Beep Ball was THE sporting event of the weekend (and you thought it was some boxing match!). The 17th Annual Country’s Beep Ball Tournament saw a lot of “Newbies” on the RibStix team! Many of the sponsors and volunteers who showed up Friday night to take on the World Champion Indy Thunder were new to… Read More
Safely Watch the Eclipse – News Leader 9’s, Barbara Gauthier, will be interviewing West Georgia Eye Care Center’s Clinical Manager (Melissa Wells, COT) on WTVM’s Special Live Coverage of the Solar Eclipse. During the past weeks, WTVM and West Georgia Eye Care Center have been getting the message out to protect your vision and eye-health during… Read More
West Georgia Optical Offers Complimentary Solar Eclipse Viewing Glasses! We care about protecting your vision and the health of your eyes from the potential hazards of solar eclipse viewing! There are inherent risks to viewing the sun. Eclipse gazing without protection can lead to permanent retinal damage known as solar retinopathy. We are offering a… Read More
The Golden Rule For many, the diagnosis of glaucoma can be anxiety provoking. The average person may not be able to define ‘glaucoma’, but they have a pretty good idea that they do not want it! In general, glaucoma is a disease of progressive vision loss characterized often by higher than normal eye pressure. The… Read More
Three-Year Old Learns to Walk after Cataract Surgery! That’s not a headline that you are likely to see to describe a child in the United States! Technological Advances: Technologically advanced cataract surgery with lens implants is relatively easy to access in this country, and we are fortunately blessed in that surgical intervention is commonly available… Read More