Eye Health
The Right Eye Protection for Athletes
Every year, thousands of athletes suffer preventable eye injuries. With the right protective eyewear, these injuries wouldn’t happen.
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Plain-language answers to the questions we hear most — exams, kids' vision, contact lenses, and keeping your eyes healthy for the long run.
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Vision Care
When an Eye Problem Is an Emergency, and When It Can Wait
Some eye symptoms need attention today, some need a call this week, and some can wait for your next visit. Here is how to tell them apart.
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Lifestyle
Fun Facts About Animal Eyesight
Human vision is remarkable, but it’s far from the most impressive in the animal kingdom. From creatures that see ultraviolet light to others that navigate total darkness without eyes at all, nature has developed an astonishing range of solutions to the problem of sight.
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Choosing Frames and Lenses: What to Think About Beyond the Look
The frame you love only works if it fits your face and suits your prescription. Here is what to weigh besides style when you are picking new glasses.
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Eye Health
The Right Nutrition for Your Eye Health
Your eyes work harder than almost any other organ in your body. They process millions of signals every day.
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Diabetes and Your Eyes: Why the Annual Exam Matters
Diabetic eye disease can advance a long way before you notice anything. That is exactly why the yearly exam is scheduled by the calendar and not by symptoms.
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Eyewear
Our Top Tips for New Glasses Wearers
Getting your first pair of glasses, or a new prescription, is exciting. It can also come with an adjustment period that catches people off guard.
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Digital Eye Strain: What Screens Actually Do to Your Eyes
Tired, dry, aching eyes after a day at the computer are real and treatable. The cause is usually less about blue light than about how you blink, focus, and sit.
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Eye Health
Healthy Living: Also Better for Your Eyesight
What are the most important aspects of protecting your vision? You’re probably thinking of annual eye exams, the right pair of glasses, or maybe sunglasses on a bright day.
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Dry Eye: Why It Happens and What Actually Helps
Dry eye is not a shortage of tears so much as a problem with tear quality. Understanding which type you have is what makes treatment work.
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Eyewear
Protecting Your Eyes Underwater
Spending time in the water is one of summer’s great pleasures. That’s true whether you’re doing laps at the pool, snorkeling on vacation, or splashing around at the lake, but water, especially treated or open water, poses real risks to your eyes.
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Myopia Control for Kids: What the Options Are and Why It Matters
Nearsightedness in children tends to worsen year over year. Myopia management aims to slow that progression, and there are several proven approaches to choose from.
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Eye Conditions
Ocular Migraines: What They Are and What to Do
You’re going about your day when something strange happens to your field of vision. A flickering arc of light creeps into your vision, or part of your visual field simply disappears.
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Sun, Sand, and Saltwater: Protecting Your Eyes on the Space Coast
Living on the Florida coast means year-round UV exposure, and it reaches your eyes from above and off the water. Here is what that does over time and how to shield against it.
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Eye Health
The Functional Role of Brows and Lashes
When most people think about eyebrows and eyelashes, they think about aesthetics. But long before they became a focal point of beauty routines and makeup tutorials, brows and lashes evolved for one purpose: to protect your eyes.
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What Actually Happens During a Comprehensive Eye Exam
A comprehensive eye exam is a full health check of your eyes, not just a vision test. Here is what each step is for and why it matters, from the chair.
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Eye Conditions
Common Eye Issues Vary Across the Sexes
When it comes to vision and eye health, biology makes a difference. Research consistently shows that certain eye conditions affect women and men at different rates, with different levels of severity, and sometimes for different reasons.
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Eye Conditions
Our Eyes Are Access Points for Pathogens
You lock your doors at night, and you wash your hands before eating. You think carefully about what enters your body.
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Eye Health
What Does Blinking Do for Eye Health?
Blinking is one of the most automatic things your body does. You do it thousands of times a day without a second thought.
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Eye Conditions
Connections Between Eyes and Headaches
If you get frequent headaches, your eyes might be the cause. Many people reach for pain relievers without realizing that an underlying vision problem could be driving their discomfort.
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Eyewear
Lens Care Tips for Glasses and Contacts
Your lenses are a significant investment in your vision and your health. Whether you wear glasses, contact lenses, or both, taking care of them properly means clearer vision, fewer replacements, and healthier eyes.
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Eye Conditions
Color Blindness: Not Just Black and White
When most people hear “color blindness,” they imagine a world drained of all color. This common misconception of eyesight like a black-and-white movie couldn’t be further from the truth.
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Vision Care
The Trick to Optical Illusions
Have you ever seen a still image that appeared to move? Or looked at two identical objects that appeared to be different sizes?
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Eye Conditions
Our Top Eye Health Tips
Your eyes are one of your most valuable assets. Unfortunately, they’re often overlooked when it comes to preventive health care.
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