Diabetic eye problems can begin without symptoms of any kind. Conditions such as Diabetic Retinopathy and Diabetic Macular Edema, both of which cause damage to the retina's blood vessels, develop slowly but eventually lead to vision impairment or loss. If you have diabetes, taking proper care of your eyes is the best way to prevent these conditions or at least to catch them early. However, Read More....
Monovision cataract surgery helps correct near vision after cataract surgery. Depending on your near vision requirements and your expectations, monovision cataract surgery using astigmatism correcting toric lens implants could be right for you. The process requires careful measurements and calculations, and also very meticulous lens implant selection and placement. If you’ve not had monovision contact lenses before, it’s important to do a trial run with them. This allows you to test youRead More....
Cataracts causes cloudy vision and, if untreated, can lead to blindness. It’s comforting to know that surgery to remove cataracts can be performed swiftly and easily. Still, detecting them early can make a difference, both for you and for the future health of your eyes.
Getting regular eye exams is key in detecting cataract development. During an eye checkup, you’ll be asked to look through an instrument that has a tiny holRead More....
Not all news is bad news! Times are tough for many, but a Salt Lake City Eye Center teamed up with a local health clinic to select twelve people to receive cataract surgery. The clinic serves those who have no or low income, so those selected would have otherwise not been able to have their cataracts removed. Doctors volunteered their time in an effortRead More....
Bad eyesight is not only frustrating, but it could be unnecessary as well. Better eyesight could mean choosing between a range of lens options that are designed to restore your vision. Let’s look at the most common lenses, and how they differ.
A variety of multifocal lenses are available, and they all work in one of two basic ways. One design presents two images to the retina, one focused close and the other at a distance. The brain then chooses which one to “see.” The secondRead More....
Falls resulting in bone fractures are a major cause of disability and death among the elderly; but a recent study now concludes that people who've had cataract surgery are at lower risk of hip fracture one year after the cataract procedure.
Researchers studied the risk of hip fracture for one year among the more than 1 million Medicare patients age 65 and older who had been diagnosed with <Read More....
Vision loss from age-related eye disorders affects more than 30 million people in the United States and is expected to double in the coming decades, and researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology are working with an antioxidant that could prevent or cure cataracts, macular degeneration and other degenerative eye disorders. In the study, researchers are assessing eye drops prepared with the antioxidaRead More....
According to a story on MSN Healthy Living’s website, new research suggests that using prescription statins to control cholesterol levels may inadvertently increase the risk for developing age-related cataracts.
More research is needed, however there seems to be a correlation between those taking statins and an increased susceptibility of developing cataracts. The chairwoman for the research in the School of Optometry and Vision Science at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, CaRead More....
Endocrinologist, Gastrologist, Urologist, Optometrist, Opthalmologist....For most of us, knowing the difference and specifics of each medical title is no easy task. When it comes to your eyes, you need to know which type of eye doctor is best for serving your needs; so that your eyes keep serving your needs for years to come.
Here’s an easy-to-understand explanation of the differences between an Optometrist and and Opthalmologist:
Yes. Having floaters after cataract surgery is actually a fairly common problem. If you’ve have cataract surgery, and see what look like specks of dust or like spider webs that often move or “float” in the direction you look, you most likely have them.
Most patients actually have Read More....
