New Treatment for Dry, Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Last February, we published a blog post on Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) discussing this progressive disease that causes vision loss in the central field of vision. We mentioned that for the two types of AMD, wet and dry, there was only a pharmaceutical treatment option for the wet type. Well, we have good news to…
New Drug Approved to Treat Eyelash Mites
There is a critter, called a demodex mite, that, according to the National Institutes of Health, is “the most common microscopic ectoparasite found in the human skin.” But that’s not all, once these mites move in, by the time you are 70 years old, you will have a 100% infection rate. They bring skin irritations…
Blurry Vision and Its Causes
It’s safe to say that clear vision is important to have. It’s how we take in vast amounts of information, helping us to understand the world. Yet sometimes it can become blurry—fuzzy around the edges of what we’re looking at—and cause us to squint in the hopes that that will make it go away. So…
Shade Your Eyes!
Summer is here! And that means it’s time to get your sunglasses on to protect your eyes from the harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays that come from the sun. Why? Because too much exposure to UV rays can damage your eyes and cause cataracts, macular degeneration, eyelid cancer, and sometimes even vision loss. Every year, All…