Blog Posts on ophthalmology
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MSICS — Manual Small Incision Cataract Surgery — in the Philippines by Philippines or Bust on Sep 3, 2011Some may wonder why I’ve spent my Labor Day weekend time revising and republishing some former articles on Cataract Surgery here in the Philippines. The answer is simple. A new reader got in touch and explained a very interesting new pro...
An ophthalmologist’s observation of people’s attitudes towards their eyes by Joey M.D. on Aug 13, 2011August is the month of two of the things I would most like to advocate: breastfeeding and sight saving. I know it’s already the middle of the month (apologies, but it seems that my schedule becomes more and more hectic by the day), but I...
Term Paper on the Concept and Definition of Visual Impairment by Thinking Made Easy on Aug 9, 2011VISUAL IMPAIRMENT Visual impairment is a disease in vision and partial sight that may lead to blindness. It is an abnormal visual behavior that affects people to demonstrate a decrease in visual acuity. There are many factors that may affect a person...
No Doctor is an island by Joey M.D. on Jul 13, 2011The more you know, the more you realize that there are more things that you do not know. The above line is not an exact quote, but one of my mentors said that. In the course of my being-a-doctor-journey, I realize that the single scariest thing about...
Medical Writer, Ophthalmology knowledge/experience is Required! by Philippines on Dec 20, 2010Knight Strategy LLC – San Diego, CA – Overview: The Medical Writer is responsible for creating content that is developed into promotional educational assets for clients in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. These assets are...
Alternative treatment for glaucoma by Joey M.D. on Nov 6, 2010Glaucoma is a blinding disease, but it is controllable and we can most likely preserve useful vision for several years IF early diagnosis was made. Unfortunately, because of the lack of symptoms of glaucoma, sometimes we catch patients when a lot o...
World Glaucoma Day 2010 by Joey M.D. on Mar 11, 2010Today is the third World Glaucoma Day. This was started 3 years ago to raise public awareness of this blinding disease. I’ve written a series on Glaucoma. I’ll post the links as soon as they get published, so do stay tuned. In the mea...
Daily Disposable Contact Lenses by Joey M.D. on Jun 29, 2009While most of us would want to have perfect 20/20 vision, sadly, not all of us are blessed with such. Thankfully, one of the most common causes of less than perfect vision is error of refraction, which is easily correctable by the right spectacles...
Subconjunctival Hemorrhage From a Stone by Pinoy Aspiring Doctor on Mar 19, 2009Today’s community rotation somewhat started late because we arrived at our community site late for about 20 to 30 minutes. Although we arrive late, no patient was waiting for us so I was somewhat relieve. After a couple of hours of chit chat an...
Today is World Glaucoma Day by Joey M.D. on Mar 11, 2009Allow me to reprint a previous blog entry I made in my old blog, http://familyhealthtips.wordpress.com (also mirrored in http://familyhealthtips.blogspot.com). Glaucoma - a thief in the night 19Apr07...
