by Administrator | Feb 5, 2018 | Uncategorized |
February is AMD and Low Vision Awareness Month February is AMD (Age-related Macular Degeneration) and Low Vision Awareness month. We’ve all heard the statistics. The leading cause of vision loss for Americans over the age of 50 is macular degeneration. According to...
by Administrator | Jan 4, 2018 | Uncategorized |
January is National Glaucoma Awareness Month, an important time to spread the word about this sight-stealing disease. Currently, more than 3 million people in the United States have glaucoma. The National Eye Institute projects this number will reach 4.2 million by...
by Administrator | Nov 9, 2017 | Uncategorized |
What are Cataracts? How Do They Affect My Eyes? Your eye works a lot like a camera, using a lens to focus on an image. If your camera lens became cloudy, you’d have a hard time viewing the world around you. Just like a camera, the lenses in your eyes can become cloudy...
by Administrator | Nov 2, 2017 | Uncategorized |
November is Diabetic Eye Disease Month Diabetes can lead to a wide variety of health complications, including heart disease, nerve damage, stroke, kidney disease, and vision loss. In fact, diabetes is the leading cause of blindness among working-age Americans....
by Administrator | Oct 26, 2017 | Uncategorized |
Wearing lenses without a prescription can put your eye health at risk. Decorative contact lenses can change a person’s eye color or create the effect of a character like a cat, zombie or vampire as part of a costume. However, buying these lenses without a...
by Administrator | Oct 17, 2017 | Uncategorized |
Prevent Blindness has declared October as Contact Lens Safety Awareness Month in an effort to educate the public on the best ways to obtain, care for and use contact lenses. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 41 million...
