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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The Truth About Cataracts and Vision Loss

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Did you know that 20.5 million Americans age 40 and older have cataracts, one of the most curable causes of vision loss? To recognize Cataract Awareness Month in August, local Cataract and LASIK Specialist Jonathan M. Frantz, MD, FACS, and ophthalmologists across the country want to debunk the myths about cataracts and remind people they…

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Spanish Speaking Optometrists Now at Florida Eye Health Lehigh Office

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Area Cataract & LASIK Specialist Jonathan M. Frantz, MD, FACS, is pleased to announce that starting this week two of his board-certified Optometrists, Dr. Aaron Judd and Dr. Juan Canizales, are now seeing patients at the Lehigh Acres office of Florida Eye Health located at 3020 Lee Blvd. Both of these doctors speak fluent Spanish…

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