Category: Eye Conditions
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Contacts: Why Daily Disposables?
What’s this new trend that everyone who wears contacts are talking about? Daily Disposables? “I thought I was already in one?” First, let’s get the terminology correct. Chances are, you are in a disposable contact, but not a daily disposable. You are probably wearing a pair of contacts every day for either 2 weeks to…
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WHY ARE MY EYES SO DRY?
I get this question quite often. You’re not the only one suffering through this weather. Without examination of your eyes can I assume that you may suffer from allergies, take antihistamines to control it, and don’t drink enough water. Antihistamines will dehydrate the entire body including the eyes and make them feel dry. Another reason…
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What’s new in 2011 at COE?!
The COE UNT family is definitely excited for 2011. Over the 2010-2011 holiday break, Dr. Tran and the staff was able to make some significant changes to improve our office to improve YOUR eye care and eye wear experience. We have included several pieces of new equipment and an EMR software that we are currently…
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Babies and Toddlers Now, Nearsighted Patients Later
MYOPIA: This means you’re Nearsighted. What’s nearsighted? It means without any correction, a patient can see better at close distances better than at far distances. If you can’t understand this much, I can’t help you here. Come in and see me. =) COMPUTERS AND SMART PHONES UNITE: These two items have changed the world in…
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Tea and coffee may reduce brain tumor risk: EPIC Study
This post is taken from http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/ By Nathan Gray, 19-Oct-2010 Related topics: Research, Phytochemicals, plant extracts, Cancer risk reduction Daily intakes of more than 100 ml of tea or coffee may significantly reduce the risk of certain brain tumors, according to new research published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. The study is based on data from over…
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AIR-DRYING CONTACT LENS CASES FACE DOWN!
Air-Drying Your Contact Lens Case Face-Down May Help Prevent Contamination ROCKVILLE, Md., September 2010 — After inserting your contact lenses and rinsing the case with disinfectant, do you let the case air-dry face-up or face-down? Face-down seems to be better, says a recent study that checked microbial contamination in cases placed in four different locations:…
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Contact Lenses Are Leading Cause of Pediatric Emergency Room Visits
Article from Review of Optometry: Contact lenses send more children to the emergency room per year than any other medical device, according to a study in the August issue of Pediatrics. The researchers suggested that out of 144,799 total pediatric visits to emergency rooms in the United States from January 1, 2004 to December 21,…
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FLOATERS! What do I do!?
iVideo Blogs Update: I apologize that I haven’t been able to go full force on the video blogs yet. I’m still learning how to edit videos and make the presentation of the video better before moving forward. Meanwhile, I’ll post regular blogs to keep you guys occupied! FLOATERS! A good friend of mine texted me…