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The amount of sunshine hitting the earth varies daily, but it also varies seasonally. Two moments in the year, the Summer solstice occurs. In the Northern Hemisphere, June 20 to June 21st and in the Southern Hemisphere, December 21 or 22nd, the path of the Sun in the sky locates farthest. It means those days […]

You have worn glasses for years, but just after reaching the age of 40, your eyesight has changed again. Not quite enough to get a new prescription but just enough to stress you a bit when doing several hours of computer work. Once one becomes tired of laying down the glasses and remembering where you […]

International Friendship Day on July 30th and Happy Friendship Day on August 2nd remind everyone that having loving platonic relationships makes life enjoyable. Strengthening friendships gives a person a way to bounce off ideas, double-check things told, and with social media make friends all over the world. The designated day actually originated as a marketing […]

Cataracts have proven to be a common issue. A look at the statistics around the eye issue gives a perspective about what may need dealing with as a person ages. As reported by the Center for Disease Control here are the facts around American eyes: An estimation of 11 million Americans starting at age 12 […]

Clinics like the Houston Lasik Clinic look for ways to improve surgical techniques and processes. Evaluations of new products become part of that process as studies from other ophthalmologists and institutions report their findings in journals. About 2016 Alcon released a quadrifocal intraocular lens that functioned as a trifocal one named PanOptix. Described as innovative […]

The days have become shorter, and suddenly September 8th arrives, and it’s International Literacy Day. Reading remains one of the significant ways that people grow intellectually, emotionally, and even psychologically. New books give new ideas or release emotions safely. It provides a point of conversation with others as discoveries in the reading become shared. It […]

The word July keeps appearing in memos, on television, and on social media. Thoughts wander to that declaration Thomas Jefferson wrote in 1774. Truths are self-evident. Equality happens when granted inalienable rights. Consent of the governed derives powers. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness remain part of independence. A new brand of government formed […]

Well over 10 million people have had LASIK surgery as reported by Market Scope in midyear 2018. An elective surgery, its rate of success remains over 96 percent. More importantly, ophthalmologists continue to improve on techniques and equipment, so more patients with complicated eye issues can become candidates for laser eye surgery. Patients often report […]

As clinical studies roll in more information on what areas an intraocular lens can do the best begin to be collected and disseminated among ophthalmologists. The Asian Pacific Journal Ophthalmology in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania did a clinical review of the PanOptix intraocular lens. Branded AcrySof IQ, the model lens has a description as a one-piece aspheric […]

Do you keep pulling up a chair next to the television to exam the freckles on the performers? You find you can only do social distancing to three feet or one does not know where their loved one is? Consider this In a year designated as 2020, it reminds a person they may need to […]