Flex Spending
What is a Flexible Spending Account? Given the current trend toward expensive healthcare, the physicians at Beach Eye Medical Group in Orange County feel it is important for patients to be aware of the flexible spending account payment option. The m...
Read MoreSleep Apnea and Your Eyes
Sleep apnea is the involuntary cessation of breathing during sleep. It affects over 18 million Americans today and puts them at risk for other life-threatening diseases such as heart disease, stroke and diabetes. A recent study by the Mayo Clinic has...
Read MoreCostume Contacts Do’s and Don’ts
Costume ContactsWhether as part of your Halloween costume, for a school play, work event, or “just because,” costume contacts are a fun way to enhance to your appearance. However, as with anything involving the delicate anatomy of the eye, you sh...
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The Importance Of Sports Eye Safety
When we are playing sports we typically try to protect our legs, arms, fingers, and many other parts of our body from being harmed. While all of those parts of our body are definitely important, it's even more important to make sure our eyes are prot...
Read MoreWhat are correctable vision problems?
Everyone wants perfect vision, don't they? Wouldn't it be great to just be able to see anything that you wanted without glasses or contact lenses? That would be awesome! Unlikely however since laser vision like Superman has only happens in the comic ...
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What You Can Do To Relieve Red, Irritated, Blurry Swimmers Eyes
Many of us enjoy the fun Summer months, especially the opportunity to go swimming but all that swimming can also leave you with red blurry eyes. All you need to know are a few basic things like how the swimming pool water actually affects your eye’...
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The Danger of Fireworks and Your Eyes
The Danger Of Fireworks And Your Eyes Did you know that over 10,000 fireworks related injuries happen each year. Many of these injuries result in eye damage, very often resulting in permanent vision damage! Many people forget that fireworks are ver...
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Treating Eye Allergies in Huntington Beach and Irvine
It’s possible to live a healthy and full life even with eye allergies. The eye experts at Beach Eye Medical Group in Irvine and Huntington Beach may prescribe artificial tears, eye drops or oral antihistamines to help control your symptoms. Better ...
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Quick Facts About Color Blindness
Color blindness or color vision deficiency (CVD) is the decreased ability to distinguish between colors. There are approximately 300 million people living with some form of color blindness worldwide. However, not all of them are aware they have CVD. ...
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Dilated Eye Exam – Why You Need One
A comprehensive eye exam consists of two parts: the undilated section of the exam and the dilated section. While the undilated eye exam looks at the front part of the eye (pupils, iris, and cornea), the dilated exam goes a bit further to reveal the s...
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