Posts by Slade & Baker Vision:
Cataract Surgery as an RN: I Was More a Patient Than a Nurse That Day
Cyndi’s mother is 90 years old and has not had cataract surgery yet. Cyndi never thought she would have a cataract and that it would need to be removed so quickly. What made Cyndi really feel the need to remove her cataracts? “The two worse things I complained about were night driving and depth perception. Mostly… Read More »
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Callie’s Road To LASIK: This Will Forever Be One of the Best Days of My Life
Callie, an optician at a great optical and optometric practice in College Station, the Eye Care Center, had LASIK surgery with Dr. Stephen Slade on May 19th. Callie shared her entire journey with us on the Eye Care Center’s Instagram page, from pre op to post op, she walked us through her ‘Road to… Read More »
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Seeing Brighter: What Cataracts In Children Have Taught Us
Cataracts are important to more than just vision, at any age. An article published in American Journal of Ophthalmology by Moug Al-Makri et al., found that there’s more than a fourfold increased risk of anxiety disorders and twofold increased risk of neurodevelopment delay in children with a cataract compared to children without a cataract, even after… Read More »
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LASIK Patient Memories: Slade & Baker Staff Blog
We decided to poll the very people who get to spend time with our patients every day and who are a huge part of the magic that happens during LASIK days at Slade & Baker Vision: our beloved staff! We share these with each other while at lunch or in the office, but time passes,… Read More »
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The First LASIK Surgery in the US: An Interview with Dr. Stephen Slade
As staff members in a clinical practice where the FIRST doctor who did LASIK in the US works, there are several questions we have wondered about in the last several years, and we finally sat Dr. Stephen Slade down to get some answers to our questions!  We are delighted to share this insightful interview… Read More »
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How Do You Know If You Have A Cataract?
Do you feel that colors have lost their crispness or are ‘muted’? Are things that usually look bright white, looking yellowish? Are you unsure about whether you should be driving at night? Have you handed the keys to your significant other, or other friends of yours because you don’t trust yourself? Are things a little… Read More »
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Why Does My Eyelid Twitch?
We have all been there. That annoying twitch. Why does it happen? For many of us, it happens on and off. We get this question at Slade & Baker Vision quite a bit – so we wanted to address it in our blog. Your eyelid twitch is referred to as an ‘Eyelid spasm’ and most… Read More »
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Cataract Surgery Can Help Prevent Alzheimer’s and Dementia
A new article in the New York Times this week sheds some new, really exciting light, on another bad thing that cataract surgery helps patients avoid. We once wrote a blog about a study which proved that Cataract Surgery statistically helped patients avoid falling, and therefore, avoid injuries, so this new study – sharing that… Read More »
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If I have Dry Eyes, then WHY are they watery?
Why are my eyes watery? What causes watery eyes? Why are my eyes tearing? My eyes are really wet, how can they be dry? If I have Dry Eyes, then WHY are they watery or tearing? We get these questions a lot. Dryness – can feel like a dry or scratchy feeling, or can feel… Read More »
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Why Treat Dry Eye and How?
Dr. Stephen Slade recently did an interview for the Refractive Surgery Council about Dry Eye Responses for the Healthy. Below you will find the interview and learn so much about dry eye options! There has been a huge increase in our knowledge around dry eye and our ability to treat it. We know so much… Read More »
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