Most of you have probably seen the Novant Health commercial promising a doctor's visit via the web from the ease of your desk chair (or lake house deck as the commercial depicts), but have you ever wondered what the real feasibility of telemedicine is?  How likely is it that your medical condition can be accurately treated via a web chat?  How can telemedicine...

The Leader C2 frame comes in 6 colors and multiple accent colors forthe temple.  Via Glasses fashion has always been about individuality, but Hilco is taking sports goggles to a whole new level.  Their new Leader C2 frames are Rx-able sports goggles that meet federal ASTM standards for safety eyewear.  But what makes this frame so unique is the customization potential!  You can...

I can't imagine the crickets that Huffington Post writer Amanda Chan must have faced when she pitched her recent article idea concerning contact lens safety to her editors.  Contact lens wearers are a notoriously tough crowd -- most people have a hard time listening to their doctor for advice on their contact lens wear, much less an article in a newspaper.  That's why...

I'm a little late with my fashion week post, but better late than never.  Here's a glimpse of the eyewear top designers sent down the runway: Just Cavalli goes futuristic in Milan.  Mirrored sunglasses continued to be a popular trend for designers. Louis Vuitton frames with widened bridge evoke a sports goggle aesthetic.  It's hard to imagine these being popular mainstream, but definitely...

Via  The medical landscape is constantly changing, and eye care providers have a new medication in their arsenal to fight glaucoma with the introduction of Simbrinza (Alcon).  Want a refresher on glaucoma? Simbrinza is a combination drop containing the carbonic anhydrase inhibitor brinzolamide with the alpha 2 adrenergic agonist brimonidine.  These medications individually have been used in glaucoma treatment for years, and with...

As an optometrist, I test children for color blindness on a routine basis, but many adults come in asking me if they might have a color vision problem too.   Have you ever wondered if your color vision is up to snuff?  No surprise, but there is an app for that.   Sample of the EnChroma screening test via Enter EnChroma, a smart...

"There's a freckle in my eye!?" A small choroidal nevus can be seen inferiorly in this photograph (it looks like a grey-green circle) That's usually the response to seeing a retinal photograph that contains a freckle or choroidal nevus (as it is formally called).  With today's excellent imaging software, small freckles inside the ocular tissue are easier and easier to detect.  So if...