetables, fish, eggs, grains, legumes and… Read More
Dry Eye and Smartphone Addiction – What’s the Connection?
A recent study found that a high prevalence of smartphone addiction was related to dry eye disease among undergraduate students at the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong. In the aforementioned study, some 102 students were recruited, and smartphone addiction was assessed through the abridged version of the… Read More
[VIDEO] Meeting Patients’ High Expectations With the Softec HD Lens
Transcription: “Hi, I’m Cynthia Matossian from Matossian Eye Associates in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. I’ve been using the Softec HD implant since 2011 when it became available in the United States. I love this lens. I actually use it a lot, and I’ve put in over 1500 of these implants since 2011. “Patients nowadays have such high… Read More
Ending Preventable Diabetic Blindness: This Is My Story
Have you ever considered what it might be like to go blind? This is the story of Andrew Johnson, a Pensacola photographer who received a complimentary diabetic retinal exam during an assignment. Then and discovered he had vision-threatening diabetic eye disease. Have you completed your annual eye exam with one of our eye doctors? If… Read More
Can Diabetes Lead To Cataracts?
People who are diagnosed with diabetes are warned about a number of different conditions, and one of the most common is potential vision problems. What is the link between diabetes and diminished vision? If you have diabetes, are you guaranteed to eventually suffer from cataracts? Let’s investigate. Sugar is the Culprit It is common knowledge… Read More
The Benefits of Internships with Eye Doctors: A First-Hand Perspective
As a student, I have heard countless stories from students just like me who felt as if they never got anything out of an internship, and that, believe it or not, this was “fine” because it simply looked good on their resume. You want to know something? I always felt that those types of internships… Read More
