Could your eye symptoms be related to dehydration.
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December Newsletter: Does Dehydration Affect Your Eye Health?
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November Newsletter: The Link Between Dry Eyes and Lupus
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Wondering if your dry eye symptoms could be related to Lupus?
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October Newsletter: The Benefits of PRK Eye Surgery
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Considering your refractive surgery options? PRK might be the perfect option for you.
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Stress and Vision
Category: Protecting Your Eyes
Did you know that your eyes are an extension of your brain? There are six muscles connected to each eye, and they receive signals from the brain. These signals direct the eyes movements and, thus, control their ability to focus. When you are stressed, your brain goes through a number of changes and signals
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Pain Management
Category: Protecting Your Eyes
We take a lot of aspects of our vision for granted. We expect to see nearby and faraway objects clearly, even if we require our eye care provider to prescribe eyeglasses or contact lenses to do so. A huge degree of the information we take in about our world and our surroundings takes place visually,
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Nutrition for Eye Health
Category: Protecting Your Eyes
Eating right is essential for keeping your body healthy. This is as true for your eyes as it is for your heart. A diet that is rich in fresh fruits, vegetables and whole grains, and is low in saturated fat, can reduce your risk of heart disease. This will also keep your arteries healthy, so they can
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Lifestyle Practices for Eye Health
Category: Protecting Your Eyes
Protecting your eyesight is an important part of staying healthy overall. Maintaining sound eye health will also help you preserve your quality of life as you age. To keep your eyes as healthy as possible, follow these simple lifestyle practices. Get regular eye exams. Some eye problems — including
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Glare and Halos
Category: Vision Problems
Glare and halos are both eye symptoms that some people experience around bright lights. Halos show up as bright circles around a light source. Glare is light that interferes with your vision, making it difficult to see or sometimes making your eyes water. These symptoms can show up at any time of the
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UV Radiation and Your Eyes
Category: Protecting Your Eyes
Optometry warnings about the damaging effects of ultraviolet radiation on our eyes have not yet reached the degree of public awareness of that of skin damage. Yet, the sun can be just as damaging upon our eyes with unprotected exposure. Short-term exposure to very bright sunlight can result in a type
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Pediatric Ophthalmology
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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September Newsletter: LASIK vs LASEK: What Is the Difference?
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Want to get rid of contacts or glasses but aren't sure if LASIK or LASEK is the better choice?
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August Newsletter: The Do's and Don'ts After Glaucoma Surgery
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Do you know what you should and shouldn't do after you have glaucoma surgery?
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July Newsletter: Are Glasses Still Necessary After Cataract Surgery?
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Could you say goodbye to glasses following your cataract surgery?
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June Newsletter: Top Three Benefits of LASIK Surgery
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Wondering how LASIK surgery could improve your life?
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May Newsletter: Living with Low Vision: What Can Be Done
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Struggling with low vision? Try these aids and devices.
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April Newsletter: Refractive Eye Surgery Options Beyond LASIK
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Looking for an alternative to LASIK? One of these refractive surgeries may be perfect for you.
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March Newsletter: Symptoms of Retinal Vein Occlusion
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Do you know how retinal vein occlusion could affect your vision.
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February Newsletter: Eating Disorders Can Increase a Person's Risk for Diabetic Retinopathy
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This eye disease could cause vision loss if you have diabetes and an eating disorder.
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January Newsletter: An Eye Exam Could Save Your Life
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Find out how your ophthalmologist can help you protect your health.
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December Newsletter: What Is the Best Time of Year to Get LASIK?
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Wondering if spring, summer, winter or fall is the best time for LASIK?
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November Newsletter: Top causes of blindness
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Do you know what causes blindness?
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Early Signs of Heart Disease Appear in the Eyes
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Your eyes offer a wealth of information about your heart health.
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Eye Diseases Linked to Sun Damage
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Could sun exposure increase your risk of eye disease?
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Laser Eye Surgery: LASIK Isn't the Only Option
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Thinking about laser eye surgery to improve your vision? Find out about the options beyond LASIK
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How Hypertension Affects Eye Health
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Is your high blood pressure damaging your vision?
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The Dangers of Diabetic Retinopathy
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Could you be at risk of vision loss due to diabetes?
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How safe is cataract surgery?
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Worried about cataract surgery? Find out if the surgery is a safe option for you.
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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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Wandering Eye
Category: Pediatric Vision
A wandering eye is a type of eye condition known as strabismus or tropia, and it may be caused by damage to the retina or muscles that control the eye, stroke or brain injury, or an uncorrected refractive error like farsightedness. With a wandering eye, one eye deviates or wanders in a different direction
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Crossed Eyes
Category: Pediatric Vision
Crossed eyes, also known as strabismus, refer to a condition in which both eyes do not look at the same place at the same time. Often times they both turn in, but may also turn out. What Causes Crossed Eyes? The six muscles attached to each eye, which control how it moves, receive signals from the brain.
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Autism
Category: Pediatric Vision
Symptoms and Problems Caused By Autism Autism is a neurological disorder in which the person has difficulty processing and reacting to information received from their senses. The individual also has trouble communicating and interacting socially. Signs of autism include: Lack of shared social interaction Postponement
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Technology and Vision
Category: How the Eyes Work
The primary sufferers of technology-related eyestrain used to be adults whose work involved computers. Now, however, people of all ages use computers, smartphones, tablets and gaming devices, which can take their toll on the eyes. As people’s reliance on technology grows, so does the incidence of eyestrain.
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Eye Anatomy 101
Category: How the Eyes Work
The eye has many parts that work together to create vision. The eyes themselves are only part of “seeing.” The brain is also involved. The eyes, though, begin the complex process of vision by gathering, focusing and passing on visual information to the brain. To help you learn how the eye works,
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Binocular Vision
Category: How the Eyes Work
The human visual system is a complex network including the eye, ocular nerves, and key brain areas that process visual information. Under most circumstances, we use information from both eyes to create a single visual image. This ability to converge information from both eyes is called binocular vision.
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