Journal Record Announces 50 Making a Difference honoreesThe Journal Record has announced its “50 Making a Difference” list of honorees for 2021, a litany of extraordinary women whose accomplishments are a credit to the Sooner State. One honoree will be selected as the...
How Diabetes Affects Your Eyes
Diabetes affects more than 34 million people in the United States, and prediabetes impacts an additional 88 million Americans. While diabetic complications are commonly thought of as associated with heart, kidney, or nerve damage, diabetes also puts you at risk for...
Are Blue Light Glasses Necessary?
As people continue to spend more time than ever in front of their digital screens on a daily basis, questions of possible health and safety concerns have become more of a topic of conversation. It has also led to an increase in discussion about — as well as...
Want To Launch A Career In Healthcare? Here’s Why You Need To Study In Oklahoma
Want To Launch A Career In Healthcare?Here’s Why You Need To Study In Oklahoma Oklahoma City is known for its huge oil and gas sector and for being the home of a popular basketball team. But recently the city’s been a hotbed for professionals after a career in...
i&E Summer 2021 – Eye For An Eye
Dean McGee Eye Institute scientists focus on new treatments for eye disease Dean McGee Eye Institute OKLAHOMA CITY, OK THE RESEARCH ENTERPRISE AT THE DEAN MCGEE EYE INSTITUTE (DMEI) is thriving, thanks to the 10 current scientific researchers in DMEI's laboratories...
Best Foods for Eye Health
Best food for Eye Health It is common for vision to change as you age, but there are still proactive measures you can take to promote eye health. For starters, a few simple dietarymodifications and additions to your daily meals can go a long way toward protecting your...
What Causes Dry Eye Syndrome?
If you find yourself rubbing your eyes due to discomfort, excess watering, or blurred vision, your eyes may be trying to tell you something. According to the National Eye Institute, nearly 16 million Americans experience these symptoms due to dry eye syndrome, a...
Masonic Charity Foundation of Oklahoma Endows Distinguished Lecture Series at the Dean McGee Eye Institute
Masonic Charity Foundation of Oklahoma Endows DistinguishedLecture Series at the Dean McGee Eye Institute The Oklahoman - Sunday, April 11, 2021
Kamran M. Riaz, MD Recognized Among Oklahoma Magazine’s “40 Under 40”
‘Had we not treated them, they’d be blind.’ OKC institute, tribes fight eye disease
For American Indian patients living with diabetic retinopathy in Oklahoma, one of the biggest obstacles for maintaining their eyesight is geography. The No. 1 cause of blindness in the U.S., diabetic retinopathy is even more common within tribal communities, and for...
Dean McGee Eye Institute Awarded Grant from Masons
OKLAHOMA CITY – The Dean McGee Eye Institute has received a grant of $260,000 from the Masonic Charity Foundation of Oklahoma to endow its Distinguished Lecture Series. This series brings nationally and internationally prominent ophthalmologists to Oklahoma City to...
‘Moving Vision’ Exhibition of Op and Kinetic Art To Feature Doctors, Scientists in Virtual Programs
A new exhibition opening at Oklahoma City Museum of Art on Feb. 20, “Moving Vision: Op and Kinetic Art from the Sixties and Seventies,” features movement – both real and perceived. “Unique to this exhibition will be programming featuring not just artists and history...