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According to the National Eye Institute , blindness or significant sight loss affects 3.3 million Americans age 40 and over, or almost 4 of every 100 people.This is expected to increase to over 5 million individuals by 2020 as the boomer generation ages. Age has a high correlation with visual disability. People 80 years of [...]
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The U.K. Chief Medical Officer Sir Liam Donaldson recently warned against buying flu drugs over the Internet expressing concern about potentially dangerous counterfeit drugs.US Customs agents have intercepted a shipment of Tamiflu entering the United States that was vitamin C capsules packaged as Tamiflu.and had been sold over the Internet. The World Health Organization believes [...]
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Parent Safety Alert! Teenagers May be Purchasing Eye Sight Damaging Laser Products Over the Internet The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has found some unscrupulous Internet stores are selling laser products that are overpowered and can potentially cause eye damage and blindness if used in an improper manner. Some lasers approved as medical devices only [...]
Categories: Eye Diseases, Fort Collins Eye Doctor, Fort Collins Optometrist, Vision Insurance, Vision Service Plan -VSP
Research on eye genes that cause or predispose individual to eye disease is a fast growing area which will probably find it’s way into your eye doctors office in the next 5-10 years. Most genetic tests are not perfect in the sense they are not diagnostic of an eye disease, but they frequently tell optometrists [...]
Categories: Cataracts, Eye Diseases, Eye Nutrition, Eye Vitamins, Fort Collins Eye Doctor, Fort Collins Optometrist, glaucoma, Macular Degeneration
The leading causes of blindness in the U.S are diabetic related eye complications, glaucoma, and macular degeneration. Cataracts are generally listed as the number one cause but this is somewhat misleading. Cataracts effect in excess of 20 million people but most cataracts are treatable with modern surgical techniques and artificial lens implants. The complication rate [...]
Categories: Common Eye Questions for Your Optometrist, Fort Collins Eye Doctor, Fort Collins Optometrist
Refractive errors include myopia, hyperopia, presbyopia, and astigmatism, eye conditions that are very common. Most people have one or more of them. Refractive errors can usually be corrected with eyeglasses or contact lens. What is myopia (nearsightedness)? If you have myopia you can clearly see close objects, but distant objects are blurry. Myopia is caused [...]