How Does Marijuana Help Glaucoma? And Should You Try It?
There are plenty of jokes about “smoking grandma’s glaucoma medicine.” But is weed actually helpful for glaucoma treatment?
What’s the Worst Food for your Eyes? Beware These 5
Does what we eat affect our eye health? Yes actually! These five types of food may be negatively impacting your eye health!
Why Does Your CPAP Machine Give You Dry Eyes?
If you’re using a CPAP machine, it may be giving you dry eyes. Fortunately, CPAP dry eyes are treatable and preventable!
Help Dr. P with Humanitarian Aid to Ukraine!
Despite financial assistance provided by many organizations, medical and survival supplies are in tremendous demand. Learn how you can help now!
A Special Astronaut Sleeping Bag to Relieve Vision Problems in Space
We’re learning more about what living in zero gravity does to the human body–including the eyes. Learn how science is relieving vision changes in space.
Prozac Is a Potential Treatment for Age-Related Macular Degeneration [new study]
There’s currently no cure for age-related macular degeneration. But there may soon be a treatment! New studies suggest Prozac could be repurposed for AMD.
How Does Sleep Affect Glaucoma Patients?
One frequently asked question from my glaucoma patients is how sleep affects glaucoma. Here is the most recent research on sleep and glaucoma.
Could a Contact Lens Slow Myopia Progression?
Eyesight gets worse as we age. But what if there was a way to slow the development of myopia (nearsightedness) in children?
Could these eye drops replace reading glasses?
Reading glasses a necessary part of aging – or are they? These eye drops help age-related blurry vision (presbyopia) without glasses or contacts!
Boy Sees Color for First Time, Shares Gift with Others
A middle-school boy’s emotional experience seeing color for the first time inspired an outpouring of support that is now helping other colorblind children.
10 Lasik Consultation Questions You Have to Ask
When getting LASIK you want your eyes to be in the best hands possible. Here are 10 ophthalmologist-recommended LASIK consultation questions to ask!
What is Color Blindness: Everything You Want to Know
About 300 million people worldwide are some form of color blind. What causes color blindness, how do color blind people see, and what can be done about it?
