How Our Eyes Respond To Irritants
It doesn’t take much to irritate the surface of our eyes.
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Don’t Forget Your Sunglasses!
With summer almost here, many of us are looking forward to spending a lot of time outdoors.
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How Our Eyes Work
There is so much more going on with our eyes than we often realize.
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How Exercise Benefits Our Eyes
Exercising for good health is a top priority for many people.
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Dry Eye: Causes And Treatment
Tears play a vital role in the health and function of our eyes. That’s what makes dry eye such a serious problem.
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The Role Of Tears
We cry for all kinds of reasons: a stubbed toe, a particularly poignant scene in a movie, freshly cut onions — the list goes on. Would it surprise you to learn that, chemically, not all tears are the same? Or how about that even though we usually do it when we’re upset, crying is actually […]
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Ocular Migraines
Have you ever experienced a strange disruption to your vision, such as zigzagging circles or a blindspot surrounded by wavy lines? If so, you may have had an ocular migraine. When you hear the word “migraine,” you probably think of a painful headache, typically worse than an everyday headache. About 37 million people in the United States alone […]
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Three Common Vision Problems
Most people who start needing glasses or contacts while they’re young have at least one of three common vision problems: myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism.
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All About Color Blindness
Anyone who doesn’t have color blindness might expect it to work like black-and-white photography. It’s actually more complex than that. There are different types of color blindness, and whether or not you have it is almost always dictated by your genes. The Genetics Of Color Blindness Color blindness is largely determined by a recessive gene on […]
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Where Online Eye Exams Fall Short
Over the last couple of decades, the internet has changed just about every aspect of our lives.