Everything is “smart” these days- I can talk to my Alexa speaker and she talks back. GMail knows what I’m going to type before I do. My 16 year old daughter is smart- in fact she reminds me daily that she is smarter than me until she wants something. Glasses are now “smart” too. Actually,…[Read more]

The end of 2021 was a busy time for the FDA, as they approved 2 more novel prescription medications for eye care. The first was Vuity, which is a once daily drop for the treatment of presbyopia (a fancy word for “getting older and can’t see up close anymore). The target age is mid 40’s…[Read more]

Presbyopia is a fancy word that translates to ” I’m getting old and I can’t see up close anymore and I need longer arms or I have to break down and buy reading glasses”.  But wait… a long awaited solution appears to be on the near horizon (finally). “Fixing” presbyopia has been talked about for…[Read more]

Amen!  I’ve been preaching this since the Pandemic started.  There is NO science behind blue light-blocking lenses. This video is worth 10 minutes of your time.  Show it to your Millennial kids, too.  And you can thank me later for NOT picking your pockets like other places apparently do.

2020 was supposed to be my year- the year of the eye doctor!  2020- get it?  Many eye care professionals were getting ready to implement marketing campaigns that were foolproof.  The only way they could fail was if a once-every-100-year pandemic were to wipe out an entire year.  And so the story goes… It seems…[Read more]

As parents, we are all aware that the world in which our children are growing up is so much different than 30-40 years ago. With the internet, along with phones, tablets, and laptops, our kids have access to so much information at their fingertips which is a good thing (we’ll save the arguments against social…[Read more]

We are so pleased to announce that we are now providing Myopia Care at Normandy Optical.  But first, a little background.  Myopia is also know as nearsightedness, which causes blurry vision far away.  Currently, 30% of the world’s population is nearsighted.  This number is predicted to increase to 50% in 2050, thus causing some to…[Read more]

I read a case report about a 60 year-old man who’s medical history included high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, obesity, and carotid artery disease. He was also a heavy smoker.  He went to see his eye doctor because he was having short periods (5 minutes) of seeing strange lights and colors in his left…[Read more]

I recently read a lengthy article on the news website ProPublica about the myth of drug expiration dates. The really, really quick version is that medications are safe and effective years after the expiration date.  If you want a little more background, keep reading. Before a drug comes to market, as required by the FDA,…[Read more]

I read an extensive article in National Geographic a few months ago which brought to light how dependent the world is on plastic materials, how cheaply they can be made, and how harmful (especially single-use plastics) they are to our world.  Since then, National Geographic has stopped mailing their monthly magazines wrapped in plastic and…[Read more]