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 [...]
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Lazy Eye-Parkinsons Drugs to Treat?
Categories: amblyopia, Fort Collins Eye Doctor, strabismus
If you have a child between the age of 8-27 with lazy eye (amblyopia), the National Eye Institute will soon be soliciting volunteers for a study on a new form of treatment involving the drugs levodopa and carbidopa. These drugs are precursors for the production of dopamine , one of the main neurotransmitters, and often [...]
Free Treatment For Lazy Eye?
Categories: amblyopia, Eye Symptoms, Fort Collins Eye Doctor, Fort Collins Optometrist, lazy eye, Vision Conditions, vision related reading problems
Free treatment for lazy eye? Well free eye care is worth what it costs-but a simple eye drop prescription may be able to save you a thousand dollars or more in treatment fees. And that’s equivalent to a lot of free office visits. Forget the pirate patch, eye drops are the treatment of choice today [...]