Eye Care
Read how Duke ophthalmologists use innovative therapies to treat adults and children with mild to severe eye conditions.
Is Myopia Treatment Right for Your Child?
Myopia -- or nearsightedness -- used to mean thick glasses, contact lenses, and progressively worse vision. But that may be changing. Duke Health pediatric opt ...
Do I Really Need Cataract Surgery?
A cataract occurs when the normally clear lens inside your eye becomes cloudy. For many, this happens with age, but certain medications, diseases, and trauma c ...
Choose the Right Artificial Lens for Your Cataract Surgery
Cataract surgery involves removing a clouded lens and replacing it with an artificial intraocular lens (also called an IOL) to improve your vision. However, no ...
Myth or Fact: Blue Eyes Are More Sensitive to Light
If you have blue, green, or gray eyes, you may have noticed yourself squinting into the sunlight more than your brown-eyed counterparts or needing a respite fr ...
Lasik: How Safe Is It?
Chances are, you know someone who has had Lasik surgery, or you may have considered the procedure yourself. Despite the allure of ditching daily eyewear, the d ...
Sudden, Painless Vision Changes Require Emergency Care
Sudden, painless changes in vision could mean you’re experiencing a rare type of stroke caused by a blood clot in the retinal artery. It’s important that every ...
Seeing an Increase in Eye Floaters? See Your Eye Doctor
If you’ve ever noticed shadows or dark spots floating across your field of vision, you are not alone. In most cases, these “floaters” cause no harm and are com ...
Maintaining Independence with Vision Rehabilitation
Verdina Gillette-Simms was only 18 when she was diagnosed with glaucoma. Over time, the elevated eye pressure associated with the disease damaged her optic ner ...
New Keratoconus Treatment May Prevent Need for Corneal Transplant
Corneal collagen cross-linking, an FDA-approved treatment for the eye disease keratoconus, can preserve vision and prevent the need for a corneal transplant.
How your smartphone is hurting you
If you're like 64% of Americans, you own a smartphone. For many, it's become a device they just can't live without. However, too much screen time can wreck hav ...
Bride is Glasses-Free Thanks to LASIK
For Cristina Leon, laser eye surgery has been beneficial both personally and professionally.
NC's First Bionic Eye Recipient Sees for First Time in 33 years
Larry Hester is the seventh person in the U.S. to have a so-called bionic eye - an Argus II Retinal Prosthesis Device -- implanted. It allows him to see for th ...