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What Do Polarized Sunglasses Do?
Although we don’t have an optical shop in our offices on Michigan Avenue, in past Millennium Park Eye Center blogs, we’ve discussed different options for buying new eyeglasses, everything from high-definition eyeglasses to matching your glasses to the shape of your face. What about “polarized” sunglasses? Patients often wonder what the benefit of polarization is... read more
Melanoma in the Eye
Most people have heard of the most dangerous form of skin cancer — melanoma. Melanoma is a type of cancer that develops in the cells that produce melanin, the pigment that gives your skin its color. What is not commonly known is that your eyes also have melanin-producing cells and can develop melanoma. Eye melanoma,... read more
Go Beyond Single Vision with Premium IOLs for Cataracts
Cataract surgery is already the most successful surgery worldwide with a success rate of a mind-blowing 99 percent. That’s a great statistic since just about everyone gets cataracts — by the age of 65 over 90 percent of people have a cataract. This means the lens of their eye with the cataract is building proteins... read more
What is Keratoconus?
People have heard of most eye conditions, such as macular degeneration or glaucoma. But if you really want to stump people at a party ask them what “keratoconus” is. You’ll hear the sound of crickets. Keratoconus is a progressive eye disease where the person’s normally round cornea thins and then begins to bulge into a... read more
Your Children and Their Eyes
If you have young children, it seems you’re always worrying about something. When do I need to get immunizations? Are they developing appropriately to their age? What’s up with those friends? It’s a veritable worryfest at times. Eye care is kind of a fuzzy area. If it seems your child sees just fine, many parents... read more
Amblyopia
Most people have heard of amblyopia, just not by that clinical name. You’ve probably heard it called “lazy eye.” This occurs when the vision in one of a child’s eyes doesn’t develop normally. It is caused when visual information is transmitted poorly or incorrectly between the optic nerve and the brain. If left untreated, amblyopia... read more
Is It Time for Your Eye Exam?
People worry more about keeping up with the arbitrary 3,000-mile oil change schedule of their car than they do about regular eye exams. But it’s during these routine eye exams where larger problems, such as glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, and other serious vision problems, are spotted. That’s crucial because many conditions such as glaucoma... read more
Seeing Double
If you’re old enough, you may remember a lame song in the 70s by Foreigner titled Double Vision. While that song was and is easily forgettable, if you actually have symptoms of double vision, we need to see you at Millennium Park as this condition can point to some serious health issues. What is double... read more
A Hole in the Macula
The central portion of your retina is known as the macula. Most people are familiar with one very serious condition that can rob the person of their central vision, macular degeneration. But a less well-known condition comes when a person develops a hole in their macula. At Millennium Park Eye Center, our ophthalmologists perform surgery... read more
Making Sense of Your Eyeglass Prescription
OK, you just had your regular eye exam and now you have a prescription for eyeglasses. But what the heck do the numbers on that prescription mean? Since we’re all about your eyes at Millennium Park, in this last blog before an awesome Chicago summer (especially compared to last year’s!), let’s decipher that eyeglass prescription.... read more