Tag: vision loss
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World Sight Day: Ending Avoidable Blindness
Per the World Health Organisation, cataract is still the leading cause of blindness globally. Globally, it is estimated that more than 94 million people are blind due to cataracts. Additionally, there are 2.2 billion people with visual impairment, of which at least 1 billion people have visual challenges that could have been prevented or are yet to…
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World Retina Day: Rising Diabetes Rates Threaten Vision Loss
Diabetes has reached epidemic proportions, and the loss of vision due to diabetic eye complications is rising. According to the International Diabetes Federation, 10.5% of the adult population between the ages of 20 and 79 are living with diabetes. This number is projected to rise to 43% by 2045 if no effective interventions are implemented. Diabetes…
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Can Glaucoma Be Treated With A Simple Vitamin?
Over 80 million people worldwide suffer from glaucoma, experiencing a progressive loss of vision that can lead to total blindness. This neurodegenerative disease of the optic nerve has no cure, and once a person starts losing their vision, it cannot be restored. At best, current treatments such as laser therapy, surgery, and eye drops slow…
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Eye and Vision Health With Dr. Jeffrey Goldberg
This past week, Professor Andrew Huberman interviewed Jeffrey Goldberg, MD, Ph.D. on the Huberman Podcast on the topic of eye health. Dr Goldberg is a professor and chair of the Department of Ophthalmology at the Byers Eye Institute at Stanford University. Goldberg’s clinical and research efforts focus on retinal and optic nerve diseases like glaucoma.…
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A Guide To Protecting Eye Health and Longevity As You Age
Let there be sight. If there’s one thing that we’re worried about losing as we age, it’s definitely our vision. Eye health is so important, especially when you remember to spend a large majority of your days staring into a screen, which is certainly accelerating how fast our vision ages. As a result, it’s more…
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A Beginner’s Guide to Starting an Ophthalmology Practice and Making It Successful
It is exceedingly tough to start a business, especially an ophthalmology practice business. Of course, things can be easier if you know what you are doing. You can even make it a successful one if you do things right. So with that in mind, let us delve into a beginner’s guide for starting an ophthalmology…
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Things You Need to Know Before LASIK Surgery
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Common Age-Related Eye Conditions
Many of us are guilty of taking our vision and eye health for granted. Especially those who have 20/20 vision often think this will last forever. However, as we get older, our health suffers in a variety of ways and this includes deterioration of our vision. A number of common eye problems can occur as…