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The American Optometric Association has recommendations for how often adults need to get their eyes examined and those r...
Protect the Eyes of Your Young Athlete
If you were to do a Google news search for sports-related eye injuries today, chances are you'd find multiple recent sto...
Protect the Eyes of Your Young Athlete!
If you were to do a Google news search for sports-related eye injuries today, chances are you'd find multiple recent s...
3 Blinding Diseases We We Can Check for...
We sometimes get asked, "Why do I need an eye exam when I can see great?"An eye exam doesn't just check your visual acui...
Why Glasses in the Winter Are a Must
Not everyone understands the importance of sunglasses when the weather turns cold.Polarized sunglasses are usually assoc...
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Demodex folliculorum -- often just called demodex -- is a mite that occurs naturally on many people's faces and resides in hair follicles, particularly the follicles of eyelashes. Most of the time, these mites cause no problems whatsoever....
Read more: Demodex: The Weird Little Mite Living in Your Eyelashes
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Here are 11 bad contact lens habits we eye doctors often see--
#1 Sleeping in your contacts.
This is the No. 1 risk factor for corneal ulcers, which can lead to severe vision loss and the need for a corneal transplant. Your cornea needs...
Read more: How Many of These Bad Contact Lens Habits Are You Guilty Of?
