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While many of us are glad to see the year 2020 be a thing of the past, is 2021 the year that you’ll finally look into correcting your vision permanently? Imagine a world without visual limitations; no more glasses fogging up, forgetting your reading glasses, dealing with scratched lenses or struggling with contacts. Quigley Eye Specialists Uses High-End Lasers Lasers …

The spine is made up of wedges of vertebral bone consisting of sacral, lumbar, thoracic, and cervical vertebrae, as well as vertebral discs, ligaments, tendons, and muscles that attach to the spine. When any part of our spine is injured or misaligned, the surrounding muscles often contract, as they tighten to try and protect the spine. This compression can cause …

Elmquist Eye Group highlights importance of early detection Changes in our vision are not always glaringly obvious. In fact, subtle changes in vision can easily be written off or missed entirely. While these changes are a common occurrence as we age, they may also indicate a more serious condition. January is National Glaucoma Awareness Month, bringing awareness to a subtle, …

By Heidi Smith, Contributor It was Ash Wednesday, 2017. Fred Friedman and his wife, Kathy, remember it well. As observant Catholics, the Minnesota snowbirds were fasting and reflecting. That morning, Fred and a neighbor had enjoyed a walk on Venice beach. Later, as Fred was trouble-shooting a malfunctioning TV in the bedroom, he suddenly felt dizzy and nauseous. There was …