2016

  • You Are What You Eat: Guide To Eating Your Way To Healthy Eyes

    From reading and watching television to driving and making memories, your eyes are an important part of your physical and emotional wellness. While you may visit your eye doctor annually for basic exams, other tasks can help improve the underlying health of your eyes and vision.  Although shocking for most people to learn, eating well and adding a few key supplements to your diet can improve your eye health. Of course, you may not know where to get started. [Read More]

  • Are You The Primary Driver In Your Family? Consider Scheduling An Appointment For An Eye Exam

    Many couples split driving responsibilities when it comes to going around with the family. If they have adult kids that are living at home, the kids may also help with some of the driving. But, if you happen to be the main driver, you should do everything you can to make sure your family is safe while on the road. This prioritization may have motivated you to purchase a vehicle with excellent safety ratings, but that is not the only thing that you can do to enjoy real results and gain peace of mind whenever you drive. [Read More]

  • Surgery Or Corrective Lenses? Choosing The Best Vision Correction Option For You

    The health of your eyes and the quality of your vision have a major impact on your daily life and activities. When your vision is failing you, everything you do is impacted. If you have gone to the eye doctor and found that you are in need of vision correction, you may be presented with two general options. Those options are corrective lenses (i.e. eyeglasses or contacts) and surgery (i.e. Lasik surgery or small incision lenticule extraction surgery). [Read More]

  • The Connection Between Exercise And Worsening Vision Due To Diabetic Retinopathy

    Fighting off vision problems is something that we all want to do, but it can be difficult for those with diabetes. They often go blind due to a problem called diabetic retinopathy. Unfortunately, a large number of those who suffer from diabetes don't realize that an exercise routine, which may have been created to help their vision, may be speeding up this process. What Is Diabetic Retinopathy? This condition is caused by damage to the blood vessels in the back of the eye, caused by nutrients struggling to make it through your system properly. [Read More]

  • Why Is Your Eyelid Twitching?

    Do your eyelids frequently twitch? Perhaps you experience this only in one eye, or maybe it happens in both eyes from time to time. Eyelid twitches are rarely anything serious, but they can be bothersome. Here's a look at some of the common causes and how to address them. Tiredness A lack of sleep can cause your eyelids to twitch, especially if you're also stressed out. When you don't get enough sleep, the nerves that control your eyelids may start " [Read More]

  • Avoid Making These Costly Mistakes With Your Eyeglasses

    Whether you've been wearing eyeglasses for many years or just a few months, it's possible that you're not caring for them in the best way possible, which could require you to visit the optician to have the glasses repaired or even have them replaced. It's likely that you make many of these simple oversights without hardly thinking about what you're doing — and now it's time to understand the potential risk of such seemingly innocuous behaviors so that you can make some changes. [Read More]