Eye disease a less-known result of diabetes; Clemson Eye supports the Walk to Stop Diabetes on Sept. 19

Posted by: Clemson Eye in Media Releases

GREENVILLE, SC (August 27, 2015) – Diabetes is the sixth leading cause of death in South Carolina and third most common disease among adults across all 50 states. More than 11 percent of the population of South Carolina has the disease. Alarmingly, this rate is increasing, particularly in the Upstate. There are many serious complications […]

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Clemson Eye expanding medical aesthetics division

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Clemson Eye is expanding its medical aesthetics division in Greenville to respond to growing demand. The firm, with five offices in the Upstate, has hired a second medical professional, and will be adding an aesthetics suite in its new Greenville facility, scheduled to open in December 2015. Janice Sasser, a nurse practitioner, has joined the […]

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Summer Safety: Eye Health for Kids

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Easley Progress Family & Parenting Supplement, July 2015 Summertime means a lot of outdoor activity for your kids. And although you want them to have fun, you worry about their safety. Along with concerns about sunburns, cuts from broken shells on the beach, and dehydrating from over activity in the hot sun, are you also […]

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Ask the Expert: Kids and Sunglasses

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Upstate Parent, August 2015 Clemson Eye’s Dr. Kara Jo Dodgens was the expert consulted about children’s summer eye safety in the August edition of Upstate Parent. Read her response. Q. Does my child really need to wear sunglasses? A. Yes! Sunglasses with lenses that screen out 99 – 100 percent of UV rays are the […]

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