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January marks national glaucoma awareness month

Eyecare organizations are encouraging people to educate themselves about glaucoma and get a comprehensive eye exam during January’s awareness push, according to a news item from Prevent Blindness America (PBA, Chicago). Organizations cited as helping increase awareness include the National Eye Institute and the Glaucoma Research Foundation. Research funded by PBA determined that glaucoma costs the U.S. economy $2.86 billion every year in direct medical costs for outpatient, inpatient, and ... Read more »

Beach Eye Care Partners With Montero Medical Missions

After experiencing my first international surgical mission to the Philippines with my family this past summer, I returned to Hampton Roads with a new passion for restoring vision to those in need both at home and abroad. Our lead physician on the mission to his homeland, Dr Juan Montero, asked me to join the board of Montero Medical Missions (MMM), a newly formed faith-based and interfaith humanitarian organization wherein our belief in God is expressed in the heart of our actions. You have ... Read more »

From Zero to 20/20

Cataract Mission to the Philippines The Physicians for Peace mission to Tandag, the capital of Surigao del Sur on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines, was my first international surgical experience. The entire Neatrour family travelled with Dr. Juan Montero, a well-known local general and thoracic surgeon, to his home province half-way around the globe. After 22 hours of flying to land in Manila, we spent the next ten days 12 hours ahead of Hampton Roads. In Manila, we visited Paradise ... Read more »

Vision Quest

by Mari Pack Virginia Beach ophthalmologist Dr. G. Peyton Neatrour and family spent two weeks in the Philippines this summer, volunteering with the Physicians for Peace Seeing Clearly program. An inspirational family vacation. It was not your average family vacation for the Neatrour family of Virginia Beach. They did stay on a tropical island and, yes, there were white sandy beaches overlooking a turquoise ocean. But their two week trip to the Philippines in July was an exercise in service, not ... Read more »

Virginia Family Helps Other See

For a family in Virginia, giving back is a family affair. The Neatrour’s, including Dr. G. Peyton Neatrour of Beach Eye Care in Virginia Beach, returned to the U.S. in late July from a Seeing Clearly mission to the Philippines, where more than half a million people are blind and many more are visually impaired. Click here to read the article that originally appeared in News Peace, Physicians for Peace Summer/Fall 2011ned ophthalmologist of Beach Eye Care in Virginia, USA performed cataract ... Read more »

Vision 2020 launched in Surigao del Sur

by Nida Grace B. Tranquilan TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, July 21 (PIA) -– The provincial government here successfully launched the Vision 2020 – Surigao del Sur – the Right to Sight program, in partnership with the Physicians for Peace-Seeing Clearly, a non-government organization based in USA. Anchored on its theme: “Marajaw na Panan-aw Surigao”, the activity was highlighted with the cataract-squint surgical and eye care mission held at the Adela Serra Ty Memorial Medical Center (ASTMMC) to ... Read more »

Sunglasses: Style and Protection

When choosing sunglasses, it is not only fashionable to choose the right style, but it is also important to select the proper UV protection. Price and style do not guarantee UV protection, and you cannot “see” the level of protection that the sunglass offers. You may be doing more damage to your eyes in knockoff designer frames because the eye dilates behind dark lenses and allows more damaging UV rays to enter the eye, increasing damage to the retina and lens. An interesting fact: the Food ... Read more »