National Glaucoma Awareness Month

The month of January has been designated as National Glaucoma Awareness Month.  Glaucoma is the second most common cause of blindness in the U.S. and affects nearly 4 million Americans, half of whom do not even know that they have this disease.  Through early detection and treatment, we can prevent blindness. It is important to get an annual glaucoma screening exam.  Those with high risk are: 

Individuals with diabetes mellitus       

Individuals with family history of glaucoma

African-Americans age 50 and older

Hispanic-Americans age 65 and older

See your eye care specialist for a complete exam to screen for this and other eye health issues.

Great American SmokeOut

November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month and Thu Nov 18 is the Great American Smokeout

Tobacco continues to be the leading cause of preventable death in the United States.  Smoking can attribute to and exacerbate lung disease, including lung cancer, as well as other diseases, such as heart disease, stroke, hypertension and diabetes.   We encourage all our patients to be smoke free!

Flu and Pneumonia shots

Patients give many reasons for not getting their annual flu vaccination, but the fact is that there are 36,000 flu-related deaths in the United States each year, on average. More than 90% of these deaths occur in people 65 years of age and older. It is important to get your annual flu vaccination. This Medicare-covered preventive service will protect you for the entire flu season.   Protect yourself. Protect your family. . Get Your Flu Vaccine – Not the Flu.

We also offer the pneumonia vaccine in our office.