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Safeguarding Your Child's Eyesight
Just like adults, children need to have their eyes examined. This need begins at birth and continues through adulthood.F...
Sunglasses Are a Fabulous Investment
The sun does some amazing things.  It plays a role in big helping our bodies to naturally produce Vitamin D. In fac...
How Lyme Disease Can Affect Your Eyes
Lyme disease is an infection that is caused by a spirochete (a type of microorganism) called Borrelia burgdorferi, and m...
What to Know About Vision vs. Health Ins...
The eye care medical field has an unusual split between two different types of insurance for covering eye issues: health...
Drug Allergy or Side Effect?
There is a common misconception that any adverse reaction to a drug is an allergy. That is definitely not the case.Repor...

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...

The jury is still out on that question. There is some supportive experimental data in animal models but no well-done human studies that show significant benefit.

What you shouldn’t do is pass up taking the AREDS 2 nutritional supplement...