Kurwa Eye Center

Locations in Glendora, Duarte, and West Covina

Locations in Glendora, Duarte, and West Covina

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Good Eats for Your Eyes: Healthy Food Recipes – Autumn Edition

Story By Maria Buchanan for Envision Eyecare Blog Eating “eye healthy” food doesn’t mean having to eats bags of carrots every day. There are some super delicious foods that also happen to be super foods for your eyes! Many of these foods are in season throughout the late summer and fall, so now is the

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Bud Kurwa’s Corneal Procedure Helps Patients See

For years Helen Jean Griffin couldn’t see the details of a person’s face or the petals of a flower. The 94 years old was blind in both eyes. She then underwent a new procedure called DSAEK. She had been referred to Kurwa for Fuch’s Dystrophy, a condition that causes clouding of the cornea and leads

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Lasik, the miracle of vision correction

Published September 20, 1999 | Today’s Health Monitor San Gabriel Valley Newspaper Group The room was dark except for a faint night light. The patient lay back comfortably in the motorized chair and looked up at the red blinking light in the operating microscope. He could hear Dr. Bud Kurwa’s reassuring voice telling him the

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Statins may raise risk for cataracts

Story By Ryan Jaslow | CBS News Popular statin drugs may raise pill-takers’ risks for cataracts, a new study published Sept. 19 in JAMA Ophthalmology shows. Statins are taken by people who have high cholesterol, which is a substance created by the body and foods we eat. Overtime, these substances may clog arteries, leading to

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Lasik surgery puts Smith on ‘even playing field’

Story By Jane Lee | MLB.com Writer DETROIT — For Seth Smith, the process of fixing his hitting woes started with fixing his vision, or at least improving it. The A’s outfielder and designated hitter underwent Lasik surgery for the second time in seven years last week to correct the astigmatism in his left eye,

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Nepali doctor’s poke-and-cut cures cataract

Story By gulfnews.com This story is posted courtesy of www.gulfnews.com Hetauda, Nepal — Raj Kaliya Dhanuk sits on a wooden bench, barefoot, with a tattered sari covering thin arms as rough as bark. Thick clear tears bleed from her eyes, milky saucers that stare at nothing. For nearly a year, cataracts have clouded out all

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Healthy Eyes

Story By National Eye Institute This story is posted courtesy of www.nei.nih.gov. Visit their website to read the full article. How do your eyes work? There are many different parts of the eye that help to create vision. We “see” with our brains; our eyes collect visual information and begin this complex process. Light passes

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New Layer Of The Human Cornea Discovered

Story By Medical News Today This story is posted courtesy of medicalnewstoday.com. Visit their website to read the full article. Scientists at The University of Nottingham have discovered a previously undetected layer in the cornea, the clear window at the front of the human eye. The breakthrough, announced in a study published in the academic

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Researchers Find Diminished Balance In Those With Poor Vision

Story By Medical News Today This story is posted courtesy of medicalnewstoday.com. Visit their website to read the full article. UC Davis Health System Eye Center research has found that visually impaired individuals and those with uncorrected refractive error – those who could benefit from glasses to achieve normal vision but don’t wear glasses –

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Eye Health Tips

Simple Tips for Healthy Eyes Story by Nation Eye Institute This story is posted courtesy of www.nei.nih.gov. Visit their website to read the full article. Your eyes are an important part of your health. There are many things you can do to keep them healthy and make sure you are seeing your best. Follow these

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Healthy Eyes During Pregnancy

Story By Eye Smart This story is posted courtesy of www.geteyesmart.org. Visit their website to read the full article. Eyes may change somewhat during pregnancy due to fluid retention, increased blood volume, hormonal fluctuations and other physical shifts that are part of pregnancy. Usually these changes are temporary and resolve after the baby is born,

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Frequently Asked Questions about LASIK

1. Have Many People have had LASIK Surgery? More than 5,000,000 Americans have had the LASIK procedure and the number continues to increase substantially every year. 2. Is LASIK Safer Than Contacts? More than 30 million Americans use contact lenses. Contact lenses do present potential risks. In a recent study, which included an advisory member

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How to Choose a LASIK Eye Surgeon

If you’re considering LASIK to correct refractive errors, your primary consideration should be to choose the right LASIK eye surgeon, who is not necessarily the closest or the least expensive eye surgeon. In making this determination, you should consider the eye surgeon’s experience, credentials and demeanor. More specifically, the following resources may assist you in

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What is LASIK?

The term LASIK is an abbreviation for Laser In Situ Keratomileusis. LASIK is a surgical procedure whereby a laser is used under a corneal flap (in situ) to reshape the cornea. During LASIK, the physician uses a precisely configured laser (the excimer laser) designed to treat refractive eye problems, and improve vision. LASIK has been

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Queratoplastia Conductiva

Los días de los lentes bifocales y gafas de leer se acabaron. Dr. Bud Kurwa de Kurwa Eye Center en Arcadia está llevando a cabo un nuevo procedimiento ambulatorio para personas con problemas leyendo cerca que es afiliado con mayor edad. El procedimiento se denomina queratoplastia conductiva ( CK), y se lleva a cabo durante

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Cirugía de LASIK

La cirugía de Lasik corrige una amplia variedad de errores de refracción, incluyendo la miopía, la hipermetropía y el astigmatismo. Hay un gran cuerpo de evidencia clínica y datos de consumidores en todo el mundo que habla a favor de la corrección de la visión de cirugía Lasik. Corrección de la visión con cirugía Lasik

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Cirugía de Cataratas

Una catarata sucede cuando el lente natural del ojo (localizado detrás del iris y de la pupila) se anubla.  El lente lleva a cabo la función de enfocar la luz sobre la retina. El funcionamiento de este lente nos permite enfocar y ver objetos que están cerca y lejos. Debido a la tecnología avanzada y

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LASIK

Lasik Eye Surgery results in accurate correction of a wide variety of refractive errors including myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism. There is a large body of clinical evidence and consumer database worldwide that speaks in favor of Lasik vision correction. 
Vision correction by Lasik surgery is generally recommended for prospective patients: • Who are at least

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Cataract Surgery

Cataract is a condition which is caused by the clouding of the eye’s natural lens. This lens is positioned behind the iris and the pupil. The lens carries out the function of focusing light onto our retina. It is due to the functioning of this lens due to which we are able to focus and

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Conductive Keratoplasty (CK)

The days of bifocals and reading glasses may soon be over. Dr. Bud Kurwa, of the Kurwa Eye Center in Arcadia is now performing a new outpatient procedure for people with age related reading problems. The procedure is called Conductive Keratoplasty (CK), and it is performed during an office visit with topical anesthesia. There is

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