Eye Exams Detect Diabetes & Blindness
November is Diabetic Eye Disease Awareness Month — a good reminder that diabetic patients should have dilated eye exams every year. Diabetes is the leading cause of blindness among working-age… read more
Protect Your Eyes When Playing Sports
Nearly 40,000 sports-related eye injuries — mostly from contact sports and blunt trauma — occur each year in the United States, according to the American Academy of Ophthalmology. And children… read more
New Year, New Eyes: Make a Resolution to Keep Eyes Healthy in the New Year
It has been two full weeks since the start of the year, and many people have already given up on their resolutions — in fact, this past Saturday was “National… read more
Protect Your Eyes While Participating in Water Sports
It’s that time of year when we’re all spending a lot of time in the pool, lake or ocean. It’s important to protect your eyes when participating in water sports… read more
People with Light-Colored Eyes More Susceptible to UV Rays
People with light-colored eyes have much less melanin, which is a pigment that helps protect your eyes from ultraviolet A (UVA) and ultraviolet B (UVB) rays. That makes it extremely… read more
Halloween Eyewear
It’s almost Halloween, so we just thought we’d share a few of our eye doctor’s favorite Halloween costumes (that include glasses of course)!
