31 Mar Why Glasses Won't Help You See
Glasses can only improve vision by ensuring that an image is focused precisely on the retina. In the presence of disease, glasses can't improve vision....
Glasses can only improve vision by ensuring that an image is focused precisely on the retina. In the presence of disease, glasses can't improve vision....
Medical bloggers are usually doctors writing about medical issues. I use a blog format to teach about health. Is this medical blogging?...
What is a blog? RetinaEyeDoctor.com is technically a blog, but we call it a web site. The biggest difference is that material, or content can be added easily. ...
Images of the world around us are actually projected upside down onto our retina. This image reversal allows us tremendous peripheral vision and the ability to see objects much larger that only a few millimeters high....
Distortion is usually caused by retinal disease, but not necessarily from macular degeneration or diabetic retinopathy. There are other causes and most are treatable....
Doctors can improve the quality of the Internet. There is a shortage of credible, informative "content" on the Internet. Doctors could improve this....
Drusen are white spots in the retina that are associated with macular degeneration. Drusen can also be normal for many people without the disease....
Iluvien, an injectable drug delivery system, gets one step closer to be the first drug FDA approved for the treatment of diabetic macular edema....
Diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration can both cause legal blindness. Complete blindness is caused only by diabetic retionpathy. Report either to the IRS....
Vision loss from macular degeneration increases as we age. This means that more and more people may lose vision as the population (baby boomers) get older due to ARMD (Age Related Macular Degeneration). There are lots of recommendations on the Internet that just don't make...