Want to avoid vision loss due to glaucoma? Schedule a visit with the eye doctor.
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Glaucoma and You: The Importance of Eye Exams
Category: Newsletters
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Important Healthy Eye Habits for Kids
Category: Newsletters
Want to keep your kids' eyes as healthy as possible? Try these tips.
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Healthy Vision Month
Category: Newsletters
Get ready for Healthy Vision Month by upgrading your vision habits.
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Presbyopia eye drops
Category: Newsletters
Would you like to stop squinting when you look at close objects? A new kind of eyedrops can improve presbyopia, an age-related vision problem.
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Dry Eye
Category: Eye Symptoms
Sometimes your eyes don’t make enough tears or the tears evaporate too fast because they don’t have the right amount of compounds in them. This is called dry eye. Up to 5% of Americans complain of some form of dry eye. Individuals who wear contact lenses or have undergone LASIK or other types of
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Subconjunctival Hemorrhage
Category: Common Eye Conditions, Changes in Appearance
Similar to a bruise under the skin, a subconjunctival hemorrhage happens when a small blood vessel located between the sclera (white portion of an eye) and the conjunctiva (lining on the surface of an eye) breaks and covers the sclera with blood. Unlike broken blood vessels located under the skin which
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Decorative (Plano) Contact Lenses
Category: Contact Lenses
Colored contact lenses allow you to temporarily change your eye color whether or not you need to correct impaired vision. In this way, you can create a more subtle eye appearance, wear a crazy design for special occasions, or just enjoy a new eye color. Will Colored Contacts Change the Way I See? Yes,
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Reading and Writing
Category: Pediatric Vision
For many adults, reading and writing come so naturally that they seem almost effortless. However, reading and writing are actually complicated skills that take significant effort to learn. For example, reading involves recognizing letters, associating letter combinations with their corresponding sounds,
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ADD/ADHD
Category: Pediatric Vision
Approximately 11% of school-aged children have been diagnosed with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to recent studies. The central symptoms of ADHD -- difficulty sustaining attention, poor control of behavior, hyperactivity -- make it difficult for children to succeed in school.
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Learning-Related Vision Problems
Category: Pediatric Vision
Learning disabilities may include dyslexia, math disorder, writing disorder, auditory processing deficits, or visual processing deficits. Although each child with a learning disability is unique, many also have associated visual problems. Addressing these vision disorders may alleviate some symptoms
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Pediatric Ophthlamology
Category: Pediatric Vision
Ophthalmology addresses the physiology, anatomy and diseases of the eyes. Pediatric ophthalmology focuses on the eyes of children. Pediatric ophthalmologists examine children’s eyes to see if they need corrective lenses or other treatments to improve their vision. Training for Pediatric Ophthalmologists Pediatric
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Eye Movement
Category: How the Eyes Work, Basic Visual Skills
Eye movement refers to the voluntary and involuntary movements of the eyes that assist with obtaining, fixating and following visual stimuli. The eyes are each connected to a system of six muscles. Light is sensed by the retina, which is a type of tissue that contains cells known as photoreceptors. These
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Eye Focusing
Category: How the Eyes Work, Basic Visual Skills
The eyes have a focusing system called accommodation; it allows for visual clarity. The system is rested when you look at an object that is far away and is not forced to strain like it would if the target were close. In normal circumstances, the eyes are able to effortlessly transition between objects
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Eye Coordination
Category: How the Eyes Work, Basic Visual Skills
Each eye picks up a slightly different image, but through a process called fusion, the brain blends the images together to make one three-dimensional picture. Good eye coordination is needed, however, and allows the eyes to sustain proper alignment so that they can focus on practically the same image,
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Eye Perception
Category: How the Eyes Work, Basic Visual Skills
Visual perception refers to a set of skills used to collect and interpret visual information taken in from our environment. The visual information gathered is combined with our other senses, allowing us to derive meaning from what we see. Through the process of merging visual data with our other senses,
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Sleep in the Eyes (Eye Discharge)
Category: Eye Symptoms
Sometimes referred to as "sleep" or eye matter, eye discharge that appears in normal consistency upon waking is a typical part of your body's defense mechanisms, protecting your eyes from bacteria or other irritants. Eye discharge that appears in abnormal consistency, color, or quantities might be a
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