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Gratitude Is Good

Gratitude may be more beneficial than we think. A Kent State study assessed the health benefits of writing thank you notes and researchers found that writing as few as three weekly thank you notes over the course of three weeks improved life satisfaction, increased...

Intraocular Robot Eyes the Operating Room

Robots have been around the OR for a while, but none look much like C3PO or R2D2. They do help in delicate procedures, lending the precise nature of a robotic arm with an exactness that is hard to duplicate in a human. The robots are coming to the delicate world of...

Detecting Alzheimer’s Disease Early With an Eye Exam

Could the key to detecting Alzheimer’s disease before it savages the brain be in the eyes? A recent study published in in JAMA Ophthalmology says it’s a possibility. In the study, doctors examined the eyes of older people who had no signs of dementia and found...

Do Your Patients Have a Love/Hate Relationship with You?

Patients definitely love their doctors, but it's not unconditional love. When the relationship is on, they perceive you as brainy and empathic with the ability to leap small hospitals in a single bound. But patients need and want to believe that their doctors and the...

Back to School with the Reichert Clear Chart 4

The kids are all back in school and your office will soon be flooded with students who are discovering they’re not seeing quite as well as they did last year. Be ready for the deluge with the Reichert Clear Chart 4 Acuity Testing System. The all-in-one system is...

Are You Fairly Compensated?

You didn’t grit it through a decade or more of training to get mired in accounting. We get it. But dealing head-on with the profitability (or lack thereof) of your practice may seriously affect your professional sense of wellbeing. Altruism only puts food on the table...

Protecting Eyes From Summertime Ultraviolet Rays

Summer is here. Long days, hot sun and UV rays leaping around like toddlers in a bounce house. The sun’s damaging ultraviolet rays put your patients at risk of serious short-term and long-term eye problems but prevention is easy: Wear sunglasses that block ultraviolet...

Fixation Control: The Octopus 900’s Accuracy Secret

Everything you want in a perimeter available in one streamlined device, Haag-Streit’s Octopus 900 gives you full field static and kinetic perimetry, 100 % fixation control, easy-to-read analysis software and easy integration into your practice workflow. Whatever your...

Going on Vacation? Here’s the Health Tech You Need!

Ah, summer, when thoughts turn to time off, beaches, margaritas and oyster shooters. But an ouchy sunburn, an unexpected food allergy or worse can turn your hard-earned vacation into a less than wonderful experience. But don’t worry, this is the 21st century. There’s...

A Smoothie Prescription for Eye Health – Bell Ophthalmic

Summer is the perfect season for smoothies, so why not combine a refreshing drink with some benefits for better vision? Here’s a list of the vitamins, minerals and compounds and the tasty ingredients they come in that, combined in your blender, make for a healthy...

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