Vision & Eye Care
Seeing Flashes and Floaters
What Do Flashes Look Like? Flashes look like camera flash bulbs going off, lightning streaks, or the “stars” you see after hitting your head. What… Continue Reading
What Is a Retina Specialist?
When your eye doctor refers you to a retina specialist, there can be confusion as to why and what the differences are between the eye… Continue Reading
What Is a Glaucoma Specialist?
A glaucoma specialist is a physician who focuses their medical and surgical practice on the diagnosis and treatment of glaucoma. Health care and the professionals… Continue Reading
Contact Lenses Specialty Lenses
There are a wide variety of contact lens cases that are both challenging and rewarding. Beyond the commonly used soft lens products, which the large… Continue Reading
Lyme Disease and the Eye
Lyme disease is an infectious disease that was first described in Old Lyme, Connecticut in 1975. It is caused by a spiral-shaped bacteria (spirochete) called… Continue Reading
Uveitis Not Your Common Pink Eye
Many people have experienced a red eye at one point in their life. When you experience a viral illness such as a common cold, your… Continue Reading
How Much Is Your Sight Worth?
Recently the FDA approved Luxturna (voretigene neparvovec), a drug from Spark Therapeutics, which treats some eye diseases caused by a defective gene. The abnormal RPE65… Continue Reading
Intra-Ocular Injections For Age-Related Macular Degeneration
The primary treatment option to try to preserve vision in the case of wet type macular degeneration is injection of medicine into the eye. This… Continue Reading
Options For Senior America Among Top 1% of All Home Care Companies in the U.S. and Canada
[Fairfax, VA – February 2018] The Fairfax county-based Options For Senior America, located in Fairfax, VA, has been presented with the 2018 Best of In… Continue Reading
The Basics Of Diabetic Retinopathy
Diabetic retinopathy is the most common diabetic eye disease and a leading cause of blindness in American adults. Retinal damage is caused by a complex… Continue Reading
