Wondering if spring, summer, winter or fall is the best time for LASIK?
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December Newsletter: What Is the Best Time of Year to Get LASIK?
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November Newsletter: Top causes of blindness
Do you know what causes blindness?
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Early Signs of Heart Disease Appear in the Eyes
Your eyes offer a wealth of information about your heart health.
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Eye Diseases Linked to Sun Damage
Could sun exposure increase your risk of eye disease?
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Laser Eye Surgery: LASIK Isn't the Only Option
Thinking about laser eye surgery to improve your vision? Find out about the options beyond LASIK
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How Hypertension Affects Eye Health
Is your high blood pressure damaging your vision?
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The Dangers of Diabetic Retinopathy
Could you be at risk of vision loss due to diabetes?
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How safe is cataract surgery?
Worried about cataract surgery? Find out if the surgery is a safe option for you.
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Dry Eye
Sometimes your eyes don’t make enough tears or the tears evaporate too fast because they don’t have the right amount of compounds in them. This is called dry eye. Up to 5% of Americans complain of some form of dry eye. Individuals who wear contact lenses or have undergone LASIK or other types of
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Subconjunctival Hemorrhage
Similar to a bruise under the skin, a subconjunctival hemorrhage happens when a small blood vessel located between the sclera (white portion of an eye) and the conjunctiva (lining on the surface of an eye) breaks and covers the sclera with blood. Unlike broken blood vessels located under the skin which
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Wandering Eye
A wandering eye is a type of eye condition known as strabismus or tropia, and it may be caused by damage to the retina or muscles that control the eye, stroke or brain injury, or an uncorrected refractive error like farsightedness. With a wandering eye, one eye deviates or wanders in a different direction
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Crossed Eyes
Crossed eyes, also known as strabismus, refer to a condition in which both eyes do not look at the same place at the same time. Often times they both turn in, but may also turn out. What Causes Crossed Eyes? The six muscles attached to each eye, which control how it moves, receive signals from the brain.
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Autism
Symptoms and Problems Caused By Autism Autism is a neurological disorder in which the person has difficulty processing and reacting to information received from their senses. The individual also has trouble communicating and interacting socially. Signs of autism include: Lack of shared social interaction Postponement
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Technology and Vision
The primary sufferers of technology-related eyestrain used to be adults whose work involved computers. Now, however, people of all ages use computers, smartphones, tablets and gaming devices, which can take their toll on the eyes. As people’s reliance on technology grows, so does the incidence of eyestrain.
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Eye Anatomy 101
The eye has many parts that work together to create vision. The eyes themselves are only part of “seeing.” The brain is also involved. The eyes, though, begin the complex process of vision by gathering, focusing and passing on visual information to the brain. To help you learn how the eye works,
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Binocular Vision
The human visual system is a complex network including the eye, ocular nerves, and key brain areas that process visual information. Under most circumstances, we use information from both eyes to create a single visual image. This ability to converge information from both eyes is called binocular vision.
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