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Poor Sleeping Habits Can Actually Affect Your Vision
There have been numerous studies connecting poor sleeping habits with a number of illnesses. However, one often overlooked effect lack of sleep can have has to do with eye care. Losing an hour of sleep every day leads to the development of eye diseases and can even...
Are Contact Lenses Suitable for Your Children?
After your child gets an eye exam, you know if they need vision correction. It’s a common question among parents if their kids can start wearing contact lenses. When it comes to children wearing contacts, maturity weighs more than age. Keep on reading to find out if...
Prescriptions for Contact Lenses vs. Eyeglasses
Wearing either eyeglasses or contact lenses offer a safe and simple way to correct refractive errors, such as nearsightedness (myopia), farsightedness (hyperopia), and presbyopia (aging of the eye lens). Are you wearing both? Then you’ve probably wondered if their...
4 Workplace Eye Wellness Best Practices for Employees
Work-related eye injuries are not limited to those working in the landscaping, construction, and machinery repair industries. In today’s hi-tech society, employees spend a majority of their time staring at a computer screen, making them more susceptible to vision...
What to Know about Blocked Tear Ducts
Blocked tear ducts prevent your tears from draining normally, which can leave you with a watery and irritated eye. The obstruction of the tear drainage system could be partial or complete. While this condition is common in newborns and gets better in the first year of...
Eye Diseases That Can Be Caught Through Retinal Imaging
Technology is such a wonderful thing, especially when it is being used in detecting and treating diseases. Retinal imaging, for instance, has been helpful in catching a variety of eye diseases such as glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration, retinal detachment,...
You Should Get an Eye Exam Once Every Two to Three Years
Eye exams are needed before using vision correction devices or before undergoing procedures like LASIK eye surgery. The problem is, the human brain has incredible adaptability. Normally, this trait is helpful but when it comes to vision, you’ll find your brain...
What’s In a Contact Lens Prescription?
Just like eyeglasses, your contact lenses are considered a medical device. As such, you will need a prescription before you can buy or use one. Even Plano or contact lenses used only for color and cosmetic purposes must be fitted correctly and prescribed by a...
Keep Your Eyes Healthy With These Daily Habits
There are numerous daily things and habits that can increase the risk of eye infection and disease; in fact, it can be as simple as forgetting to wash your hands before wearing contacts or eyeglasses. One way to reduce such risks is by following certain eye care...
The Risks of Frequent Eye Drop Usage
When you have eye issues such as dryness and irritation, you’ll naturally think of using eye drops to treat them. They’re readily available and provide a short-term solution to some eye problems. However, using it frequently may cause more problems later on. For...
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Encouraging Your Child to Wear Their Eyeglasses
Vision correction is usually most effective when you start early. This is why your eye doctor may prescribe glasses to children who demonstrate less than stellar vision acuity. Unfortunately, kids and glasses are often a bad combination. Finicky children may find the...
Quick Exercises to Help Relieve Your Eye Strain
With a growing number of people working at home as part of today’s “new normal,” eye strain from staring at screens has become more prevalent. It can be caused by any number of reasons but, thankfully, there are some relaxation exercises you can do to alleviate eye...