Jay Stockman - Articles

Do Not Go On Vacation Without Your Sunglasses

As the cold wintery weather seeps into our bones, thoughts of warm weather vacations dance in our heads. While packing for these vacations is often a pain in the back side, the final destinations makes it all worth while. Read

By: Jay Stockman | 29/12/2009 | Vision

Animal Testing A Tragic Disgrace

Toxicologist John Draize, 65 years ago, invented the rabbit test as a standard for measuring eye damage when exposed to chemical agents. Read

By: Jay Stockman | 08/11/2009 | Vision

Easy Solution for a Complex Problem

Patients' complaints of burning, dry and red eyes are often passed off as either nothing significant or a side bar of dry eyes. Read

By: Jay Stockman | 18/10/2009 | Vision

Puffy, Itchy Allergy Eyes

Seasonal allergies are a constant companion for many individuals and represent a major health factor for millions of Americans. Always inform your health care provider and eye doctor of all the medications that you are taking even the OTCs. They can interact with prescriptions that may be detrimental, or antagonize conditions such as glaucoma. Read

By: Jay Stockman | 05/10/2009 | Vision

Find The Cure With Lutein

Healthy individuals who eat well will probably not see many benefits with Lutein supplements. Since it is water soluble excess amounts will be excreted so there is no harm to taking extra amount. Read

By: Jay Stockman | 30/08/2009 | Vision

Avoid Choking the Cornea

Contact lenses have been worn for many decades and have improved substantially over the years. Along with this change in lens technology has been a dramatic improvement testing and diagnostic capabilities. While many contact lens wearers do so with out incident, there are many perils that may inflict damage to the eyes that can result in devastating complications. Read

By: Jay Stockman | 18/08/2009 | Vision

New Treatment for Diabetic Eye Complications

Diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of blindness in young Americans, and the swelling of the retina is due to chronic, long term retinal inflammation. Read

By: Jay Stockman | 29/05/2009 | Medicine

Management and Treatment of Lid Infections

Lid infection is a long term problem, but when properly treated and managed; patients can be free of many of the dry eye, lid and painful symptoms. Compliance can become an issue because of the long term care required, but good results and appearances are the reward. Read

By: Jay Stockman | 12/05/2008 | Medicine