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What Parents Need to Know About Sports Eye Safety
As parents of a student athlete, you try to do all the right things to protect your kids — ensuring they wear helmets, shin guards, football pads, batting helmets, mouth guards, knee braces, wrist stabilizers, and a myriad of other devices that protect your...
The Smart Student’s Guide to Eye-Friendly Study Habits
It’s back-to-school season! Time to purchase laptops, tablets, backpacks, notebooks, and pens. It takes a lot of planning and preparation for your student to step into another year of focus, growth, and discovery in the classroom. But wait -- are you forgetting something? A successful year starts with good vision, and good vision starts with a comprehensive eye exam to test for any vision issues or changes in prescription strength. Your optometrist will assess your student’s vision and, if needed, prescribe correction, recommend lens coatings, and/or special lenses that support excellent eye health for effective learning. Your Student’s Eyes Grow and Change Yearly A...
What is Diabetic Eye Disease?
Diabetes is a chronic, progressive disease that can cause extreme changes to your eye health, and is a leading cause of blindness for those under the age of 74. Because the condition causes changes in the blood vessels that feed the eyes, it can cause eye problems...
Diabetes and Your Eyes
November is Diabetic Eye Disease Awareness Month, an ideal time to take a deeper dive into the disease we hear so much about. As eye care professionals, one of our areas of concern is that uncontrolled diabetes can affect your vision, and is a leading cause of...
What’s Included in a Comprehensive Eye Exam?
The US Food and Drug Administration recently pulled online vision testing, because that method of vision test doesn’t provide the comprehensive eye health care necessary to keep individuals seeing their best now and for years to come. In fact, online vision...
Why the FDA Pulled Online Vision Testing
The internet provides fantastic access to information and professionals—just think about all of the things you can learn through watching YouTube videos alone! Technology’s many uses to promote human health—information sharing, video conferencing and...
Ways to Protect Students Vision
5 Ways to Protect Your Student’s Vision This School Year Kids all over the country are back to school, burying their noses in computers and books in pursuit of the knowledge necessary to succeed in school and in life. The connection between good vision and...
Student Athletes Back to Sports
Are Your Student Athlete’s Eyes In Top Shape for the Season? Fall is in the air! If you haven’t already had your first pumpkin spice latte or seen your first football game—what’re you waiting for? Now that the school year is in session, for...
17 Visual Skills Kids Need to Succeed
The 17 Visual Skills Kids (and Adults) Need to Succeed in Life Back-to-school season is an ideal time to schedule a comprehensive eye exam for your children. Why? Because it’s critical to ensure that they’re seeing their absolute best and that all aspects...
Ready to Go Back to School?
Is Your Student’s Vision Ready to Go Back to School? It’s back-to-school season! If you’re the parent of a school-age child, you likely have a list of supplies and are busily checking off items to make sure your student has everything they need for a...
Dry Eye Disease: Diagnosis and Treatment
Dry Eye Disease occurs when your body doesn’t produce enough tears or the tears produced are not high enough in quality to create a nourishing, lubricating tear film over the front of the eye to protect it. The condition is progressive and often gets worse as...