Explore the 'Optometry Blog' on vision and eye health issues in Santa Cruz. Learn about local community events and relevant news relating to optometry.
This fascinating article by Carl Zimmer gives a lively description of how human eyes evolved and contrasts them with the eyes of various other species. Starting with Charles Darwin's early hypothesis, see where research has come since 1859.
Diagram of Eyes
What a way to spend a Sunday - with local artisan coffee company Flatbed Coffee, from Santa Cruz native Sam Vroomen.
Read MoreWhile listening to the radio, Dr Ayesha Burns heard that one of the items the fire fighters in Big Sur needed most was eye wash and lubricating drops. That day, we contacted our reps at Alcon to coordinate a donation of over 600 bottles of Systane Ultra and Systane Balance artificial tears. We are excited to be in the unique position to help our community, and our thoughts are with those who have lost their homes and our fire fighters who are working tirelessly to protect further loss.
Updated: 11/29/2016
Learn about the lens fabrication process in this blog. From the research into lens materials, to the software to create customized lens designs for precise optics to the physical cutting and edging of the spectacle lens the optical lab industry is fascinating. Watch this short video about our local lab, CSC that makes most of our digital freeform lenses.
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This week, the doctors and medical staff at Midtown Optometry visited La Posada Retirement Community for our Vision Health Fair. It was a great opportunity for us to have our doctors answer questions for the residents, many of whom don't have easy access to medical professionals. While the doctors discussed cataracts, dry eye disease, glaucoma and a variety of other medical eye conditions, the opticians were able to clean and adjust glasses for all attendees. Residents told us that reading is a big part of their day to day life in their beautiful retirement community, and we were happy to be able to make it easier for them. We also distributed the final pairs of reading glasses from our recent philanthropy event to the residents in need. Our doctors and staff had a lot of fun getting to know our seniors, and look forward to more events in the future.
