I recently spent a beautiful North Carolina Saturday in front of my computer attending a Zoom Webinar. By now, most of...
Understanding the Opioid Epidemic
Opium is harvested from the seed pod of the Poppy plant “Papaver Somniferum”. The opiates morphine, codeine, and...
Wellness for Health, not Disease
Today’s healthcare system focuses too often on disease detection and medical treatment after the fact. The increasing...
Time to Save Your Vision
The American Optometric Association has declared the month of March as Save Your Vision Month. The message is simple:...
January is National Glaucoma Awareness Month
Glaucoma is a disease that affects nearly 3 million people and the numbers are on the increase as our population ages....
When Nothing More Can Be Done…
“I am so sorry, Mr. or Mrs. Patient, but nothing more can be done.” These are words that doctors, including eye...
Retirement – For Better or Worse
Wikipedia defines retirement as “the withdrawal from one’s position or occupation or from one’s active working life.”...
The Future of Health Care – My Thoughts
Fast forward to the year 2028 - The age of electronic medical records will be solidly entrenched. The sharing of your...
The Present State Of Health Care – A Boomer’s Perspective
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was passed in 2010 in an attempt to control runaway costs in our health care delivery...
Mind over Matter
Written by Dr. Hartman All of us have heard this expression mind over matter, but what does it mean? I have been a...