Glaucoma Awareness

March 11, 2019

After Cataracts, Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness worldwide! Given its prevalence and asymptomatic nature (in its early stages), assessing for glaucoma is an important part of every routine...

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Contact Lens Safety Awareness Month

October 17, 2018

October is contact lens safety awareness month, so this month we will review the healthy habits to reduce the risk of contact lens complications. Contact lenses are considered a medical device...

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Importance of the Annual Eye Examination III: Corneal Topography

September 26, 2018

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines topography as the practice of graphic representation on maps of natural and man-made features of a region in a way to show their relative positions and elevations...

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Importance of the Annual Eye Examination II: The Autorefractor

August 28, 2018

The preliminary test that we will discuss this time is the autorefractor. During this test, you are instructed to look at a target, a red barn or a balloon...

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Importance of the Annual Eye Examination I: Intraocular Pressure

July 23, 2018

Importance of the Annual Eye Examination I: Intraocular Pressure Share this: 13Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)13Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) JULY 23, 2018 There is more to the annual eye examination than determining which looks better between 1 and 2. Yes, a huge component...

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