By Dr. Gary Goberville Blinking helps lubricate and moisten our eyes so they don’t feel dry. If you’ve experienced hot, dry winds blowing into your face, you know that unpleasant “sandpaper eyes” feeling. For some, that feeling of dry, irritated eyes stays with us. Sometimes eyes don’t produce enough tears to moisten and those tears …
By Dr. Gary Goberville Technological advances create incredible new solutions…but cause new difficulties as well. Modern-day computing and the Internet allow us to handle more information than ever before. All this productivity means we spend a lot of time staring at screens; our work computers, our laptops and our smartphones. This isn’t good for our eyes. …
Family Eye Care By Dr. Gary Goberville Give your loved ones or friends a special present and make a huge impact on their life. GIVE?THE?GIFT?OF?SIGHT. Dr. Goberville’s Sight Savers’ gift list: Consider the gift of an EYE EXAM and give sight to a special child or adult in your life. A top reason for a …
By Dr. Gary Goberville The Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS) is a major clinical trial sponsored by the National Eye Institute, one of the federal government’s National Institutes of Health. The AREDS was designed to learn more about the natural history and risk factors of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and cataract and to evaluate the …
By Dr. Gary Goberville Breast cancer metastatic to the eye is a common entity occurring in up to 30% of women with metastatic disease. The prevalence of this lesion is not appreciated because of the dominant clinical picture of metastases occurring in other organs. The diagnosis should be suspected in any women with a history …
By Dr. Gary Goberville Prevent Blindness America reports that hospital emergency rooms treat more than 40,000 eye injuries every year that are sports-related. When it comes to sports injury treatment, even professionals don’t usually think about a players eyesight. However, even non-contact sport such as tennis or biking can present inherent dangers to the eyes. …
