November 20, 2014 Treat Glaucoma With Laser Surgery Over 2 million Americans have glaucoma, and half of them are unaware that their vision is slowly deteriorating, according to the Glaucoma Research Foundation. Glaucoma is a leading cause of blindness, marked by optic nerve damage that results in irreversible vision loss. Everyone is at risk for glaucoma, from prenatal children to senior citizens. While the vision loss cannot be fixed, early detection and intervention can prevent eye damage from progressing into blindness.
November 20, 2014 Ways to Relieve Eye Strain Do you ever notice an aching feeling in your eyes or eyebrows? Do you experience muscle spasms in your eyelids? Are the whites of your eyes ever red and dry? You might be experiencing eye strain. Luckily, it���s fairly easy to reduce eye strain, and it usually doesn���t have any long-lasting effects. Most of the time, people experiencing eye strain can lessen this feeling by taking simple precautions. The key to easing the majority of eye strain is to cut down on computer use.
November 20, 2014 Treat Cataracts Effectively With Surgery Over half of Americans over 80 years old have cataracts or had them removed, according to the National Eye Institute. Cataracts form when the lens in the eye becomes cloudy, usually as a result of the eye’s normal aging process. Cataracts do not spread from one eye to the other but can cause vision loss in one or both eyes. Luckily, cataracts can often be treated with minimally invasive surgery.
