Archive for August 2026

I have a patient who had inflammatory swelling of his retina. This has been a persistent issue that keeps rearing its head for us. He has had steroid implants into the back of his eye for this in the past. Recently, he got another type of steroid implant in the back of his eye. This…

It seems that every time I turn around, there is a new lens available to implant for cataract surgery. This is really great news, because the competitive marketplace drives further and further improvements in technology so that we can do the most for our patients. There is a bit of a downside, though. Every new…

Humans see only a small portion of the light spectrum that we call “visible light”–perhaps for obvious reasons. Many animals can detect ultraviolet (UV) light that is completely invisible to us and outside the “visible light” part of the spectrum. Bees use UV patterns on flowers—often called “nectar guides”—to locate pollen and nectar, while many…