Diabetic Retinopathy Increasing in Adults Over Age 40

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November is Diabetic Eye Disease Awareness Month The American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) noted a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association offers “reliable evidence that diabetic retinopathy and vision-threatening diabetic retinopathy are increasing in adults over age 40 in the United States and that more Americans, especially non-Hispanic black Americans,…

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Age-related focus dysfunction: the new presbyopia

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Language, especially medical terminology, can act as a barrier to patient understanding. Presbyopia is such a term. Despite the fact that millions of Americans are presbyopes, many will simply say they have “short arms syndrome” and dismiss the condition as a normal part of aging that is simply to be accepted not knowing there are…

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Suncoast Surgery Center Receives Three-Year Accreditation

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Local Ophthalmologist Jonathan M. Frantz, MD, FACS, is pleased to announce that the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, Inc. (AAAHC) has awarded Suncoast Surgery Center in Fort Myers another three-year term of accreditation. A state-of-the-art outpatient surgery center, Suncoast Surgery Center opened in 2000 as one of Florida Eye Health’s Centers of Excellence. It…

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Dr. Jonathan Frantz Named in Premier Surgeon PS250 List of Leading Innovators in the Field of Premium IOL Implant Surgery

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Area Cataract and LASIK Specialist Jonathan M. Frantz, MD, FACS, medical director of Florida Eye Health, has been named in the PS250 list of 250 surgeons who have been identified by the publisher and editors of Premier Surgeon as leading innovators in the field of premium IOL implant surgery. According to Joan-Marie Stiglich, Senior Vice-President…

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May is Healthy Vision Month – Protect Your Sight

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Jonathan M. Frantz, MD, FACS, medical director of Florida Eye Health, is joining eye doctors across the country this month in urging Americans to take care of their eyes, as well as the eyes of their family. Eye conditions and diseases that can rob your family of their vision could strike people at any age…

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