July 12, 2016Grin Eye Care wants to bring some Christmas cheer to your summer heat! July 18-23 enjoy 50% off all frames for prescription glasses and 25% off all non-prescription sunglasses. Stop by either our Leawood or Olathe locations to check out our wide selection of frames. If you've been eyeing a new pair of glasses or sunglasses, Christmas in July is your chance to treat yourself.
June 28, 2016Every year, thousands of Americans suffer from eye injuries due to fireworks. Nearly half of those injured are not the ones handling the fireworks, but bystanders. Children account for 35% of eye injuries due to fireworks. The most serious injuries include ruptured globes, retinal detachments, and chemical burns which can result in permanent blindness.
December 06, 2016Online shopping offers a number of conveniences. We are able to find exactly what we want with just a click of the mouse. While the internet is great place to buy clothes, toys, concert tickets and home décor, it should not be the go-to for certain purchases…especially prescription eyeglasses.
May 30, 2016We got a kick out of this recent WIRED article that speculates how Superman's x-ray vision might actually work. Of course, x-ray vision is not yet available in the real world—but Grin Eye Care has been bringing super vision to our patients for almost thirty years. And, no, we can’t shoot lasers out of our eyes like Superman, but we do use lasers in many ways to enhance our patient’s vision or treat eye diseases.
May 17, 2016Cataract surgery may help save your life… literally. A study, just published in the journal Ophthalmology, looked at the effect on of cataract surgery on mortality. Across all groups analyzed, proceeding with cataract surgery, versus delaying or choosing not to have it, helped to prevent people from dying of all causes. The study looked at over 1.5 million patients and found that people who underwent cataract surgery were approximately 27% less likely to die during the follow-up period.
May 04, 2016Dr. Ronald Gentile, surgical director of the The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mt. Sinai, stepped up to answer. As detailed in the article, while there have been effective treatments of wet macular degeneration for at least a decade, the technology and our understanding of how to best use those treatments has improved significantly in recent years.
April 19, 2016We've always been told to eat our carrots because the vitamin A because "it's good for your eyes". New research shows that vitamin C can help protect our vision as well, by slowing the progression of cataracts.
April 05, 2016Dr. Barbara Wolock recently traveled to El Progreso, Honduras to perform cataract surgery at a local clinic. Dr. Wolock performed 20 surgeries over three days and saw patients in the clinic as well. She was able to bring two of her children along with her - Anna, 16, and Charlie, 24. Anna helped out in the pre-op area and Charlie served as a translator in the operating room during surgery.
March 22, 2016Melbourne, Australia is a long way to go for the weekend! Dr. Jeffry Gerson spent last weekend in Australia at the Southern Regional Conference for the Australia Optometric Association. He shared his expertise on diabetes and retinal findings in systemic disease.
March 01, 2016One of the most common questions we hear as eye doctors is, "do you really need to dilate my eyes?" The answer is - yes! When your eyes are dilated, drops are given to enlarge the pupil. This allows more light to enter the eye so that the back of the eye, including the retina and the optic nerve, can be thoroughly examined.
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