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What Eye Health Risks Can You Inherit from Your Mother?

What Eye Health Risks Can You Inherit from Your Mother?

On the second Sunday of May, we honor our moms on Mother’s Day, a day to celebrate the women who raised us. After all, where would we be without our amazing moms? The tradition dates back to 1914 when U.S. President Woodrow Wilson officially designated the...

What Your Optometrist Looks for During a Dilated Eye Exam

What Your Optometrist Looks for During a Dilated Eye Exam

A dilated eye exam is one of the most effective tools your eye doctor uses to protect your healthy vision. By widening the pupils, dilation gives your optometrist a clear view into the back of your eye to examine the retina and optic nerve, helping detect eye concerns...

How Parents Can Protect the Littlest Eyes in Your Family

How Parents Can Protect the Littlest Eyes in Your Family

Why Kids’ Sunglasses Are Now Essential Gear All Year Warmer weather is finally here and families are spending more time enjoying the great outdoors — with swimming, hiking, picnicking, and sporting events. You’re having fun and soaking up the sun....

When You Fail a DMV Vision Test

When You Fail a DMV Vision Test

How Your Optometrist Can Help When You Fail a DMV Vision Test The importance of good vision to safe driving can’t be overstated. Did you know that up to 90% of the information you process to drive safely comes from your visual system? Whether it’s...

Seeing Spots?

Seeing Spots?

What You Need to Know About Eye Floaters Have you ever looked up at a bright blue sky, a blank piece of paper, or a plain white wall and realized that you’re seeing strange knobby strings, cobwebs, or dark spots floating around in your field of vision? And...