Healthy Aging Awareness Month at Slade & Baker Vision
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September has been named “Healthy Aging Month” and like many other disease types, our risk of suffering from an eye disease increases with our age; but did you know that many adults aged 65 years and older neglect to go see an ophthalmologist? Did you know that one in every six Americans who are 65…
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How to Protect Your Children from Screen Time-induced Eye Strain
Eye health,In the news,Ophthalmology houston
In honor of August being Children’s Eye Health and Safety Awareness Month, the team at Slade & Baker Vision would love to provide our patients with some helpful information to our patients and their families to help protect their little ones’ precious vision We know August is coming to a close, but it’s never too…
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“Best Decision I Ever Made” – LASIK Uptick During A Pandemic?
In the last 30 days: The surge in “LASIK surgeon near me” Google searches have made it the top trend related to LASIK. As one of our recent LASIK patients shared on her Instagram story, many patients are logging into their social media accounts to share with their friends and followers that LASIK was “the…
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Our Vision Develops Past Childhood
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With the billions of neurons that make up the human brain, it is no wonder it is the one part of our bodies that researchers will openly admit they are still constantly learning about. And research shows that the brain’s visual processing center which was previously thought to have stopped developing in early childhood years,…
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Can You Get Covid Through Your Eyes?
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A recent article by CNN Health investigates whether protecting our noses and mouths is enough to protect us against coronavirus. According to the clinical spokesperson for the American Academy of Ophthalmology, Dr. Thomas Steinemann, “it’s certainly possible that a person could get Covid-19 through the eyes.” As the World Health Organization confirmed this summer, we…
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The Good In UV Light: Light Adjustable Lens
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We recently posted a blog about the importance of picking the right sunglasses. In that article we touched on the protection needed from UV rays and we also mentioned that all of the lens options that we provide at Slade & Baker Vision for both cataract surgery and lens replacement surgery have built in UV…
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What Matters When Picking Out Sunglasses?
Eye health,Ophthalmology houston
If you’re like us, you’re having a bit of a strange summer. Probably the strangest in your lifetime. Nonetheless, the sun could care less about the pandemic, and is out doing it’s thing even though we are limited in what we can do, so a good pair of sunglasses is a MUST regardless of whether…
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Would Teddy Roosevelt Choose LASIK Today?
A recent article based on the biography[1] of past US President, Theodore Roosevelt, shared an interesting look at a momentous occasion. “Teedie” as he was called, was 13 years old before getting his first pair of glasses. The article discussed how Teddy realized that he needed glasses. Unlike nowadays, when routine pediatric visits or a…
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Waiting Too Long For LASIK?
In a recent article on CNN.com, the timeliness of knee replacement was studied among people who might benefit from the procedure. This study concluded that the majority of Americans are likely living with knee pain longer than they should: “90% of Americans with osteoarthritis suffer too long before having a knee replacement that could improve…
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What is The Light Adjustable Lens?
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Frequently Asked Questions about the Light Adjustable Lens We recently shared that we were the first to debut the Light Adjustable Lens…and this time it was not just the first in our city, or our state. It is one of our biggest firsts. The first worldwide. At the bottom of this article is a photo…
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