{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Next Phase Human ","title":"Screens, Cataracts, and Sleep: What an Eye Surgeon Wants You to Know","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4503,"description":"Intro\nIn this episode of Next Phase Human, Dr. Rasham Sandhu sits down with Dr. Sandeep S. Walia, a Harvard trained cataract and refractive surgeon who serves as chief medical officer and owner of West Coast Eye Institute in Bakersfield. They cover the real truth about screen time and vision, why cataracts are unavoidable, and what is actually driving the dry eye epidemic, then close with a look at where eye care is headed next.\nTopics Covered\nDr. Walia's path from stand up comedy and an MBA to Harvard trained eye surgery\nWhether eyes are aging faster today than in past generations\nBlue light, smartphones, and what the data actually shows\nWhether staring at screens really damages children's vision\nThe difference between optometry and ophthalmology\nLASIK, PRK, and SMILE, and how to know which fits you\nComplications, age limits, and whether vision can regress after LASIK\nLight adjustable lenses and what is coming next in refractive technology\nWhich eye supplements and foods are backed by real data\nWhy every person will eventually develop a cataract\nWhat speeds up cataract formation, from smoking to steroids to UV exposure\nThe many contributors to dry eye, from air conditioning to hormones to contact lens use\nHow sleep quality affects eye health, including a look at red light therapy\nThe silent eye diseases that can progress without obvious symptoms\nFloaters and retinal tears, and when they are actually an emergency\nRapid fire verdicts on coffee, sunglasses, eye vitamins, and more\nThe most common regret he hears from patients\nHis top advice for protecting eyesight for life\nMentioned in Episode\nAREDS2 (Age-Related Eye Disease Study) supplement formula\nAtropine eye drops for myopia control\nLight adjustable lens (LAL) technology\nLipiflow and IPL (intense pulse light) for dry eye treatment\nWhoop and Eight Sleep, mentioned by Dr. Sandhu for his own sleep tracking\nAn Australian study on iPad reading and next day sleep quality\nConnect with Dr. Sandhu California...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/8L-nuimlDDYZRLTRShB5TuOVQoW-K4IcHfnKlMch4gk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS83NWVm/YWIyNzUwNjcwNDJl/NzI1YzEwYzE0ODM2/MTlhNi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}