Millions of Contact Lenses Thrown In The Toilet Causing Massive Pollution: A Global Crisis
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A recent article by the Daily Mail online, which is arguably the largest online news website outlet in the world, reported that more than 780 million used plastic contact lenses are disposed of in the United Kingdom each year; however, 97% of those are either thrown in the trash or flushed away rather than being…
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Can Checking My Phone Before Bed Cause Trouble Sleeping?
Do you check your phone before going to bed? I sit here wondering, who DOESN’T? Right before plugging our phones or iPads to charge for the night, most of us are guilty of “checking” our devices, a.k.a falling into the deep, dark rabbit hole of an hour or more of social media! Have you ever…
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An Eye Doctor Has LASIK: An Optometrist’s Patient Experience
Today, I’m happy to present a guest blogger: Dr. Rebecca Miller. Dr. Miller is a fabulous optometrist who works in Dallas, TX at Brooks Eye Associates. *** I had my first eye exam when I was in 5th grade. My optometrist was brilliant; he did careful measurements of my vision and ocular health. After all…
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New FDA-Approved Trifocal Lens Available at Slade & Baker Vision!
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When a new intraocular (IOL) lens option is released into the market, it is always a big day in ophthalmology. And just within the last two weeks, the FDA approved a new exciting option for patients. On August 27, 2019, it was announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the AcrySof®IQ PanOptix®Trifocal Intraocular…
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Slade & Baker Vision: Grand Rounds & Grand Discussion
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Last night, Thursday, September 5th, Slade & Baker Vision hosted a night of education at our clinic entitled “Slade & Baker Vision Grand Rounds & Grand Discussion.” Our doctors discussed DMEK, Corneal Collagen Cross Linking, Lipiflow (For Dry Eye) and the Light Adjustable Lens with a packed audience made up of our local optometrists in…
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Can Popping Bottles Poke Your Eye Out?
We all heard it from our parents as kids “careful not to poke your eye out!” Whether it was playing with BB guns or slingshots, or whatever the toy was, we were raised to be careful with anything that could potentially fly near or into our eyes – for good reason. Let’s fast forward to…
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Looking For LASIK and Don’t Live in Houston?
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Not to fear! Did you know we get patients from Dubai, South America, The Caribbean and Europe, not to mention countless other places within the US every week? Did you also know that Dr. Stephen Slade has been coined the “surgeon’s surgeon” as over 450 of his fellow eye surgeons have chosen HIM for their…
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LASIK Patient Video: Watch Our Doctors At Slade & Baker Vision Perform LASIK!
One of Dr. Bennett Walton’s very happy patients underwent LASIK a couple weeks ago and we recorded it. We then sped it up just a teeny bit for your quick viewing pleasure! To read more about the LASIK process and what you are seeing in this video, please visit our LASIK page! If you have…
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Dr. Walton Lectures on Light Adjustable Lens at Southern Eye Congress
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Last week, our very own Dr. Bennett Walton was a featured faculty member on stage at the 2019 Southern Eye Congress in Florida. Dr. Walton covered various lectures and educated the crowd about the SMILE procedure, the Light Adjustable Lens, and he also participated in a debate with Dr. Cathleen McCabe entitled: “Low Add Multifocal…
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What a Hot Summer Means for Your Eye Allergies
Dry eyes,Eye health,Ophthalmology houston
Have you noticed itchier eyes? Redder eyes? Could they be due to a longer allergy season? It’s been a warm 2019, and the results are an earlier flowering season than normal for spring allergies, and a high pollen count due to the hot summer. A hot, hot summer will mean a longer allergy season. If…
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