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Your Step-by-Step Guide to a Comprehensive Eye Exam
Is it time for your annual comprehensive eye exam? Most adults have experienced an annual eye exam, and understand that the exam accomplishes more than just checking for 20/20 vision: Regular eye exams help protect your overall eye health. Whether it’s your or...
The Role of Peripheral Vision in Student Athlete Success
As the new school year starts, student athletes begin focusing not only on academic success but also athletic excellence. The path to athletic distinction is more than physical strength and stamina; a student’s vision plays a critical role. Self-image depends on so many facets of a young athlete’s life, and performing well during...
5 Questions About Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD)
February is Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Low Vision Month, a time to promote awareness of these conditions that impact millions of Americans in their daily lives. You may know someone who has been diagnosed with or is experiencing age-related macular...
5 Reasons To Wear Sunglasses in Winter
It’s February! This most misspelled month is the shortest of the year and the final month of meteorological winter. It’s also Low Vision Awareness Month and National Cancer Prevention Month. Are you aware that protecting your eyes from the sun’s UV...
Say Goodbye to These 6 Poor Eye Health Habits
Are you doing everything within your power to protect your vision and maintain good eye health? Studies show that many Americans aren’t. But it’s not too late to turn things around and adopt good eye health practices that will benefit you now and help you...
6 Tips For Living With Glaucoma
January is Glaucoma Awareness Month, a time to draw attention to one of the leading causes of blindness and vision loss in the United States. Glaucoma is known as the “silent thief of sight” because it doesn’t have any noticeable symptoms in its...
Contacts or Glasses: Which is Right For You?
According to the Vision Council, more than 194 million people in the U.S. wear prescription lenses – either contact lenses or eyeglasses. If you’re one of them, and you’re trying to decide which type of corrective lenses are right for you, read on....
5 Questions About Vision Care and Flex Spending Accounts
With just a couple of weeks remaining in 2021, time is running out to spend your designated “Flex” funds from your Flexible Spending Account (FSA) on eligible healthcare costs. If you or your spouse have an FSA account through an employer, now’s the...