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How Your Old Contact Lenses End up in our Waterways and our Food!

Contact lens houston,Eye health,In the news,Lasik surgery

Continuing to honor Contact Lens Health week here at Slade & Baker Vision, we decided we needed to share this information with our patients! Did you know how many people in America stick contact lenses in their eyes daily? 45 Million. That’s a lot of contact lenses… Next question. Have you ever thought about what…

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Ever “lost” a contact lens? You may find it 28 years later.

Contact lens houston,Eye health,Lasik surgery

It is Contact Lens Health Week according to the American Optometric Association and in this week’s honor, we are kicking Monday off with an incredible story about one very mysterious contact lens. Have you ever “lost a contact”? If you have, this story that made big news in AU may make you think twice… After…

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I fell asleep with my contacts in. What do I do?!

Corneal disease,Eye health,Ophthalmology houston

I fell asleep with my contacts in and both of them have moved to the back of my eyes. How do I remove them?  What do I do? This is actually a question we got on our website from a patient just 2 weeks ago. Have you ever wondered any of the following questions? Lucky…

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If you were a surgeon, who would you trust your vision to?

Lasik surgery,Ophthalmology houston

An Interview with Dr. Paul Zarutskie, Premier Infertility Specialist and Patient of Slade & Baker Vision Dr. Paul Zarutskie is a board-certified reproductive endocrinologist and obstetrician/gynecologist, and a renowned contributor to the field of reproductive medicine. Throughout his 30-year career he has treated more than 15,000 patients and consistently been named one of the Best…

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Decrease in Car Accidents due to Cataract Surgery?

Cataract surgery houston,Cataract symptoms

According to the Texas Department of Transportation there were 14,299 serious injury crashes in Texas in 2017 with 17,546 people sustaining a serious injury. Based on reportable crashes in 2017 in Texas alone: These numbers really scared us because we know that driving is very often the impetus that causes patients to decide to come to their…

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Why do my eyes twitch?

Eye health,Ophthalmology houston

Why do my eyes twitch? Have you ever felt like your bottom eyelid is having spasms?  Do you feel like everyone can see it happening if they look at you? Myokymia is the medical term for what we call “eye twitching”. The muscle that closes the eyelids is called the orbicularis oculi.  It is a very…

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Proper Testing Pre Cataract Surgery Helps Post Op Vision

Cataract surgery houston,Dry eyes

The Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery JCRS, shared in a recent article, that most people who are about to have cataract surgery also have Meibomian Gland Dysfunction or what we refer to as “MGD”. This means that the oil glands that produce the top layer of tear film aren’t doing their job. As a…

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Happy LASIK Anniversary to Us!

Lasik surgery

It was exactly 27 years ago today, that Dr. Slade performed the FIRST LASIK procedure in the United States of America. On June 6th, 1991, history was made, and we were so lucky to be a part of it. Since that day 27 years ago, LASIK has come such a long way. Technology has developed…

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Dr. Stephen Slade Presented with Joseph Colin Award

In the news

This past week at the American-European Congress of Ophthalmic Surgery (AECOS) meeting in Berlin, our very own, Dr. Stephen Slade of Slade and Baker Vision, was presented with an incredible honor, the Joseph Colin Award, named after a hero in ophthalmology. Dr. Joseph Colin was well known in ophthalmology for a neverending list of contributions…

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Why Glasses Don’t Work When You’re Working Out 

Lasik options,Lasik surgery,Ophthalmology houston

We may have passed spring break, and this may have been the never-ending winter for many parts of our country, BUT summer is right around the corner… Those of you who have summer trips planned or beach vacations lined up are already thinking about not eating that gigantic brownie dessert and maybe hitting the gym…

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