Christopher Tortora M.D. of the Hawaiian Eye Center | Jul 15, 2020 | February 2011, Health
Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of blindness in the United States today. Sadly, more than half of people affected by glaucoma are not aware they have it. Symptoms develop slowly over time, so most people who have glaucoma don’t notice changes in their vision until it’s too late.
Christopher Tortora M.D. of the Hawaiian Eye Center | Dec 1, 2013 | Articles, December - January 2014, Health
Cataracts affect more than 24 million Americans, with nearly 115,000 of them right here in Hawai‘i. A cataract is when the normally clear lens of the eye starts to become cloudy, which blocks and distorts light necessary for the retina to process images. The disease...
Christopher Tortora M.D. of the Hawaiian Eye Center | Jun 1, 2011 | Articles, Health, June - July 2011
Cataract is the leading cause of blindness worldwide. Fortunately, in the United States, vision loss from cataract is almost always reversible. That’s good news for more than 20 million Americans with cataracts. Cataract is a gradual opacification of the crystalline...