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Landscapes, stores and homes all change for the holiday season as Thanksgiving dovetails into the Christmas cheer season. Beginning with being thankful and having family gatherings makes a person take a view of their life and needs.  Bumped out of normal patterns and visiting different homes a person may not keep track of their glasses […]

Living your life, you begin to notice the sun does not seem as bright as it once was. As you do up close work things blur more than normal. Colors of your clothes, of your vehicle, and of your home seem faded. At night headlights from other vehicles form a halo making it hard to […]

One of the fun things about October remains finding a good Halloween outfit for the occasion. People develop a liking for colored contacts, intriguingly dyed hair, and costume antics. All in good fun of course. So, that everyone can have fun safely, good eyesight becomes much needed on All Hallows’ Eve when ghosts and goblins […]

A concept of stimulated emission by light came from Albert Einstein in 1917. He toyed with the idea of photons interacting with highly excited molecules which created an emission with a second photon. Later this action became termed laser which stands for “light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation”. LASIK surgery uses light to make […]

Visual acuity, quick thinking, and nerves of steel describe most race car drivers. Nowhere does having aligned vision count more than racing on dusty, dirty tracks or world class paved ones. The video shows the type of sight a race car driver must do to have a successful career.     Staying a top driver […]

Despite its record success LASIK Houston remains classified as an elective cosmetic surgery. One of the clauses in most insurance policies states if LASIK becomes the only conceivable medical option to treat a serious eye problem insurance will pay. Insurance most always will pay for glasses and eye contacts both of which Houston LASIK does. […]

The short answer to that question is it depends. Ophthalmologists work under the guidance of a professional community which adheres to the codes of their licenses and the mandates of the Food and Drug Administration. The FDA does not recommend LASIK for anyone under 18 years old, and for some situations, the surgery with some […]

Once you make the decisions to have the surgery, the ophthalmologist sets up a schedule for operation. They may have asked you not to wear your contact lenses for a few days. Otherwise few restrictions exist for drinking and eating. They may check on if you take daily medications and if they interfere with the […]

Many of the medical procedures or the improvement of those medical procedures taken for granted today happened because the soldiers or astronauts needed it for their duties. Harsh environments such as found in space or combat zones make wearing glasses or even wearing contacts a hazard. Aiming systems of high technology weaponry require preciseness. Helmets […]

A natural process biologically, menopause marks the end of the menstrual cycle. The official beginning of menopause does not start with missing a couple of periods, but with 12 continuous months of missing cycles. Once that one-year anniversary of no menstrual periods occurs physicians state a woman has entered menopause. Long before that peri-menopause causes fluctuations in the body systems so altered states of hormones, triglyceride levels, and emotional states occur. Menopause affects a woman’s whole body. The changes it initiates occur system-wide including differences in sight in the eyes.