Archive for October 2024

In the June 2024 edition of JAMA Ophthalmology, a group from China published a study about using low levels of red light to slow the progression of nearsightedness. Nearsightedness tends to be a bigger problem in East Asia than it is in the rest of the world. That is why studies in China tend to…

During cataract surgery, the basic objective is to take the cataract out of its capsule and place a new lens implant in that capsule. There is some debate about whether taking every last fiber of the cataract out of the capsule is optimal, but it inherently makes sense to me that we should get as…

Many people getting ready to have cataract surgery ask me, “Do I have to have a physical before my cataract surgery?” Well, it really matters what one means by “have to.” There are numerous studies that indicate that, for the purpose of upcoming eye surgery, there isn’t much benefit to the physical. However, it is…

Does it ever make sense to use glasses that are “too strong”? In young patients whose eyes deviate out (instead of crossing in), eye doctors will sometimes use glasses that are designed to correct more near-sightedness than the patient actually has. The idea is that this stimulates patients to correct their own eyes against the…