Enjoy the Fourth, But Protect Your Eyes from Fireworks Injuries Americans spend hundreds of millions of dollars annually on consumer fireworks, which cause more than 9,000 injuries a year. With the Fourth of July holiday just weeks away, the American Academy of Ophthalmology is reminding the public that fireworks are not toys but incendiary devices […]
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How to Safely View the Upcoming Total Solar Eclipse The next total solar eclipse will cross North America on April 8, 2024 (Image at right by kjpargeter on Freepik). A truly awe-inspiring event, a solar eclipse is when the moon blocks any part of the sun from our view. The bright face of the sun […]
Read MoreProtect Your Scalp from Skin Cancer with Innovative Hair Volumizer You know that Bedminster Eye & Laser Center urges you to protect your eyes from the sun’s damaging UV rays with optical-quality sunglasses (scroll down to see article from The Optical Shoppe). With your health in mind, we are expanding our recommendation to protecting your […]
Read MoreHow to Protect Yourself from a Wrong Way Driver Note from Bedminster Eye and Laser Center founder Lawrence V. Najarian, MD: Recently, while driving at night on a highway, my family was almost killed by a wrong way driver. The only thing that saved my family was a reflexive understanding of the situation that I […]
Read MoreTo All Patients:You may not be eligible for Medicare, but you probably know someone who is. Please pass this helpful message on to anyone you know who is eligible for Medicare!It is that time again……Don’t be caught off guard….the Medicare Open Enrollment 2023 session began October 15 and runs through December 7, 2023! This is the only period during which beneficiaries (you the patient) […]
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July is UV Safety Month: What it Means for Your Eyes We all love the beach, but too often, the beach does not love us back. Ultraviolet rays (UV) from the sun cause skin damage, as well as pose a significant threat to eye health. The best protection for your eyes are sunglasses offering UV […]
Read MoreSupermodel Christie Brinkley went in for a routine eye exam and ended up discovering that she has a type of glaucoma — one that required surgery to treat. “I just discovered that I have something called Acute Angle Closure,” Brinkley wrote on Instagram. “I only found out because I included an eye exam as part of […]
Read More“Cataracts are the leading cause of vision loss. But, they can be treated successfully and in most cases corrected with a surgical procedure,” said Lawrence Najarian, a board-certified M.D. ophthalmologist with a sub-specialty in uveitis, and Founder and Medical Director of Bedminster Eye and Laser Center. While most cataracts are caused by normal changes in […]
Read MoreLawrence V. Najarian, M.D., founder and medical director of Bedminster Eye and Laser Center at Teaneck, received the Teaneck Chamber of Commerce ‘Healer of the Year’ Community Service Award. At the organization’s 2019 18th Annual Community Service Awards Dinner, Chamber President Larry Bauer thanked Dr. Najarian and several other community, business and civic leaders leaders […]
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A study published in JAMA Ophthalmology has found that about 30,000 people in the US go to emergency departments each year with sports-related eye injuries, a substantially higher estimate than previously reported. Three sports accounted for almost half of all injuries: basketball, baseball and air/paintball guns. Seizing upon recent modifications to the ICD-9-CM, which allow for classification […]
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