How to Pick the Best Sunglasses to Protect Your Eyes

Sunglasses aren’t an optional summertime accessory, they’re an essential prescription for eye health. Long-term exposure to the sun without proper protection can increase the risk of eye disease, including cataract, growths on the eye, and eye...
8-Jul-2019 12:30 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Reports of Eye Injuries From Fireworks Have Doubled

An annual report from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission shows that fireworks-related eye injuries have nearly doubled, from 700 in 2016 to 1,200 in 2017. Overall, fireworks caused nearly 13,000 injuries in 2017, up from 11,000 in 2016.
20-Jun-2019 1:30 PM EDT Add to Favorites

New Survey Highlights Growing Insurance Problem That Delays Sight-Saving Care

The majority of ophthalmologists in a new survey said that a cost-management tool required by health insurance companies is delaying or disrupting the sight-saving care they give their patients. The tool is called prior authorization.
11-Jun-2019 4:00 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Nation’s Leading Medical Specialty Organizations Applaud Congressional Leaders’ Introduction of Legislation to Improve Oversight and Transparency in Prior Authorization

2019 (H.R. 3107), legislation that would protect patients from unreasonable Medicare Advantage plan requirements that needlessly delay or deny access to medically necessary care
5-Jun-2019 2:00 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Nation’s Ophthalmologists Push to Remove Roadblocks to Patients’ Access to Medical and Surgical Eye Care

More than 400 eye physicians and surgeons from across the U.S. are in Washington, D.C., today to urge Congress to end federal policies that delay patients’ access to quality medical and surgical eye care.
10-Apr-2019 4:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Google Research Shows How AI Can Make Ophthalmologists More Effective

As artificial intelligence continues to evolve, diagnosing disease faster and potentially with greater accuracy than physicians, some have suggested that technology may soon replace tasks that physicians currently perform.
18-Mar-2019 1:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Protect Your Eyes From Too Much Screen Time

A recent study found that the average office worker spends 1,700 hours per year in front of a computer screen. And that doesn’t include our addiction to phones and other digital devices. All this screen time has led to an increase in complaints of...
11-Mar-2019 10:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

New Study Shows an Eye Scan Can Detect Signs of Alzheimer’s Disease

Researchers from the Duke Eye Center have shown that a new, non-invasive imaging device can see signs of Alzheimer’s disease in a matter of seconds.
8-Mar-2019 9:00 AM EST Add to Favorites

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