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18 Dec Floaters and Flashes: What are they?

Posted at 09:58h in Eye Health, Retina Diseases by Gregory H. Scimeca, M.D. 0 Comments

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Flashes and eye floaters are common, but not necessarily benign, they could be early signs of a serious condition such as retinal detachment....

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11 Dec What is the Visual Cortex?

Posted at 09:51h in anatomy and physiology by Gregory H. Scimeca, M.D. 0 Comments

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Here's how the eye connects to our brain and gives us "vision."...

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04 Dec Adapting to New Glasses

Posted at 07:55h in Contact Lenses, diplopia, Eyeglasses by Gregory H. Scimeca, M.D. 0 Comments

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Getting used to new glasses may take some adapting, but here's what your brain may do to help. Remember, if symptoms persist, alert your eye doctor. ...

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30 Nov Refractive Surgery is Vision Correction

Posted at 00:43h in Uncategorized by Bree Yee 0 Comments

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Vision correction procedures reduce your dependence upon glasses. We perform vision correction procedures to correct distance vision and other refractive procedures to improve your reading vision.  The goal is to get you “glasses free.” There are many different types of vision correction procedures, but all fall into one of...

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27 Nov Best Winter Sports Eye Protection

Posted at 10:56h in Conjunctivitis, Cornea, Dry Eye, Eye Diseases by Gregory H. Scimeca, M.D. 0 Comments

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Sports during the winter requires special attention to these elements....

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20 Nov Winter Eye Protection

Posted at 11:38h in Dry Eye, Eye Health by Gregory H. Scimeca, M.D. 0 Comments

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With winter fast approaching, take these measures to protect your eyes....

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13 Nov Anti-VEGF Eye Injections

Posted at 10:12h in anatomy and physiology, Eye Diseases, Macular Degeneration, Treatments by Gregory H. Scimeca, M.D. 0 Comments

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"VEGF" is a protein that can cause diabetic retinopathy and wet macular degeneration. Here's why injections in the eye work so well....

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06 Nov Treatment of Diabetic Retinopathy

Posted at 09:28h in Diabetes, Eye Diseases, Retina Diseases by Gregory H. Scimeca, M.D. 0 Comments

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Treatment of diabetic retinopathy is best when there are no symptoms. Here's why....

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30 Oct What is High Myopia?

Posted at 09:49h in anatomy and physiology, Eye Diseases, Eye Exams, Eye Health by Gregory H. Scimeca, M.D. 0 Comments

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High myopia, defined as a prescription of -6.00 or greater may lead to long term visual problems, such as retinal detachment....

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23 Oct What are Refractive Errors?

Posted at 14:17h in anatomy and physiology, Contact Lenses, Cornea, Vision Correction by Randall Wong 0 Comments

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Refractive errors are those conditions which can be reversed or improved with prescription lenses or contact lenses....

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