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09

May

3 Benefits To Having LASIK Surgery You Might Not Expect

It is a well-known fact that LASIK is an optical surgery designed to permanently correct your vision. In most cases, patients who undergo LASIK experience a drastic improvement in all aspects of their vision. Here are four aspects of your vision that might see an improvement that...

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09

May

5 Reasons Why Having LASIK Surgery Is The Right Decision For You

As technology advances, LASIK eye surgery is becoming increasingly more common and accessible for people who are interested in having clear vision without the use of corrective lenses. If you have yet to hear about LASIK eye surgery, it is a permanent solution to correcting your...

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09

May

Outer Space Challenges Ophthalmologists To Think Out Of This Orbit

The space age has brought a lot of new technology to the planet Earth that we now use commonly every day.Outer space is full of dangers that astronauts must trust in technology to overcome. As it stands right now though, astronauts remain vulnerable to the many of the dangers of...

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09

May

Eye Injuries and Eye Doctors: To See, or Not To See?

Have you ever scratched your eye on accident? This could easily be done by something like an article of clothing, hairbrush, or even a fingernail and cause what is called, a corneal abrasion. These types of injuries are considered pretty minor and usually cause discomfort for onl...

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09

May

4 Ocular Complications That Diabetes Has Been Known to Cause

Around 9% of those residing in the United States have diabetes, and approximately 1 out of 3 diabetic adults are affected by diabetic retinopathy A number of ocular complications are actually caused by diabetes, but the most severe of the possible ocular complicates is diabetic r...

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09

May

Chicago Cornea Consultants™ Attends and Presents at the AAO in Las Vegas

Dr. Epstein and other members of our staff recently attended the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) in Las Vegas. His activities there included attendance at the advanced Alcon “Joule LenSx” Course, dealing with advanced laser cataract surge...

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09

May

AAO: Long-Term Results with Cross-Linking

The American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) recently published an article on EyeNet Magazine that focused on the long-term results of corneal collagen cross-linking (CXL).Dr. Majmudar offers an overview on some studies conducted, but focuses on one particular study published earl...

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09

May

Eye Protection: Are you taking the Proper Precautions?

Every year over 2.5 million eye injuries are documented with 50,000 of them causing permanent vision loss of some level. Over 90% of these yearly eye injuries can be prevented using effective and accessible eye protection. Proper eye protection starts with safety glasses/goggles...

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09

May

Chicago Cornea Consultants™ Attends and Presents at the AAO in New Orleans

Dr. Faron, Dr. Andrezejewski, and Dr. Malooley recently attended the American Academy of Optometry meeting in New Orleans. This particular meeting of the AAO was primarily centered on the growing popularity of NaturalVue and Acuvue Oasys 1-Day contact lenses. It was interesting t...

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09

May

The Unseen Dangers on Your Glasses

A little known fact about your glasses is that they can harbor bacteria which can irritate your eyes. This is due to bacteria and other eye-irritants making the transition from the environment to your hands and from your hands to your glasses and from your glasses to yo…&m...

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