October 2012 – Amblyopia/Lazy Eye: Could your child be affected?
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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August is Children’s Eye Health & Safety Month
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, August 1, 2012- August is Children’s Eye Health & Safety Month, and Clay Eye Physicians & Surgeons would like to education the community on prevention. “A complete eye exam by an ophthalmologist that you know and trust, literally sets the stage for the next 80 years,” says Dr. Levine, pediatric ophthalmologist with Clay…
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July is Dry Eye Awareness Month
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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Clay Eye Physicians & Surgeons Supports Macular Degeneration Awareness Month
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, February 1, 2012- February is Macular Degeneration Month. Age Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD) is the leading cause of vision loss in people 50 and older, and as you age, the risk increases. It is a chronic condition that causes central vision loss and affects more than 25 million people worldwide. ARMD occurs when…
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Clay Eye Physicians & Surgeons To Sponsor 2012 VisionWalk
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, January 25, 2012- On Saturday, April 28, 2012, Clay Eye Physicians and Surgeons will participate in the 4th Annual Jacksonville VisionWalk. VisionWalk is the national signature fundraising event of the Foundation Fighting Blindness. This program has raised over $19 million dollars since its inception in the Spring of 2006. “This is the second…
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Clay Eye Physicians & Surgeons Supports Glaucoma Awareness Month
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, December 28, 2011- January is dedicated to Glaucoma Awareness Month, and according to the Glaucoma Research Foundation, over 4 million Americans, and nearly 70 million people worldwide, have glaucoma. Glaucoma is the leading cause of preventable blindness, and is often called the”the sneak thief of sight”, since there are typically no symptoms, and…
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