Healthy Foods For Healthy Eyes
We’ve all heard that eating carrots will improve our vision. They may not give us super night vision, but eating them can help keep our eyes healthy.
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How Vitamin A And Beta-carotene Benefit Our Vision
With so many vitamins available to us, it’s hard to know which ones you really need to keep an eye out for!
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Why Optometry? (In Hindsight)
By Dr Robin S Coady In August of last year my associate, Dr. Janelle Brown, a newly graduated Doctor of Optometry, wrote about why she chose optometry as a profession. As I am preparing to leave this same profession after 27 years, I thought I would write about making that same choice – but from […]
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When Glasses Aren’t Enough: An Overview of Vision Therapy
By: Janelle J Brown, OD Optometrists are well established in treating eye health and refractive correction services. However, there is another piece to the puzzle: ensuring our patients have clear, comfortable binocular vision. In spite of an accurate glasses or contact lens prescription, some patients suffer from double vision, eyestrain, fatigue when reading, poor reading […]
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Putting a Positive Spin on Spinach
By Bryan M Stoller, OD As a young boy I remember watching the cartoon character, Popeye, swallowing spinach like some people guzzle Coca Cola. At that time in my life I would have refused to even bring a fork of spinach within arm’s length of my mouth. No matter how much I would have been […]
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Did I Pass? How to Survive the Eye Test
By Sasha L Radford, OD Do you get nervous about having your eyes checked? I’ve noticed many patients are anxious about the eye exam. I used to think that visiting an optometrist was a breeze from a patient’s standpoint – you get to stay fully clothed, you don’t get shots or have blood drawn […]
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Infant Vision Development
By Janelle J Brown, OD As spring approaches blanketing everything with green buds, we start thinking about new life. What better time to think about the eye care of infants and toddlers? You’ve probably noticed how large an infant’s eyes appear; even though the front portion of an infant’s eyes are 75% of their adult […]
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Eye Protection at Work
By Sasha L Radford, OD I tend to be a bit accident prone. I’m no equestrian, but after 2 years of horseback riding lessons I should know not to let the horse get so close to the gate that my knee slams into it, requiring a brace for three weeks. Also, how could I have […]
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Can’t you See???
By Janelle J Brown, OD Limited sight does not equate to a limited life. According to a poll by the American Foundation for the Blind, people fear vision loss more than cancer, HIV/AIDS, stroke, heart disease, diabetes and other serious health problems. Even with the earliest intervention and best treatment available, sometimes vision loss is […]
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Dry Eye Syndrome – A lot more than meets the eye
By Sasha L Radford, OD You’d think that something with such a clear name as “Dry Eye Syndrome” would be pretty straightforward. The eyes are dry so let’s moisturize them. Simple, right? In fact, Dry Eye Syndrome (DES) has many inconsistencies and isn’t always easy to treat. “How can my eyes be dry? They’re always […]