Dr. Paul Jorizzo, Dr. Paul Imperia, Dr. Rory Murphy and three assistants from Medical Eye Center returned from Christmas Island in the central Pacific Ocean. They spent a week prescribing treatments, giving away sunglasses, and training local doctors to provide eye care. Drs. Jorizzo and Imperia performed 74 cataract and 10 pterygium surgeries, helping restore vision to a local population that is particularly vulnerable to blindness.
Clearing the Air: How Smoking Affects Your Eyes
It is no secret that smoking is harmful to your health and has long been known to cause heart disease and lung cancer; however, many people don’t realize that Smoking can lead to vision loss.