News and Updates

Seeing Beyond the Diagnosis: Living Better with Low Vision

Low vision is when vision loss interferes with daily activities like reading, driving, recognizing faces, or using a phone. For some, it’s a blind spot in the center of their vision. For others, it’s missing pieces in their peripheral field. No two people

Feb 4th, 2026

Don’t Let Glaucoma Steal Your Sight: What You Need to Know

January is Glaucoma Awareness Month. Learn how to detect and manage glaucoma early from Dr. Bernstein, glaucoma specialist at Wagner Kapoor Institute, serving Hampton Roads and North Carolina.

Jan 5th, 2026

Valeda Light Delivery Therapy at WKI: Advancing Care Pathways for Dry AMD

WKI now provides Valeda Light Therapy for dry AMD. This gentle, non-invasive treatment uses soft therapeutic light to support retinal cell health, improve clarity and contrast, and offer patients a proactive way to help protect their vision.

Dec 10th, 2025

Vision Loss and Healthy Aging: What Older Adults Need to Know

The aging population's eye health can be a determinant in their overall wellbeing. A healthy eye is a happy eye!

Oct 6th, 2025

Good Days Program Update

Due to funding changes, Good Days can no longer assist with Medicare coinsurance. Patients are now responsible for coinsurance at their visit, as required by law. Please call 757-481-4400 to discuss payment options.

Jun 26th, 2025

Diet Soda Linked to Increased Risk for Diabetic Retinopathy

Drinking diet soda may increase the risk for proliferative diabetic retinopathy — a severe type of diabetic eye disease that can lead to blindness.

Jan 15th, 2024

Ocular Melanoma

When we think of melanoma, we think primarily of melanoma affecting the skin.

Jul 17th, 2017

If It’s good enough for astronauts, it must be good enough for all of us!

Being able to determine how someone’s health is when that someone is far away requires knowing what to measure, how to measure it, and how to get that information where it needs to go.

Jul 3rd, 2017

How Colon Cancer Treatment Redefined Preventable Blindness Worldwide

In 2013, a group of prominent historians were surveyed and asked to compile a list of the greatest breakthroughs of all time....

Jul 3rd, 2017

Women Face Higher Risk of Blindness Than Men

Women face a higher risk of blindness than men.

Apr 26th, 2017

Diabetic Retinopathy Screening: Time to Rethink Guidelines?

Study Reveals Findings in Youth Diabetics with the New Retina Screening Recommendations

Mar 13th, 2017

A Canary in the Coal Mine

Your Eye is a Window of Health Into Your Body

Oct 24th, 2016

Coronavirus and Your Macular Degeneration Care

If you have macular degeneration, you may feel worried about catching the coronavirus or maintaining your eye care during the pandemic. Experts at the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the American Macular Degeneration Foundation (AMDF) have assembled

Jan 21st, 2021