RELIEF FROM EYE ALLERGIES We are asked often about how to maintain healthy eyes as the seasons change. Similar to your overall health, there are plenty of steps you can take to maintain healthy eyes in changing environments. Being aware of how the environment affects your body is an important step. Changing seasons is one [...]
What Causes Dry Eyes? For patients with dry eye syndrome, their tear glands that moisturize the eye don’t produce enough tears, or their tears have a chemical composition that causes them to evaporate too quickly. Lacrimal glands are located above each eyeball and they continuously supply tear fluid that's wiped across the surface of your [...]
One of the biggest hazards of heat waves is to health. People of all ages can suffer the effects of a heat wave, but the ill, very young, elderly, or overwieigh tend to be affected more severely. It is important to follow the warnings, advisory and health tips to stay healthy during these extreme heat [...]
What is dry eye syndrome and what are the signs and symptoms for dry eyes? What is dry eye? Dry eye occurs when the eye does not produce tears properly, or when the tears are not of the correct consistency and evaporate too quickly. In addition, inflammation of the surface of the eye may occur along [...]
Pink Eye Facts Pink eye is one of the most common and treatable eye conditions in children and adults; about 3 million cases of pink eye occur in the United States each year. Treatment is not always needed and the course of treatment depends on the underlying cause. What is Pink Eye? Pink eye, also [...]
Nine Habits for Healthy Eyes We are asked often about how to maintain healthy eyes as we age. Similar to your overall health, there are plenty of steps you can take to maintain healthy eyes. Aging is a natural process and one of the only guarantees in life. By making a conscious effort to maintain [...]
Eye Care at Kralanh Referral Hospital, Siem Reap, Cambodia. As we drove up the dirt road up to Kralanh Referral Hospital near Siem Reap, I recognized the lines of people wearing white-gauze eye patches. I had seen many in the days leading up to this during pre-op evaluations. Most of the patients stayed the night [...]
Portland Infant Wellness by Eye Doctor Annie Bacon Are you a new mom or dad? Has your baby been seen by an eye doctor yet? The purpose of the EYE HEART BABY Infant Wellness Program is to evaluate the health and vision of infants, to reduce the risk of vision loss and to facilitate proper [...]
Age related macular degeneration (ARMD) is an eye condition most commonly seen in people 50 years old and older. In some cases ARMD advances very slowly, where vision loss occurs over a long period of time. In other cases, it can progress faster resulting in central vision loss for one or both eyes. It is [...]
Age-related macular degeneration (ARMD) is a medical condition which usually affects older adults and results in a loss of vision in the center of the visual field because of damage to the retina. […]
