Knowing When to Surrender Your Keys: Aging and Driving
Highlights Aging-related vision loss can affect safe driving, reaction time, and overall driver safety. Older drivers may struggle with glare, low light, and reading road signs clearly. According to the American Academy of Ophthalmology, changes in visual acuity and peripheral vision can raise traffic safety risks. There are self-assessment tools available for older drivers to…
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How Diabetes Affects Your Eyes and Vision Health: Key Facts
Key Highlights Diabetes can hurt your eye health even before you feel anything is wrong. High blood sugar levels may harm the tiny blood vessels in your eyes and make you more likely to lose vision. Diabetic retinopathy is a common diabetic eye disease that is a big cause of blindness. People with diabetes often…
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Clay Eye Physicians & Surgeons Supports January-Glaucoma Awareness Month
Eye Health & Wellness,Uncategorized
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, December 6, 2012- January is dedicated to Glaucoma Awareness Month, and according to Prevent Blindness America, more than 2.2 million Americans age 40 and older suffer from glaucoma. Glaucoma is the leading cause of preventable blindness, and is often called the”the sneak thief of sight.” Glaucoma is when vision loss is caused by…
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October 2012 – Amblyopia/Lazy Eye: Could your child be affected?
Eye Health & Wellness,Uncategorized
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, September 12, 2012- During the month of October, Prevent Blindness America is aiming to spread awareness of several important child eye care issues, including amblyopia, or lazy eye. Believe it or not, this is a fairly common eye problem, effecting roughly 120,000 children in the United States every year. It is one of…
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July is Dry Eye Awareness Month
Eye Health & Wellness,Uncategorized
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, July 1, 2012- July is Dry Eye Awareness Month, and Clay Eye Physicians & Surgeons would like to education the community on prevention. Dry eye syndrome is more common than one would think. In fact, dry eye can occur when one of the eye’s layers fail to produce the adequate amount of tears….
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Clay Eye Physicians & Surgeons Earns Coveted Angie’s List Super Service Award
Award reflects businesses’ consistently high level of customer service JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, May 8, 2012- Clay Eye Physicians & Surgeons has been awarded the prestigious 2011 Angie’s List Super Service Award, an honor bestowed annually on approximately 5 percent of all the businesses rated on the nation’s leading provider of consumer reviews on local service companies….
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Clay Eye Physicians & Surgeons Recognizes May as Healthy Vision Month
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, May 3, 2012– May is Healthy Vision Month and Clay Eye and the National Eye Institute (NEI) encourage people to recognize the value of sight and make vision health a top priority. The NEI recently conducted a focus group and found that American adults indicated that the loss of eyesight would have a…
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Clay Eye recognizes April as Women’s Eye Health & Safety Month
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, March 22, 2012– According to a recent National Health Interview Survey, 21.5 million Adult Americans 18 and older reported experiencing vision loss. Of these 21.5 million American adults, 12.7 million were women, and 8.8 million were men. The survey concluded that each year, more women than men are diagnosed with eye diseases such…
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Clay Eye Physician, Lawrence Levine, M.D. presenting: “The View On Maintaining Excellent Lifelong Vision”
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, February 21, 2012 – Dr. Lawrence Levine of Clay Eye Physicians & Surgeons will be presenting a lecture titled,”The View on Maintaining Excellent Lifelong Vision.” The presentation will be held on Thursday, March 8th, at the Thrasher-Horne Center located at 283 College Drive in Orange Park. A light buffet will be served at…
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