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Protect Your Eyes on the Field and Court
Millions of school-age children participate in a sport in the U.S. But for some, not every memory is fond, especially for those kids who suffer an injury. Eye injuries are one of the leading causes of visual impairment in children. Athletes need to choose protective...
Early Vision Screenings for Children & Back to School Eye Exams
By Dr. John Frederick Getting ready for back to school: early vision screenings for children. Vision problems affect one in ten preschoolers and one in five school-age children. Children often don’t realize they have vision problems, yet until age 12, vision is 80%...
Make Regular Eye Appointments a Priority
Linda considered herself lucky for most of her life because she was the only person in her family who didn’t wear glasses. Then one morning she woke up and saw mostly black out of her left eye. She made the decision to make an appointment with Eye Surgeons Associates...
The Power of Teamwork
“This is the place to be for eye care,” says Denny, an Eye Surgeons Associates patient for five years. Denny has both cataracts and age-related macular degeneration (AMD). He was first diagnosed with dry AMD in the right eye and wet AMD in the left and was referred to...
AMD Patients Have Choices
By Yasser Elshatory M.D., Ph.D. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a common cause of vision loss in people 50 years and older. The single most important factor in determining who has this condition is age. A lot of progress has been made in the last 10 years in...
Living Well with Low Vision
By Dr. Anwi Etame Low vision describes levels of reduced vision that can result from many different ocular and neurologic disorders. Patients with low vision range from partially sighted to legally blind. More than two-thirds of patients with low vision are over 65....
Dangers of Soap Pods
Soap pods look like fun. Soap pods sure can look like toys to a 3-year-old. Parker liked to help her mom, Jill, with the laundry and came across a soap pod at home one evening. She squeezed it and the liquid soap burst into her eyes. Mom quickly washed her eyes out as...
Safe Celebrations: Opening Champagne
By Dr. Michael Boehm Many people celebrate the holidays by popping open champagne or other bubbly beverages. A champagne cork can fly up to 50 mph as it leaves the bottle, so if a popping cork strikes an eye, the celebration can change into a tragedy. A flying...
Paying the Price for Beauty
By Dr. Anwi Etame This time of year there are parties galore for Christmas and New Years. Many ladies will glam it up by buying a new outfit, getting hair and nails done, and wearing a little more makeup than usual. But did you know that there are conditions known to...