When most of us hear the word “stent,” we think of a device implanted during heart surgery to keep an artery open and blood flowing smoothly. Yet eye surgeons have been using tiny stents for years, relieving pressure on the optic nerves of glaucoma patients. The drawback has been that, until now, the FDA and… Read More

Cataract surgery is both simple and complex. It’s simple because it’s a well-tested procedure, the most commonly performed surgery in the United States. 3.7 million people each year get the lenses they were born with replaced by artificial implants. Yet it’s also complex, because patients have several lens choices after cataract surgery offering different perspectives.

“Managing astigmatism” sounds simple, right? You get the right pair of glasses or contact lenses to correct your eyesight, and you learn to live with vision that’s somewhat blurry whenever you’re not wearing them. Yet there are surgical options that can minimize or nearly eliminate astigmatism. With those, you may see well using simple nonprescription… Read More

More than 4 in 10 Americans have myopia, which lets us see things clearly up close but fuzzily at a distance. We fix that problem with glasses or contact lenses and forget about it. But a small percentage of us are born with high myopia, a potentially more serious issue. It can create a new… Read More

For decades, physicians have treated amblyopia — poor childhood vision development in one or both eyes – with patches. Kids often dislike those, because they can be uncomfortable or lead to teasing. Now there’s a new, equally effective alternative. The FDA approved CureSight last fall to treat amblyopia by online monitoring of streamed data combined… Read More

Cataract removal remains the most common surgery in the United States every year. Most patients who have cataract surgery with intraocular lenses (IOLs) implanted do very well. They see more clearly and need glasses only to read, only for long distances, or perhaps not at all. Some, though, encounter a condition called posterior capsular opacification… Read More

A breakthrough drug called Syfovre – the first approved by the FDA for dry macular degeneration – offers relief from the dry form of age related macular degeneration, or AMD. Syfovre specifically treats geographic atrophy (GA), a form of dry macular degeneration that results over time in extreme central vision loss. Age-related macular degeneration remains… Read More

For decades, patients facing surgeries have had blood draws in advance, so it can be stored and put back into them if needed. That procedure minimizes the risk of complications from transfusion of another donor’s blood. Eye doctors now employ a similar approach to treating dry eye disease, using autologous serum drops (ASEDs) which are… Read More

Fashion eyewear today does more than provide clear vision—it is an essential accessory to enhance your features and to express your personal style. No matter what your signature look may be, Horizon Eye Care’s optical department has the right pair of eyeglasses to showcase your esthetic while keeping with the most current trends in 2023… Read More

Search Google for “dry eye,” and 1.3 million results pop up within a second. So, where should you begin to figure out how to cope with dry eye? The answers are complicated: The condition affects millions of people around the world in different ways, can fluctuate throughout your life, and has a myriad of symptoms… Read More