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Do you often find yourself rubbing your eyes frequently? Are you experiencing a burning sensation, eye fatigue, or redness? These are a few signs that you might be struggling with a common condition known as dry eye...

The vast majority of eye injuries can be prevented easily, including sports eye injuries. How can we prevent them? By wearing the right eye protection. We often think eye protection is mainly for welders or construction workers or people working in chemistry labs, but it can also save an athlete'...

Our jobs are all about keeping human eyes healthy and making sure our patients see clearly. However, every once in a while, we like taking a look at the fascinating world of animal eyesight. There are some incredible eyes in nature that work very differently from the way human eyes do. Human Eyes...

Do you know how much time you're spending each day looking at screens? Between our work computers, tablets, TVs, and smartphones, the average person can rack up a pretty staggering amount of daily screentime these days. That can be pretty taxing on the eyes. All it takes to create a 90% risk of d...

First, let’s clarify what nearsightedness is exactly. The technical term for the condition that causes nearsightedness is myopia, which affects approximately 30% of Americans...

Seeing and functioning well involves far more than 20/20 vision and preventing eye diseases. Sometimes, your vision and sight can get misaligned, causing headaches, eye strain, or vision-related learning problems...

As parents, we want to ensure that our children have the best possible start in their education. Making sure they can see clearly plays a more important role to a child’s education than most people realize. Did you know that up to 80% of a child's learning is linked to their vision? Good eyesig...

Pink eye is one of the most common eye infections we can get. Pink eye or conjunctivitis is characterized by redness in the whites of the eyes, accompanied by itchiness and discharge (which could be watery or thick and yellowish). Conjunctivitis is the inflammation of the conjunctiva, which is th...

Do you know why people say carrots will give you good night vision? It’s actually a leftover piece of World War II British misinformation to trick the Germans. The British had just developed radar and didn’t want the Germans finding out how they were locating their planes at night, so they sp...

The idea that those with astigmatism can’t wear contact lenses has long passed. With our expertise in specialty contact lenses, we can help patients with astigmatism see clearly without glasses. In some instances our patients had been previously told they were not able to wear contact lenses due to the shape of their eyes. However,...