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Flexible Spending And Back To School 2020
FSA Dollars And Back-to-School 2020 It is Back to School 2020 and many people are not aware that they can use their Flexible Spending Account (FSA)...
Back To School 2021: COVID 19, Blue Light And Digital / E-Learning
Back to school for 2021 is upon us again. Not like 2020, we have several COVID-19 Vaccines. The schools, teachers, staff, administration, and...
July 2021 Is UV Safety Month_ Keep Your Irreplaceable Eyes Healthy
July 2021 is UV (Ultraviolet) Safety Month. It is summertime now and we are getting past COVID-19, and heading to the beaches. During the summer...
Preventing Eye Injuries and Allowing The Love In Your Eyes To Show
We just celebrated July 4th, 2021, and this is a period where there are many eye injuries due to fireworks. July is National Eye Injury Prevention...
June 2021 Is Fireworks Eye Safety Month – Risk Factors, Precautions & Tips to Stay Safe
As we all know, The Fourth of July is just around the corner, and with that comes a lot of celebrations, Independence Day parades, and fireworks....
Protecting Your Eyes… June is National Safety Month.
June is National Safety Month, and the CDC reported that approximately 2000 U.S. workers sustain a job-related eye injury daily that requires...
Did My Eyesight Worsen During the Pandemic?
By Dr. Cheryl G. Murphy, OD Increased screen time and less time spent outdoors can have negative impacts on our eyesight and health. While it may be...
Cataracts: Maintaining An Active And Healthy Lifestyle
June 2021 is Cataract Awareness Month. One of the main symptoms is blurry vision, and having cataracts is like looking through a murky window. Over...
Your Eyes And Computer Usage; Headaches, Blurred Vison and Fatigue
Computer Vision Syndrome Staring at a computer screen over a long period of time can cause you to strain the muscles in your eyes and therefore...
Can I Get a Sunburn on my Eyes?
When we venture outdoors in summer months, we slather our face and skin with sun block, but what about our eyes? How much protection do they need?...
Blue Light And Our Eyes, The Most Important One Of The Five Senses
Protecting Your Eyes from Damage High energy visible (HEV) blue light, especially from electronic devices and LED lights, is known to promote...
Your Eyes Are Elaborate And Your Faithful Interpreter
Every morning, we open our eyes and become immersed in a wealth of visual information. Our eyes are elaborate and our most faithful interpreter. The...
Your Eye Vision Is Invaluable
In the United States, a person loses his or her vision every 7 minutes. The annual economic impact of vision loss is approximately $51.4 billion,...
Today’s Technology Can Reveal Eye Disorders
Many eye disorders that cause total blindness can be treated successfully enough to prevent this final outcome. Modern technologies and techniques...
Increasing Energy to Change How We Measure Eye Pressure
New methodologies and protocols for the eye industry are rapidly changing just like other industries due to new technology, training, and...
Your Eyes And Managing Eye Pain
Eye Pain We take a lot of aspects of our vision for granted. We expect to see nearby and faraway objects clearly, even if we require our eye care...
Are the Eyes a Window to the Heart?
By Dr. Cheryl G. Murphy, OD Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) is a non-invasive, diagnostic test in many optometrists’ offices, and it gives them a...
Your Eye Health, Smoking and Diabetes
If you have Type I Diabetes and smoke, you are putting your vision in jeopardy. Research has shown nicotine can increase the risk of diabetic...