Low Vision Tips and Support | Low Vision Awareness Month
Low Vision Awareness Month is an opportunity to highlight the challenges and difficulties encountered by individuals with low vision, a visual impairment that cannot be fully corrected by eyeglasses, contact lenses, or surgery. Here are our tips to h...
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Your Eyes: The Window to Your Heart
Signs of Early Heart Disease Can an eye exam detect heart problems? An eye exam by an optometrist or ophthalmologist may not specifically detect heart issues. However, during the exam, the eye doctor may notice signs of certain eye conditions that...
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Decorative Contact Lenses Can Be Dangerous without a Prescription
Halloween is just around the corner bringing with it scary costumes and disguises! A very popular Halloween accessory are colored or designer contact lenses for people who want to change the color of their eyes. But especially for Halloween there is ...
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Use It, Or Lose It – Flex Spending Benefits
There are a lot of healthcare benefits to understand, especially when you include the various wellness benefits. Many people don't have the time to study the fine details of what's available. Our clients often ask about Flex Spending, a great savings...
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Color Blindness: What Is It And How Is It Detected?
Dyschromatopsia or color blindness is a visual abnormality that makes it difficult to see the colors of objects. It is also called color blindness, in honor of the physicist and mathematician John Dalton, who suffered from this anomaly. There are di...
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Iridocyclitis: What is it? Causes and Treatment
What is iridocyclitis? Iridocyclitis is the most common type of uveitis . It appears suddenly, associated with autoimmune diseases , and especially in young and healthy patients. Most often, iridocyclitis occurs in only one eye , and its symptoms u...
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SLT Glaucoma Laser To Reduce Intraocular Pressure
The SLT laser or Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty is a treatment that is performed in the ophthalmology office, in one session, lasts a few minutes, and does not present risks. This treatment is very effective in certain cases of glaucoma, where it is...
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How to Disinfect Glasses and Contact Lenses
Wearing contact lenses or prescription glasses makes life easier for many people who suffer from vision problems because it allows them to see everything more clearly and sharply. But what good are they if we don't keep them well cleaned and disinfec...
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Can Contact Lenses be worn in a pool?
One of the most common concerns of people who wear contact lenses or who are considering wearing them is whether they can wear contact lenses in the pool. Like many other contact lens myths, this one is one of the most prevalent, so you've probably h...
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Invented Sunglasses
We all agree that sunglasses are another complement when we go out in the hottest times. Not only as protection for the eyes, but also as one more element of our outfit to be fashionable. For this reason, when you go to buy glasses, you usually look ...
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