Posts Tagged Nerve Cells
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How About Those Over-The-Counter Readers?
By Lisa Brothers Arbisser, M.D. Eye Surgeons Associates The eye is capable of changing its refraction (the ability to bend light to focus an image). When light enters the eye, the crystalline lens behind the pupil is partially responsible for focusing light on the retina, the layer of nerve cel...
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YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY Rock Island, Illinois Office
By Christina Vital Manager Rock Island Social Security office FASTER DISABILITY APPROVAL FOR PEOPLE WITH ALS May is National ALS Awareness Month. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), more commonly referred to as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that att...
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January is Glaucoma Awareness Month
By Nikhil Wagle Eye Surgeons Associates In the U.S., more than two million individuals are estimated to be living with glaucoma, and that number is expected to increase by 50 percent, to more than three million, by 2020. Glaucoma is an eye disease typically characterized by elevated pressure ...
