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6 Winter Eye Wellness Tips
With winter comes dropping temperatures, cold winds, and low humidity — all of which bring unique challenges to caring for your eyes and vision. Though you might be tempted to ignore cold weather eye symptoms, don’t! Be aware of symptoms including eye...
Glaucoma Myths vs. Reality: 10 Things You Need to Know
January is Glaucoma Awareness Month. Glaucoma is a serious eye condition, but it isn’t widely understood. Called the “silent thief of sight,” glaucoma is a group of diseases that raise eye pressure and slowly damage the optic nerve, causing permanent vision loss. The challenge with glaucoma is that there aren’t any noticeable symptoms. Glaucoma doesn’t hurt, and there aren’t any telltale signs. But your vision is being damaged and lost, usually starting with peripheral vision loss. Once you lose vision to glaucoma, it is gone forever. That’s why it is critical to raise awareness about glaucoma. The best defense against glaucoma is a good offense:...
Why School Vision Screenings Fall Short: The Importance of a Full Eye Exam
It’s that time again — August means back-to-school for many children. Parents are busy buying the perfect backpack, notebooks, writing utensils, and school clothes so students have everything they need for a successful school year. But did you know that...
5 Tips Your College Student Needs To Know About Healthy Vision
Are you a parent with a child gearing up for their first year of college? Or are you a student ready to embark on the excitement of university life? As you navigate the transition between the carefree days of childhood and full-on adulting, it’s easy to overlook...
5 Questions About Dry Eye Symptoms and Care
July is National Dry Eye Awareness Month. It is estimated that at least 17 million and up to 50 million Americans suffer moderate to severe symptoms from Dry Eye. Twice as many women as men experience the pain and discomfort of Dry Eye. A significant percentage of...
5 Ways to Enhance How Sunglasses Protect Your Eyes from UV Rays
Are you aware that your eyes can get sunburned? Yes, just like your skin, your eyes can be burned by direct or reflected ultraviolet (UV) rays. As the summer weather gets hotter and you enjoy the season’s outdoor activities, your eyes are exposed to greater...
8 Tips To Protect Eye Health All Summer
Summer fun and summer chores are in full swing – school is out, vacations are planned, weekend events are on your calendar, and yard work is a weekly activity! Summer poses a number of threats to eye health and vision. You may have noticed itchy, red, or...
5 Questions About Cataracts
June is Cataract Awareness Month, a great opportunity to educate yourself on this eye condition that so many of us will experience in our lifetimes. By age 65, as many as 90% of people have at least one cataract forming. We’ve all heard the term cataract, but...
5 Proven Ways To Get Kids To Wear Sunglasses
If you’re a regular reader of our blog, you may already know that by the time your son or daughter reaches age 18, they’ve already received up to 80% of their entire lifetime’s worth of exposure to the sun’s damaging ultraviolet (UV) rays!...
Why Children Need High-Quality Sunglasses
May is Healthy Vision Month. A lifetime of healthy vision starts in childhood, by protecting your eyes from injury and damage and developing good eye health habits. Did you know that by the time your child turns 18, they have received 80% of their lifetime exposure to...
Learn How to Use Eye Drops in the “Blink of an Eye”
When it comes to eye drops, the “blink” of an eye is the problem – right? It sounds easy enough, but it’s not always as simple as following the recommended steps: Tilt your head back, look up, open your eye wide, and squeeze one tiny drop from...