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A1C vs CGM: What Every Diabetic Should Know to Protect Vision
“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Benjamin Franklin made that statement in 1735 to applaud Boston’s fire prevention strategies and encourage his city, Philadelphia, to adopt similar methods to prevent destructive fires....
6 Tips for Diabetics to Regulate Blood Sugar and Protect Your Vision
How Diabetes Affects Your Eyes—and What You Can Do About It November is National Diabetes Awareness Month — an opportune time to focus on early detection, management, and support for people living with diabetes. If you have diabetes, you are most likely...
4 Questions About Age-Related Macular Degeneration
What is Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD)? Age-Related Macular Degeneration — called AMD for short — is an all-too-common eye disease that blurs central vision and can make it harder to drive, read, see faces or do “up-close” work. It is...
Low Vision: Who’s at Risk?
February is Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Low Vision Month. Many people aren’t sure what the definition of low vision is or how it manifests in patients’ lives. Let’s dive into low vision, explore its causes and symptoms, and discuss how...
Guard Your Vision: It’s Glaucoma Awareness Month
January is Glaucoma Awareness Month, which encourages us to start the year thinking about our precious sense of vision and how to safeguard it. Glaucoma is a thief – a silent “sight thief” associated with gradual and permanent vision loss caused by...