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Why Eye Protection is Your Student Athlete’s Most Important Piece of Sports Equipment

Hey parents: As your kids settle in to the new school year and your student athlete starts their sports season, you likely have a familiar checklist of items: uniforms, shoes, water bottles, and equipment for each sport. But there is one essential piece of equipment...

5 Vision Problems That Can Look Like ADHD, Laziness, or Poor Motivation

As a parent, when your child struggles in school, you want answers. We get that. If you notice that your son or daughter avoids reading, loses focus during homework, or complains of headaches more frequently, you want to know why. Maybe their teacher noted how easily...

Up To 80% of Learning Is Visual

Is Your Child Ready for School? To all of the amazing parents out there: We see you! You spend weeks preparing your children for a successful school year. You buy backpacks, pens and pencils, stock up on notebooks, and check off every item on that lengthy school...
How a Flex Spending Account Saves Your Tax Dollars

How a Flex Spending Account Saves Your Tax Dollars

It’s December already, and we’re counting down the final days of 2019 before we get to the year 2020—and you know that’s going to be a favorite year for all of us in optometry, right? After all, 20/20 vision is the measurement of ideal visual...

What is Diabetic Eye Disease?

What is Diabetic Eye Disease?

Diabetes is a chronic, progressive disease that can cause extreme changes to your eye health, and is a leading cause of blindness for those under the age of 74. Because the condition causes changes in the blood vessels that feed the eyes, it can cause eye problems...

Diabetes and Your Eyes

Diabetes and Your Eyes

November is Diabetic Eye Disease Awareness Month, an ideal time to take a deeper dive into the disease we hear so much about. As eye care professionals, one of our areas of concern is that uncontrolled diabetes can affect your vision, and is a leading cause of...

What’s Included in a Comprehensive Eye Exam?

What’s Included in a Comprehensive Eye Exam?

The US Food and Drug Administration recently pulled online vision testing, because that method of vision test doesn’t provide the comprehensive eye health care necessary to keep individuals seeing their best now and for years to come. In fact, online vision...

Why the FDA Pulled Online Vision Testing

Why the FDA Pulled Online Vision Testing

The internet provides fantastic access to information and professionals—just think about all of the things you can learn through watching YouTube videos alone! Technology’s many uses to promote human health—information sharing, video conferencing and...

Ways to Protect Students Vision

Ways to Protect Students Vision

5 Ways to Protect Your Student’s Vision This School Year Kids all over the country are back to school, burying their noses in computers and books in pursuit of the knowledge necessary to succeed in school and in life. The connection between good vision and...