March is Workplace Eye Wellness Month! While consistently being on your computer will not permanently damage your vision, it can make your eyes feel irritated and fatigued.
Cataract surgery is as common as the seasonal cold. Therefore, cataract surgery recovery should be as uneventful. If you adhere to the pre-operative and post-operative instructions provided by your surgeon, this should be the case.
Typical cataract surgery takes no longer than 10 minutes of actual surgical treatment.
Cataracts are the most common reason people lose vision. Cataracts are also the number one most diagnosed condition for aging eyes. By age 65, over 90 percent of people have a cataract and half of the people between the ages of 75 and 85 have lost some vision due to a cataract.
Vision is one of the most amazing gifts we are given. The simple things like seeing a rainbow after a thunderstorm, watching our loved ones stand at the podium as they accept their diploma or the view atop a mountain after a great climb. These are merely a few of the many images that are embedded into our minds,
Original Post | December 23, 2019 | Healio, Ocular Surgery News Authored by Andrew G. Iwach, MD
Before you go to pop that bottle of champagne, prosecco or California-based sparkling wine this holiday season, ophthalmologists warn that pop can have long-term negative consequences for your eyes if you are not careful.
You better watch out, you better not cry, you better not pout, I am telling you why . . . Dedham Docs is here in town – to help you with your Flex Spending Account.
A Flexible Spending Account is an account you can contribute money into and use to pay for certain out-of-pocket health care costs.
Chronic dry eye is an incurable ocular surface disease in which you are unable to produce sufficient tears to keep your eyes hydrated, resulting in dry scratchy eyes that often suffer from blurred vision.
Dry eyes are caused by a lack of adequate tear production or the quality of tear production.
As you know, at Dedham Ophthalmic Consultants and Surgeons, we participate in a casual for a cause program on the first, third and fifth Friday of every month. Each staff member may contribute $5.00 and wear casual attire to work for the day.
Dedham, MA – Friday, October 25, 2019. Following last year’s success, we will be joining eye care centers throughout the United States to help support the Hawaiian Eye Foundation. Staff members from ophthalmology centers across the US will be wearing Hawaiian themed attire to work, as a fun activity to raise funding for this worthwhile cause.