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Active lifestyle requires active approach to eye health
You stretch before your workout, stay hydrated throughout and follow safe cool-down steps afterward. But while you're enjoying your active lifestyle, are you doing enough to take care of two of your most valuable physical assets, your eyes?
Keep an eye on your vision health this summer
If you've ever come in from a day sailing, picnicking or lying on the beach and your eyes felt tired, sore and gritty, you likely experienced ultraviolet radiation (UVR) overexposure. It's critical to protect your eyes from the sun's damaging rays to decrease your risk of developing serious vision issues such as cataracts and age-related macular degeneration, the leading causes of blindness.
Nutrition vital for good eyesight, studies show
Caring for eyes includes paying attention to nutrition, with recent studies showing a strong correlation between good nutrition and the prevention of age-related eye diseases.
Wearing Contact Lenses during Pregnancy?
Many women experience a change in vision during pregnancy. Even though this is completely normal, it can lead to unexpected predicaments. To be able to fully carry and nourish another life, the body has to adapt. That is why, during pregnancy, your current state of vision may come to change. If you are a frequent contact lens wearer and pregnant, here are some tips on how to handle this unanticipated change.
Itchy, Uncomfortable Eyes? It Could be 'Dry Eye'
Do your eyes feel itchy, gritty or like you have something in them? You may have dry eye and not know it.
Get Your Eyes in Shape for Summer with the Right Eyewear
Along with new flip-flops, a sundress, and swimsuit, most people will be looking for a trendy new pair of sunglasses this summer. Of course, when choosing new shades, there are many things to consider—size, shape, color, design—but what many people neglect to consider is getting the best lenses.
Managing Eye Health in the Golden Years
With life expectancy figures continuing to climb, managing eye disease is essential for people to maintain healthy, happy and productive lives. According to the American Optometric Association (AOA), Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of severe vision loss in people over age 50. The Centers for Disease Control and prevention estimate that 1.8 million people have the disease and another 7.3 million are at risk for vision loss from AMD.
Cataract Patients Benefiting from Most Advanced Technology
f you were born before 1950, chances are you are reading this with the help of reading glasses. Chances are you also may be developing a cataract. Age-related cataracts are a progressive condition and cannot be prevented—it is thought that everyone will develop a cataract at some point in their lives and onset begins around age 50.
Seniors: Throw away your reading glasses?
Maybe. New kinds of artificial lenses are offering many seniors an option for improving their vision as part of cataract surgery. Cataracts are a fact of life and a natural part of aging that results in clouding vision. Left untreated, cataracts can lead to vision loss that can really cramp your style.
Survey: Americans' Dirty Contact Lens Habits
Millions of Americans may be putting their eyes at serious risk every day by not using proper hygiene in caring for their contact lenses, a new survey reveals. The survey, conducted by leading market research company Synovate, found that while contact lenses remain one of the safest forms of vision correction, contact lens wearers need to beef up their lens-handling regimes to ensure their eyes stay safe and healthy.
