What You Need to Know about LASIK
Posted by: Georgia Eye Physicians and Surgeons in Latest News, Uncategorized
What You Need to Know about LASIK Since it was approved by the FDA in 1995, almost 20 million patients have undergone LASIK eye surgery in the United States. Of these patients, the vast majority (well over 95%) has reported satisfaction with the results of their procedure, with most achieving uncorrected vision of 20/40 or…
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Good Vision an Integral Part of Academic Success
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Now that summer is drawing to a close, many parents have sent their children off to school. While every parent wants their child to be prepared and equipped for the school year, many often forget how vital a role good vision can play in the learning process. The American Public Health Association (APHA) reported that…
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Technology and Your Eyes
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Technology has come to play an ever increasing role in our lives. For example, in the early 1990’s, portable phones were considered an extravagant novelty; few would have imagined that in just two decades the majority of people in the industrialized world would carry them constantly. Now, fully interactive technology like Google Glass makes it…
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Meet Our August Spotlight Patient: Jobeth
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Jobeth, a retired teacher from Barnsville, Georgia, had spent most of her life without experiencing any vision problems at all. As years passed, she started experiencing some trouble with fine print and began using reading glasses from the local drugstore. Then, very suddenly, she found herself struggling to read fine print on television and the…
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Clear Information about Cataracts
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Cataracts are the most common cause of blindness in adults over the age of 40 worldwide. It is estimated that more than half of all Americans over the age of 80 either have a cataract or have undergone cataract surgery. Although there are several ways to treat the symptoms of a cataract in the early…
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The Many Varieties of Contact Lenses
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More than 34 million people in the U.S. and 71 million people in the world wear contact lenses. Still, even many who wear contact lenses on a daily basis may not fully understand the many options available: disposable, gas permeable, toric, multifocal, and bandage contacts. At our state of the art optical center, we at Georgia Eye Physicians and…
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Meet Our July Spotlight Patient – Willa
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Ever since she was a teenager in North Carolina, Willa struggled with poor vision. On trips to the beach, she wondered why so many people were wearing sunglasses. Sure, she thought they looked cool, but when she wore them she could hardly see a thing. By the age of thirty, Willa had stopped driving at…
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Treating Chronic Dry Eye
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The eye is an extremely complex and precise instrument and, like any piece of precision machinery, it needs to be constantly lubricated in order for it to operate smoothly. For the eye, lubrication comes in the form of tears. Made by the lacrimal gland, tears are necessary for the overall health of the eye and…
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LASIK Surgery Makes the “Perfect” Gift
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As summer approaches and the end of the school year draws near, proud parents all over the country may be seeking the perfect graduation gift to express the pride they feel. In recent years, the trend has expanded from watches or stationary sets towards something that really symbolizes “looking ahead” to the next chapter in…
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Meet Our June Spotlight Patient: James
Posted by: Georgia Eye Physicians and Surgeons in Featured Patient, Uncategorized
James had worn glasses for the majority of his life. “Ever since I was eight,” he joked, “people used to say my nose needed to be as big as it was to hold up those coke bottles I had to wear.” But when he learned that he would need an intraocular lens transplant at the…
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