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What Parents Need to Know About Sports Eye Safety
As parents of a student athlete, you try to do all the right things to protect your kids — ensuring they wear helmets, shin guards, football pads, batting helmets, mouth guards, knee braces, wrist stabilizers, and a myriad of other devices that protect your...
The Smart Student’s Guide to Eye-Friendly Study Habits
It’s back-to-school season! Time to purchase laptops, tablets, backpacks, notebooks, and pens. It takes a lot of planning and preparation for your student to step into another year of focus, growth, and discovery in the classroom. But wait -- are you forgetting something? A successful year starts with good vision, and good vision starts with a comprehensive eye exam to test for any vision...
February Is Low Vision Awareness Month: Are You at Risk?
The National Eye Institute designates the month of February as Low Vision Awareness Month in order to increase awareness about this visual impairment condition. It’s estimated that more than 3 million Americans age 40 and older are experiencing low vision, which...
8 Ways To Love Your Eyes On Valentine’s Day And All Year Through
On Valentine’s Day, our thoughts turn to those we love—our significant others, our families, pets and friends. We think about how much we love and appreciate all that these wonderful people and animals do. But have you ever thought about how much you love...
Who Is At Risk For Glaucoma?
The National Eye institute designates January as National Glaucoma Awareness Month. Did you know that more than 3 million people in the United States have been diagnosed with this sight-stealing disease? In our previous post, we addressed the top five questions people...
Top 5 Questions About Glaucoma
Many of us breathed a sigh of relief when the year 2020 with its many challenges came to an end. But the New Year brings a critical reminder: January is National Glaucoma Awareness Month. It’s an important time to educate yourself, family and loved ones about...
A Thank-You To Patients and Friends
We wish you a safe and healthy holiday season! We realize that many of you — just like many of us — are ending this unprecedented year much differently than we have ever done in the past: By spending the holidays at home, canceling travel plans, avoiding...
5 Questions About Flexible Spending Accounts And Vision Care
With 2020 soon coming to an end, you have only a few weeks left to spend your designated Flexible Spending Account (FSA) funds on eligible health care costs. Many patients ask us which vision-related expenses qualify for reimbursement under an FSA. We thought...