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Signs, Symptoms, and Treatment Options for Glaucoma

Glaucoma is a group of diseases that can lead to damage of the eye’s optic nerve and result in blindness. With early treatment, you can often protect your eyes against serious vision loss. To detect glaucoma, your therapeutic optometrist will do several tests. One is a visual field test that measures your side (peripheral) vision.
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Vision and birthdays –– RGB Eye Associates

Vision and Birthdays

Courtesy RGB Eye Associates, Texoma LIVING WELL Magazines

We hope to grow smarter as we age, accumulating wisdom with every birthday. Knowledge about your health is an important part of that wisdom. We want you to enjoy each day of every year, and believe that maintaining good eye health and experiencing the best vision possible will enhance your life. We at RGB Eye Associates would like to make you aware of some potential eye and vision problems, the occurrence of which may increase as we get older. […]

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Advanced Eye Care talks visual field tests – LIVING WELL Magazine

Performing the Visual Field Test

Courtesy Advanced Eye Care, Denton LIVING WELL Magazine

The visual field test measures your peripheral vision, also called your side vision. Many diseases can reduce your peripheral vision. To diagnose and treat these conditions, we must carefully measure the peripheral vision. Your peripheral vision is measured with a special test called a visual field test. […]

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Texas Retina Associates talks Diabetes: The Number One Cause of Blindness – LIVING WELL Magazine

Diabetes: The Number One Cause of Blindness

Early Detection and Management Can Help Save Your Sight

By Rajiv Anand, MD, MS, FRCS, Texas Retina Associates, North Dallas LIVING WELL Magazine

Diabetes or high blood sugar is a problem for many middle-age Americans. With obesity and sedentary lifestyles on the rise, it is estimated there are about 45 million people in the U.S. with type 2 diabetes. Most people don’t realize diabetes can also affect the eyes and lead to vision loss. This damage is exacerbated with high blood pressure and cholesterol. […]

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Advanced Eye Care talks Eye Care 101 – LIVING WELL Magazine

Eye Care 101: Knowing Who Does What On Your Eye Care Team

By Debi Goss, Advanced Eye Care, Denton LIVING WELL Magazine
As an office manager of an ophthalmology practice that has all the members of an “eye” team, I’m often asked what the difference is between the “doctors.” Aren’t they all doctors? The answer: No. Eye care professionals serve patients in a variety of different ways, and patients need to be knowledgeable about what services they are receiving. […]