Park Ophthalmology

03/16/2020

Park Ophthalmology is now a part of Unc Kittner Eye Center. Check out their page.

03/17/2019

https://nei.nih.gov/photo/virtual-reality

See What I See: Virtual Reality Eye Disease Experience Millions of people are affected by eye diseases. But describing vision loss is difficult. NEI’s virtual reality (VR) experience enables you to explore life with vision loss from common eye diseases, including age-related macular degeneration (...

02/07/2019

This technique may help improve visual cortex after strokes or brain trauma as well.

A video game has passed through Phase 3 clinical trials and may possibly be approved by the FDA.

11/21/2018

Using data from 2 large, population-based prospective studies, researchers investigated the association between a Mediterranean diet and incidence of advanced AMD.

11/13/2018

Purdue University researchers created a new smart drainage device to help patients with glaucoma, a leading cause of blindness in the world, as they try to save their eyesight.

11/04/2018

Coming soon, a breakthrough for macular degeneration

​Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is one of the leading causes of blindness in older people, with the "wet" form of the disease being responsible for about 90 percent of all cases of AMD-related severe vision loss. There may be new hope, however, in the form of an experimental eye implant.

10/14/2018

Drugs designed to treat eye conditions are often delivered via eye drops. Almost all of the actual drug ends up dripping off the eye and not being

10/07/2018

Evidence is mounting that poor diet plays an important role in the development of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of blindness in the U.S. New research indicates people who adh

09/14/2018

We are closed today Friday Sept 14 but can still be reached for emergencies. Stay safe during the storm.