The National Eye Institute urges all Americans to prioritize their eye health during May as part of Healthy Vision Month. The most effective way to take care of your eyes is to have a comprehensive dilated eye exam. A dilated eye exam allows your eye care professional to detect vision problems as well as eye [...]
2.6 million women in the United States who are aged 40 and older have poor vision that cannot be fixed or are blind compared to 1.5 million men. The National Eye Institute attributes hormonal factors as well as longer lifespan as being the primal causes for the startling disparity. Prevent Blindness America recommends that women [...]
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It was an afternoon in late October 2001. A fax from the American Academy of Ophthalmology had just printed in my office, and at the top in large capital letters, it said: ====== URGENT! ====== Fax machines in doctors’ offices are targets for every company trying to market surgical instruments, medications, automobile tires, [...]
Well-known journalist and talk show host Anderson Cooper discovered the hard way that sunburns don’t just happen to your skin. While on an assignment in Portugal last month, Mr. Cooper suffered a sunburn to his eyes from ultraviolet light reflecting off of water. As a result of the sunburn, Mr. Cooper was temporarily blinded for [...]
A recent study has shown that older patients with poor vision significantly limit their activities due to fear of falling, a cautious strategy that can lead to social isolation and morbidity. Researchers examined patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), glaucoma, and Fuchs corneal dystrophy, and compared them to an older group of controls with normal [...]
When children complain of headaches, many parents jump to the conclusion that their child needs glasses. However, researchers have determined that this is rarely the case and that usually the headaches going away on their own without vision correction. Recently a team of pediatric ophthalmologists reviewed records from 2002 to 2011 for 158 patients under [...]
Patients who suffer from conditions like macular degeneration can suffer a loss in central vision and must rely on reading aids such as expensive and cumbersome magnifiers with attached lights to aid in reading. But a new study offers a “ray of light” for these patients by revealing that devices such as iPads and Kindles [...]
With the increased use of digital devices such as smartphones and tablets among adults, eye care professionals are also seeing a rise in digital eye strain. A study conducted by The Vision Council revealed that more than one-third of adults in the U.S. spend four to six hours a day on electronic devices and fourteen [...]
Men and women who consume more than 20 grams of alcohol a day increased their risk of developing macular degeneration by almost 20 percent according to the findings of a recent study. There are about 15 grams of alcohol in a standard glass of beer or wine. The study was conducted by researchers at the [...]
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Dr. Krawitz trained in Internal Medicine at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital, New York. He completed his Ophthalmology training at Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, and later was selected as Chief Resident of that program.
He completed an additional year of sub-specialization in Glaucoma at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, NY. Read more.
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