Tag: What your patient might ask you

Why have so many people have been diagnosed with ocular melanoma in Alabama? There are now 31 cases of ocular melanoma reported in people that...

Can I get a stem cell transplant to help my AMD? A new study published in Nature showed significant vision improvement in two patients with wet AMD...

Have you heard of the eye drops that can improve your vision? Yes, of course, the "nano-drops". Researchers in Israel found that these special patented eye...

Could I get a glasses prescription in 10 seconds? Yes, but not in the US. QuickSee is a portable auto-refractor developed by MIT for use in remote...

Are there glasses that can track my fitness? Yes. VSP just debuted Level smart glasses. The temple is embedded with a tiny fitness tracking device. It tracks the...

My eyes are scratchy, could I have an eye worm? Eye worm stories were all over the news last week. First up, a woman in Oregon pulled 14...

Can you make my meibomian glands grow? According to a new study published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology, you can. How exactly? By doing a procedure called meibomian...

Have you heard of that disease where people bleed from their eyes? Yes, it's called viral hemorrhagic fever (VHF). It was covered in the news...

Am I more likely to get an infection because I wear colored contacts? According to a new study, yes. The study examined clear and colored contacts (Acuvue...

Is there a better drop than Visine to "get the red out"? Yes.  Nine days before the ball dropped on 2017, the FDA approved Bausch...