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We sometimes get asked, "Why do I need an eye exam when I can see great?"
An eye exam doesn't just check your visual acuity--we are also looking for a number of treatable eye diseases that have few or no visual symptoms in their early stages. In...
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Not everyone understands the importance of sunglasses when the weather turns cold.
Polarized sunglasses are usually associated with Summer, but in some ways it is even more important to wear protective glasses during the Winter.
It’s getting to be...
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What Is Intraoperative Aberrometry?
Yes, that is a mouthful, but the concept isn’t quite as hard as the name.
An Intraoperative Aberrometer is an instrument we can use in the operating room to help us determine the correct power of the implant we...
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Choroidal nevus is the fancy term for a freckle in the back of the eye.
This lesion arises from a collection of cells that make pigment in the choroid, which lines the back of the retina and supplies the retina with nutrients. These choroidal nevi...
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Ready or not...here are 13 more jokes to make you groan!
1. Patient: "What’s that floater doing in my eye, doctor?" Doctor: “The sidestroke.”
2. Doctor: “Have your eyes ever been checked before?” Patient: “No, they’ve always been hazel.”
3. Why...
