Month: August 2020

How to Protect Your Children from Screen Time-induced Eye Strain

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In honor of August being Children’s Eye Health and Safety Awareness Month, the team at Slade & Baker Vision would love to provide our patients with some helpful information to our patients and their families to help protect their little ones’ precious vision We know August is coming to a close, but it’s never too…

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“Best Decision I Ever Made” – LASIK Uptick During A Pandemic?

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In the last 30 days: The surge in “LASIK surgeon near me” Google searches have made it the top trend related to LASIK. As one of our recent LASIK patients shared on her Instagram story, many patients are logging into their social media accounts to share with their friends and followers that LASIK was “the…

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Our Vision Develops Past Childhood

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With the billions of neurons that make up the human brain, it is no wonder it is the one part of our bodies that researchers will openly admit they are still constantly learning about. And research shows that the brain’s visual processing center which was previously thought to have stopped developing in early childhood years,…

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Can You Get Covid Through Your Eyes?

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A recent article by CNN Health investigates whether protecting our noses and mouths is enough to protect us against coronavirus. According to the clinical spokesperson for the American Academy of Ophthalmology, Dr. Thomas Steinemann, “it’s certainly possible that a person could get Covid-19 through the eyes.” As the World Health Organization confirmed this summer, we…

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