The Impacts of Smoking on Eyesight
A smoking habit damages every organ and system in the body, including the eyes.
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How Eye Color Works
Human eye color comes from melanin, the same compound that determines skin and hair color.
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Diabetes and Your Vision
November is Diabetes Awareness Month. Individuals with diabetes have a higher risk of additional health problems, including vision and eye health issues. These conditions include diabetic macular edema, diabetic retinopathy, and glaucoma. Each one of these conditions affects the blood vessels in the back of the eyes, impacting an individual’s vision. Early treatment of diabetes, […]
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Corrective Lenses Through History
Since as early as 60 A.D., people have been using vision-correcting tools to help them see.
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The Relationship Between Eyes and Sleep
Studies have shown that sleep deprivation hits the body and mind a lot like alcohol.
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Makeup Eye Safety Tips
Back in the old days, makeup was full of ingredients like lead, arsenic, and mercury.
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Keeping Our Eyes Healthy as We Age
Among the many changes our bodies undergo as we get older are the changes to our eyesight.
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How Does Animal Eyesight Work?
We wouldn’t have gone into the optometry field if we weren’t fascinated by eyes, and there are some incredible ones in nature.
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Eye Exams: Vital to Your Child’s Education
A staple of every school nurse’s office is the big E eye chart.
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Comprehensive Eye Exams 101
Yearly comprehensive eye exams are an important part of preventive health care. Many eye and vision problems have no obvious signs or symptoms. Routine eye exams can help aid in early diagnosis of undetected diseases and other eye conditions, like diabetes retinopathy (diabetic damage caused by high blood sugar levels) which is the leading cause […]