Blue-Light Blocking IOL’s
The natural lens of the eye partially filters harmful ultraviolet radiation. Blue-light blocking intraocular lens (IOL) implants which replace the natural lens have been available for several years,...
View ArticleThe Work-Life Balance
The article “Tools and Tips to Achieve Better Work-Life Balance” presents a few interesting tips to help busy professionals to avoid burning out by improving work-life balance. Some of the highlights...
View ArticleLipiView® or LipiFlow® for Dry Eye
Dry eye is becoming an epidemic. It is largely undiagnosed or underdiagnosed until later stages when patients become symptomatic. The most simplistic categorization of dry eye disease divides it into...
View ArticleBlanchard OneFit2.0™ Contact Lens
Blanchard Contact Lenses, a leading gas permeable manufacturing laboratory in North America has a unique mini-scleral contact lens. A scleral lens vaults the cornea and sits on the white part of the...
View ArticleEating Healthy Prevents Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD)
February is AMD Awareness Month and a new study confirms the importance of eating healthily to help protect our eyes from age-related macular degeneration (AMD.) Researchers found that people whose...
View ArticleWhen the Problem…is the Solution!
Preservative-free contact lens saline solution 0.9% solve the problem of solution sensitivity, but after being opened, they can soon become contaminated. Preservative-free solutions come in unit...
View ArticleCould Yoga Make Glaucoma Worse?
Glaucoma is a leading cause of preventable blindness in the United States and yoga is a widely utilized exercise and meditation technique for improving one’s health and for relaxation. In a recent...
View ArticleMore Screens=More Eye Strain
Over 10,000 adults in the United States were surveyed nationwide by The Vision Council, who found that over 65% of Americans are experiencing symptoms of digital eye strain. These symptoms include...
View ArticleZika Virus and the Eye
There has been significant media coverage related to the Zika virus recently. Unfortunately, it has been linked to significant birth defects when pregnant women are infected with the virus. The...
View ArticleMEA Supports Operation Helping Hands
Steve Brauer, Ophthalmic Technician at Matossian Eye Associates recently participated in Operation Helping Hands Philly in Philadelphia, PA sponsored by the Global Charity Anonymous Event to Aid the...
View ArticleHigh Altitude and the Eyes
“Tiene hermosos ojos,” this is something I heard over and over again as I traveled all over Colombia. Sitting at an altitude of 8,661 feet above sea level, one of the third highest capitals in South...
View ArticleScuba Diving and Eyes
Recently, I learned that altitude has a slight effect on the eyes, so I decided to think about it in the opposite sense: how does scuba diving affect the eyes? I have worked in the field of...
View ArticleWhat Is In the Pipeline for Wet AMD?
There are several new treatments for Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD.) The most promising, Fovista, is a novel drug from a company called Ophthotech that targets a different chemical in the...
View ArticleRecess Helps Prevent Myopia in Children
A three-year study recently found that schoolchildren’s outdoor recess has a negative correlation to myopia. The study consisted of an intervention group of six-year-old students at schools in...
View ArticleWhat Is In the Pipeline for Dry AMD?
We currently have no known treatments for Dry Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) aside from AREDS2 vitamin supplements. Recently, however, Phase 3 clinical trials have begun on a new drug called...
View ArticlePatients, Prescriptions, and Prices
Just because a patient’s cataract, glaucoma, or cornea surgery has a successful result does not mean that they are in the clear. Following the correct post-operative treatment is vitally important to...
View ArticleHoly Guacamole!
If your mother is anything like mine, she has piled your dinner plate high with carrots over the years with the promise that they are good for your eyes. She is right: carrots are loaded with vitamins...
View ArticleCynthia Matossian, MD on ReSure® Sealant with Accommodative Lens
Cynthia Matossian, MD, FACS discusses how the accommodative lens population benefits from use of the ReSure® Sealant in the OR. This added safety net for complex or high risk patients has been an...
View ArticleOnline Medical Service Delivery
A recently published survey in MobileHealthNews found that the majority of family physicians believe telehealth can improve access to care and continuity of care. However, few doctors actually use this...
View ArticleVitamin C: Stopping Cataracts in Their Tracks
According to the American Academy of Ophthalmology, a diet rich in Vitamin C may be able to cut the risk of cataract progression by a third. This study is extremely important because it is the first to...
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