What Exactly is a Pinhole and How Does it Work?
One of the most common questions that I am asked by patients is, “What is that thing you place in front of my eye to make my vision clear without glasses?” In this video, I’ll answer that question.
One of the most common questions that I am asked by patients is, “What is that thing you place in front of my eye to make my vision clear without glasses?” In this video, I’ll answer that question.
One of the most common questions that I am asked by patients is, “What is that thing you place in front of my eye to make my vision clear without glasses?” In this video, I’ll answer that question.
We are about a year into this pandemic and one thing is perfectly clear. The main feature of this virus is confusion! Should we wear a mask? Should we open schools? Why are bars open but churches closed? On and on and on. Unfortunately, there has been a tremendous disconnect between how doctors think about the virus and putting a public policy in place. Most of the time, the two do not sync up very well. In this article, I am going to try and explain how doctors think about viruses and let you conclude what is and isn’t reasonable.
In my last newsletter, I left off at a point where I actually started in medicine. Everything from here on out will be based on my personal experience. There won’t be any bad guys in this article. We always want to find a bad guy, someone to point the finger at, a scapegoat…
I want to thank everyone for subscribing to my newsletter and would like to tell you about some changes in the works. It has often been said that a picture is worth a thousand words. If that is true, then a video is worth a thousand pictures. Starting in June 2022, I will…
This month’s newsletter is a reprint of an earlier newsletter. Several times a week, patients call me, telling me they ran out of their eyedrops. When they try to refill them, the pharmacists say it is too early for a refill. Why are they running out so soon? Hopefully, this article will help answer that question.
Have you ever walked into a room, and immediately your eyes become irritated? Something in the air is causing your eyes to sting and burn. Now imagine that you have dry eye disease and your eyes are already irritated before you walk into that same room.
In the early 1990s, when I submitted a claim to the insurance companies, all I needed to supply was the CPT and ICD codes. There were no other supporting documents. Our chart notes were handwritten and often abbreviated with symbols and terms only the doctors understood. These were our personal medical notes on…