Vision

January is Glaucoma Awareness Month: Glaucoma in “regular people” terms

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January is Glaucoma Awareness Month and in honor of it we want to talk about glaucoma in “regular people” terms.  This way, patients and potential patients can truly understand glaucoma. We’ve all heard the word but many of us, even those of us who have been diagnosed with it or who have a parent with…

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A Healthy Diet Equals Healthy Vision, Here Are Some Tips to Improve Your Summer Snacking

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If you want to improve your vision, you had better start with your diet because healthy vision begins with healthy eating habits. Fruits, vegetables, and fish make for healthy, light, delicious meals and snacks during the warm summer months and contain nutrients and powerful antioxidants that are essential to healthy eyes. Studies have shown that…

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How does sunlight affect your eyes?

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We all know sunlight can definitely affect our skin (i.e. wrinkles, sun spots, moles, skin cancer, etc.). However, did you know it could also really affect your eyes? Along with causing growths on the white part of your eyes (pingueculae, pterygiums), sunlight can also damage your retina and cause cataracts. Most of us just think…

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