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Your Eyes And Your Electronics May Not Be Getting Along

After enjoying a good read on your Kindle Fire or watching an especially funny cat video on your iPad, do you ever notice a slight ache in your eyes? Maybe some blurred vision? It's possible your eyes and your electronics aren't getting along. Americans are spending more time on digital devices than ever before. The …

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Eclipse Safety

All throughout your childhood, you were told never to look directly at the sun because it'll damage your eyes. Well, the same applies for solar eclipses. With the proper tools, however, you can view the eclipse safely with no worries of burning a crescent shape into your retinas. Though, according to NASA, more than 6,800 …

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Your New Year’s DIY Kick and Your Glasses Aren’t Friends

You've made New Year's resolution to become a DIY expert. Not so fast! Your glasses are going to be a problem. You’ve got the #DIY bug. You’ve bookmarked dozens of blog pages teaching you how to macramé, decoupage and silk screen.  Just be aware that it’s not going to be all fun and games. There’s …

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World Diabetes Day

Today, November 14, is World Diabetes Day, fittingly brought up during the month of Diabetic Eye Disease Awareness Month. The theme for this year is “Eyes on Diabetes,” a day to focus on “the importance of screening to ensure early diagnosis”. Here are some facts and figures from IDF: 415 million adults were living with …

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And So Our Vision Problems Began!

On this day, 108 years ago, the first animated cartoon Fantasmagorie was shared with audiences in Paris. To make this cartoon, film maker Emile Cohl placed each drawing on an illuminated glass plate and then traced the next drawing, with variations, on top of it until he had some 700 drawings. In 1908, chalkboard caricaturists …

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Vision and Learning Month

"One in ten children in America—over 5 million in all—has a vision problem significant enough to impact their ability to learn in school." 5 million. Let that number sink in. While the typical school vision screening may give students a ‘perfect’ grade of 20/20, this test only tells one thing: how well they can see at …

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Pokemon GO! : Yes, We Had To

Okay, okay. We couldn't help it! With all of the craze surrounding the new game Pokemon GO, we just had to weigh in. Unless you have been in a coma, living under a rock, or wandering in the wilderness for the last week, you have undoubtedly heard about this digital phenomenon that is gaining unprecedented …

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National Sunglasses Day

Spread the news! It is National Sunglasses Day! Every day—whether it’s sunny or cloudy, summer or winter—millions of Americans make the conscious decision to not wear sunglasses or other ultraviolet (UV)-protective eyewear. While seemingly harmless, this habit carries serious vision risks, many of which are not known or understood by those who fail to wear …

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