As the new year approaches, it's essential to stay informed about upcoming insurance changes for 2025. Patients in North and South Carolina will face updates affecting coverage, co-pays, and plan availability. Here’s what patients of Horizon Eye Care need to know. North Carolina and South Carolina Insurance Policy Updates for 2025 Changes to insurance policies... Read More

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming various industries, and healthcare is no exception. Among the medical specialties benefiting from AI, ophthalmology has emerged as a field where AI-driven innovations are showing remarkable promise. From improving diagnostic accuracy to enhancing treatment protocols, AI has the potential to revolutionize eye care and significantly impact patient outcomes. The Growing... Read More

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Most of us visit a dentist for a regular cleaning or checkup. Maybe we see a primary care physician for an annual physical, especially as we get older. But regular trips to an eye doctor matter just as much, even if we don’t have vision problems that require ongoing treatment. An annual eye exam can... Read More

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We all know we should see an eye doctor at least once a year, especially after childhood. We know we’ll find out whether our vision has stayed the same or deteriorated, and we’ll get advice about how to deal with any changes. But you may not realize this same general eye exam can tip us... Read More

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"Readers." Does that word summon up a gray-haired figure holding a grandchild and peering down to puzzle out small print in a picture book? It shouldn’t. Millions of patients, not all of them old, develop presbyopia – the gradual loss of ability to focus on nearby objects – and make a transition to reading glasses... Read More

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If you’ve been diagnosed with diabetes, you’re already adjusting to the diet, exercise and insulin regimens your doctor prescribes. But you may not know that diabetes brings special dangers to your sight, though it can easily be detected and monitored through eye exams. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 34 million... Read More

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Getting older changes every inch of us from our hairlines to our toenails, so it’s not surprising that our eyes change as well. Much like proper diet and exercise may be important factors in healthy aging, there are steps that may be taken to promote healthy eyes. After all, what is healthy aging without healthy... Read More

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has named July Ultraviolet Safety Month to alert people of the dangers of UV radiation. Those rays can indeed damage vision and threaten eye safety, but they are just one menace among many that our eyes face each summer. Other Common Threats to Eye Safety 4th of... Read More

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We all blink about 15 times a minute, 900 times an hour, nearly 15,000 times during 16 waking hours every day. Normally, our eyelids meet, briefly coat the surface of the eye with healthy tears, quickly separate, and we don’t give them any thought. But what happens when eyelids don’t work that way? What happens... Read More

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We don’t often think about the ways diet affects sight. Yet wise choices can help maintain vision health and prevent it from deteriorating as we grow older or get an eye disease. Foods For Healthy Eyes In this, as in so many other things, Mom had the right idea: Eat leafy green vegetables, beans and... Read More

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