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12/17/2025

Our Blog Update: I Think My Eye Is Bleeding!

We commonly see patients who come in saying that their eyes are bleeding.The patient is usually referring to the white part of their eye, which has turned bright red. The conjunctiva is

12/10/2025

Our Blog Update: Why Your Insurance Might Not Cover Everything with Your Cataract Surgery

You’ve been diagnosed with a cataract and you’ve been told you should have cataract surgery. The surgeon is also telling you that you should consider paying out-of-pocket for certain features.Where did this

12/03/2025

Our Blog Update: Keeping Eyes Safe During the Holidays

Your Eyes Are A Precious Gift--Protect Them During The Holidays“I want an official Red Ryder, carbine action, two-hundred shot range model air rifle!”“No, you'll shoot your eye out.”These lines from “A Christmas

11/19/2025

Our Blog Update: The Spectrum of Eye Color

What's one of the most common questions people ask when a baby is born? "WHAT COLOR ARE HIS EYES?” is usually right up there.What makes the color of our eyes appear as they

11/12/2025

Our Blog Update: How to NOT Ruin Your Glasses

Now that you have picked up your new pair of prescription eyeglasses, your focus becomes taking care of them. This is a task many disregard, but it is absolutely imperative that you

11/05/2025

Our Blog Update: Diabetic Retinopathy and the Eye

Diabetic retinopathy is an eye condition that can affect the retina of people who have diabetes.The retina is the light-sensitive tissue that lines the back of the eye, and it detects light

10/31/2025

🎃👻 Happy Halloween 👻🎃

10/30/2025

Our Blog Update: Twitching Eyelids

Have you ever felt a twitching sensation in your eye? Did it feel like everyone was looking at you because of it? Were you worried that it was the beginning of a

10/24/2025

Our Blog Update: You Want to Stick a Needle in My Eye? Part 2

There are certain eye conditions where an injection into your eye might be recommended.Injections into the eye, specifically into the vitreous or gel-filled cavity of the eye, are called intravitreal injections.In Part

10/23/2025

Our Blog Update: Your Eyes and Shingles

Shingles is the term we use to describe a condition that is caused by a re-activation of the Herpes Varicella-Zoster virus. The origin of this infection usually goes way back to childhood

10/23/2025

We’re excited to be at the ORNL Health Fair today! 👁️ Stop by our table to say hello, grab some goodies, and learn how we’re helping our community see and feel their best. 👓💙

10/15/2025

Our Blog Update: My New Glasses Are Making My Eyes Worse

Will reading glasses make your eyes worse? The short answer is "No."Although we don’t know the exact mechanism by which humans lose the ability to focus up close as we age (a