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There is a common misconception that any adverse reaction to a drug is an allergy. That is definitely not the case.
Reporting to your doctors that you have an allergy to a medication when what you really had was a side effect could potentially...
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Eye doctors typically pride themselves on being able to improve someone’s vision through either glasses or contact lens prescriptions. Whether it’s a first-time glasses wearer, or someone having either a small or large change in their...
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Dry Eye Disease affects more than 5 million people in the United States, with 3.3 million being women and most of those being age 50 or over. And as people live longer, dry eye will continue to be a growing problem.
Although treatment options...
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1. Vision is so important to humans that almost half of your brain’s capacity is dedicated to visual perception.
2. The most active muscles in your body are the muscles that move your eyes.
3. The surface tissue of your cornea (the...
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Just like adults, children need to have their eyes examined. This begins at birth and continues into adulthood.
Following are my recommendations for when a child needs to be screened, and what is looked for at each stage.
A child’s first...
