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Diabetes affects people of all ages, races and genders.  An estimated 25.8 million Americans or 8.3 percent of the population suffer from the disease, according to data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2011. In fact, diabetic eye disease is the leading cause of new cases...

If you wear contact lenses, you probably know the hygiene routine you should follow when removing your lenses: Wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water and dry them on a clean, lint free cloth. Remove the lens from your eye and clean the lens immediately (if you wear multi-use...

  Each week it seems like I always have a few new patients that have vision problems that have gone undiagnosed by other doctors. This could be decades for adults and years for children of suffering with undiagnosed vision problems. This does not surprise me because only about five percent...

  We have some new advances in Orthokeratology that helps to correct more types of vision problems. Orthokeratology was originally only for people that are nearsighted or who have astigmatism. The contact lenses are only worn at bedtime and while you sleep they gently reshape and mold the corneas to...

  I have been designing bifocal contact lenses for about twenty years. Most patients are unaware that they exist. These are all custom lenses and that is why they work so well. Most doctors  "fit" soft lenses. I like to say that soft lenses give soft vision and so patients...

  I have recently been asked to give another lecture at Palomar Hospital in Escondido,on Traumatic Brain Injury. The request was by the San Diego Brain Injury Foundation and instead of doctors, nurses, physical and occupational therapists, it will be for survivors of brain injury and their family.It is a...

  Yesterday my patient Oscar came in for his appointment for glaucoma and I asked him how he was doing with his diabetes. His blood sugar usually fluctuated wildly and this tends to make patients more susceptible to bleeding in the retina from the diabetes and can cause vision loss....

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  The first refractive procedure was called Orthokeratology. This was invented in 1955 by Dr.Charles May, an optometrist in San Diego.   Orthokeratology is done using a contact lens. The contact lens is only worn during sleep and as you sleep it gently reshapes the cornea. In the morning upon...

One of the most reputable lens manufacturers, Transitions® Optical, have announced an exciting product as part of their popular range- the Transitions® Vantage™ lens. Transitions® Optical has increased the features of their highly regarded light adapting lens with the addition of groundbreaking variable polarization. Light that shines off surfaces like...