Eye Care News From
Post, O'Connor & Kadrmas Eye Centers

• A Healthy New Year’s Resolution for Your Eyes, Each year as the New Year approaches, people around the world resolve to make changes that will result in longer, happier and healthier lives. Often people are determined to lose weight while others are committed to kicking unhealthy habits such as smoking.  This year EyeCare America® would like to add “Get a Glaucoma Eye Exam!” to the list of healthy resolutions. [read more]
  
  
• Taking eye care to the next level through advanced technology, expertise and commitment to patients closer to home.  Plymouth Laser & Surgical Center has been the choice of thousands of patients having either elective or non-elective eye surgery on the South Shore and Cape Cod. [read article pdf format]
  
  
• Seeing 20/20 Options: When your arms aren’t long enough.  It happens to everyone sooner or later: you find yourself adjusting the distance of your dinner menu, squinting to read the sports score on your TV, and reluctantly you admit it’s time for an eye exam. [read article pdf format]
  
  
• Going the Extra Mile for Low Vision Patients:  Eddie F. Kadrmas, M.D., Ph.D., is one retina specialist who felt there was something more he could do to help his patients who have severe vision loss. He notes that retina specialists tend to focus on diagnosis and treatment, but despite their best efforts many patients have to live with severe vision impairment. "I wasn't comfortable telling patients that there's really nothing more I could do for them except send them out the door and check them once a year for follow-up," says Dr. Kadrmas. [read article pdf format]
  
  
• Living with diabetes and the increased risk of eye complications, There are steps you can take to avoid eye problems. First and most important, keep your blood sugar levels under tight control… learn more by visiting the American Diabetes Association. [read more]
  
  
• Driving Safely Over the Age of 65    If you are 60 or older, driving a car may be increasingly difficult. Age-related vision changes and eye diseases can compromise driving ability, even before you are aware of symptoms. You may be noticing difficulty judging distances and speed. Bright sun or the headlights of oncoming traffic at night may impair your vision. [read more]
  
  
• EyeCare America®, our mission is to preserve sight by raising awareness about eye disease. Información en Español
  
  
• The American Academy of Ophthalmology, The mission of the American Academy of Ophthalmology is to advance the lifelong learning. [read more]
  
  
• Do you know that everyone is at risk for eye damage from exposure to the sun that can lead to vision loss? [read more]