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Clemson Eye News, October 2014 Click here to view and download the PDF Glaucoma is a buildup of pressure in the eye that damages the optic nerve, causing a slow and painless loss of vision. The pressure is caused by too much fluid in the eye. While glaucoma moves slowly, its damage is irreparable. It […]
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BY APRIL A. MORRIS Greenville Business Journal, September 25, 2014 Tiniest implant ever approved by FDA is saving the sight of Upstate glaucoma patients Glaucoma – the second leading cause of blindness in the world – has been called “the silent thief of sight” because the symptoms are few until the damage is done. Detected […]
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Clemson Eye News, September 2014 Rev. Artis Bufford, Senior Pastor at Easley Union Missionary Baptist Church, was a fortunate Win Free Lasik winner. Rev. Bufford had his life-changing surgery in mid August. At his one-week check-up, his vision was 20/15 (which is even better than 20/20 vision). Rev. Bufford told us he could not have […]
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Anderson Independent, September 1, 2014 Life expectancy in the United States has been increasing steadily over the past century. In the early 1900s, there were 3 million Americans older than 65. Today, there are approximately 35 million or 13% of the population. By 2030, it’s estimated there will be 70 million Americans over 65. So […]
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Greenville News, August 20, 2014 Click here to view and download this article in PDF form! Technology has always played an important role in eye care. Today, just about every aspect of vision care has been significantly improved by a technology that wasn’t available 10 years ago. Cataract surgery is a good example of the […]
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Anderson Independent, August 20, 2014 Click here to view and download this article in PDF form It’s a fact of life. As we age, the lenses in our eyes become cloudy, causing blurry vision, washed-out colors, glare and rings of light known as “halos” – often occurring at night while we drive. This condition is […]
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Upstate Parent, August 2014 Awareness among parents and teachers about the importance of helping children have healthy vision is a key consideration as kids head back to the classroom. Brian Johnson followed his instincts and his training. An ophthalmologist with Clemson Eye, Johnson does not treat children, but he did recognize a problem with his […]
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Greenville News, July 4, 2014 Clemson Eye’s Dr. Donald Glaser is quoted in The Greenville News about what to do in the event of a fireworks related eye injury. Click here to view the full article. [Read More…]
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Clemson Eye News, July 2014 Diabetes is a group of metabolic diseases that result in a person having high blood sugar. Diabetes affects 26 million Americans today compared to 6 million in 1985. That’s an exponential increase. Today, over 8% of all Americans and almost 30% over age 651 have diabetes. Untreated, diabetes can cause […]
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Talk MagazineA-List , May 2014It’s about results “My friend and co-worker went to Spectrum and talked about what a great experience she had there,” says Kathy Lee Jones, sales manager at a local media company. “I had another friend who went somewhere else. She had a terrible experience with bad results, so I went with […]
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