Dr. Shalu Pal

  • "If you want quality and wonderful service, please go to Dr. Shalu Pal! The patience, care, and true concern that Dr. Pal has for her clients is wonderful. "

    --Seleena J
  • " I was pleasantly surprised by finding a hidden gem within Dr. Pal's office"

    --Naveed
  • "Finally a doctor who is extremely knowledgeable, patient and explains things clearly. She is a wonderful human being who really takes the time to care for your needs. The office has a wonderful atmosphere and the staff are just as helpful as Dr. Pal. "

    --Mikail
  • "I couldn't ask for a better Optometrist. She is a delight to deal with, very patient, helpful and extremely knowledgeable. She was very good with my kids who can be very fussy at times.. And who could ask for a more beautiful location. Highly Recommend! "

    --Natalie M.
  • "My wife and I, highly recommend Dr. Pal. The staff, the service, the merchandise, are all top notch. They really make you feel welcomed. It has been several years since I have been able to see this well !!! You and your staff are the best !!!! "

    --Steve and Maria L.
  • "We barely go to optometrists so when we do, we should look for the best! I am super pleased I chose Dr. Pal\'s office. They were helpful from beginning to end, from booking on the phone to my actual visit. Dr. Pal was very detailed and went in-depth about my eye health. She is very patient and made me feel calm. The optician helped me pick a great pair of glasses, they were genuinely friendly which is a huge bonus."

    --Ahmad S
  • "I have been going to Dr. Pal for several years now. My most recent visit on June 6, 2016 was the best experience there that I have ever had. Firstly, the women on the desk were friendly and efficient - a very good prelude to my examination. Dr. Pal, herself, was, as usual, very thorough and encouraging in her examination. And she puts you at ease before we get into the eyes examination by discussing other things in life. That helps to ease any stress I may have. And they now have a man in the office who does that difficult examination (name of which I do not know!). He is so patient and encouraging and made the exam not so difficult for me this time. After all that, I saw Dr. Pal again before I left and she told me my eyes were good! Even had the news been not so good, I believe that I would be able to handle it because I truly believe that Dr. Pal and her staff would have taken good care of me. I will always go back to Dr. Pal and members of her team because I truly believe"

    --A. Howlett
  • " I have been to a few appointments at Dr. Pal\'s office over the last year for dry eye issues and every time it has been a very positive experience. The 3 receptionists at the front desk are warm and friendly. They are attentive and provide a very high level of customer service. I appreciate that they call me by name and remembered conversations we had at previous visits. I find Dr. Pal to be an excellent practitioner who is very thorough with her exams, has a lovely personality and takes the time to answer any and all questions that may arise. I am happy with the computer glasses I purchased and value the honest opinions I received from the staff when selecting frames. It was refreshing to have multiple opinions on styles and I felt they truly wanted me to walk out with a frame that was best suited to me. I highly recommend Dr. Pal \'s office! As a health care practitioner myself, I think all health care experiences should be this personilzed and friendly!"

    --A. Mclean
Blindness From Smoking



Blindness From Smoking

Teenagers fear blindness more than lung cancer or stroke nine out of 10 don t know that smoking can rob them of their vision in later life. Teenagers fear blindness more than lung cancer or stroke but nine out of 10 don t know that smoking can rob them of their vision in later life reveals research published ahead of print in the British Journal of Ophthalmology. The findings are based on the responses of 260 clubbers aged between 16 and 18 collected at four UK venues in Bournemouth Winchester Manchester and Southampton.

One in five of the young women were daily smokers (21%) compared with around one in seven (15%) of the young men. The teens were asked if they knew about the link between smoking and certain diseases such as stroke lung cancer heart disease and blindness. Deafness which is not caused by smoking was also included in a bid to balance out the responses.

They were then asked to rank their fears of each disease. Awareness that smoking caused lung cancer was high with 81% of respondents recognising the causal link. But the teenagers were not so well informed about the other health consequences of smoking. Just over one in four (27%) realised smoking was linked to heart disease and only 15% realised that smoking could also lead to stroke. Just 5% correctly identified that smoking can also cause blindness mostly as a result of age related macular degeneration or AMD for short. The figure was even lower among those who smoked just 2% of whom recognised the link.

But teens were far more frightened of losing their vision than of any other smoking related disease giving it an average score of 4 compared with 3 for lung cancer and 2 for heart disease and stroke. Nine out of 10 of the teens said they would give up at the first signs of blindness prompting the authors to suggest that public health messages about smoking which are aimed at teens should include the risks of blindness. While the prevalence of smoking has fallen in the UK rates among teenagers are still high warn the authors.

 
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