Category: News

Everyone gets cataracts eventually, so the majority of us will need to someday have cataract surgery in order to maintain good vision. Although the thought of eye surgery can be scary, advances in medical technology have turned cataract surgery into an AMAZING opportunity to solve refractive vision problems! Always been near-sighted and want to be… Read More

Have you been to see any 3D movies lately? Summer blockbusters are in full swing and some of our soon-to-be favorite movies are being released in 3D. I recently found myself at a 3D film, but the glasses I was given were nothing like the red/blue paper glasses I wore at movies as a kid…. Read More

When you meet someone new, their eyes are often the first feature you are drawn to. There is such a wide array of eye colors. The colored part of our eye is called the “iris”, which comes from the latin word for rainbow. Do you ever wonder why newborns are born with a hazy gray-blue… Read More

Just when you thought you’d already heard about the latest in eye technology, Google surprises us again. The idea of the smart contact lens was introduced to the public earlier this year. Growing up, I’d always been into science fiction. You couldn’t keep me from the latest superhero movies. I’ve always been captivated by technology,… Read More

REPLACING PASSWORDS & IDENTIFYING PATIENTS Over the past few years there have been great strides in technology, especially when it comes to personal identification & security. As you know, one of the longest running methods of personal identification is the fingerprint system. Dental records have also been commonly used. As technology has improved over the… Read More

BEAUTY OF OUTER SPACE Isn’t it interesting that when we look up at the night sky… All we see are clouds, a few small stars & the Moon, when just around the “Galactic Corner”, so much more exists… We humans are such small specks in a large, beautiful universe! With modern technology & the optics… Read More

Just like we are Right or Left Hand Dominant, almost all of us have a dominant eye. That means the brain prefers visual input from one eye over the other – similar to the way most of us prefer to perform difficult tasks with our favored hand. Being a “righty” or a “lefty” doesn’t mean… Read More

What is Myasthenia Gravis & how does it affect the eyes? Myasthenia Gravis (pronounced My-as-theen-ee-a Grav-us) is an autoimmune disease that causes fluctuating muscle weakness & fatigue. The fluctuating weakness affects only the voluntary muscles of the body (the muscles you control). MG can be localized, affecting only the eyes, or it can be generalized,… Read More

Some would define “beauty” as being the best possible version of yourself, inside and out. What price are you willing to pay for physical “beauty”? Cosmetic tattooing is on the rise. Statistics show that 40% of adults in the US between the ages of 26-40 have at least one tattoo. That’s nearly 45 million Americans… Read More

Thanks to the cone cells in the retina, our eyes are sensitive to various wavelengths of light, which gives us color vision. There are three types of cones, with maximum sensitivity to blue, green or red light. Depending on how much of each cone type is stimulated, our brains can interpret the hundreds of thousands… Read More