Your eyes are more than the windows to your soul – with a comprehensive eye checkup – they are a doorway to your overall health Reasons to visit your eye-care professional for a checkup usually center on getting corrective lenses...

November is National Diabetes Month Did you know that this disease can be detected through a routine, comprehensive eye exam? The American Optometric Association says that diabetes is the leading cause of vision loss for Americans under the age of...

This is part two of a two-part series on glaucoma that includes the main types of the disease, the symptoms and risk factors, and treatments available to combat the disease. In last week’s post, the focus was on the most...

This will be a two-part series on glaucoma that will include the main types of the disease, the symptoms and risk factors, and treatments available to combat the disease.   What is Glaucoma?  Glaucoma is a group of eye diseases...

 It starts out simply enough. One day, you hold the newspaper, magazine, book, or menu you’re reading a little farther away than you did before. Time marches on and a while later – after you’ve been slowly adjusting – you...

August and September are busy months for us and many of our new patients are students who discover they are having trouble seeing the white board. If your child needs an eye exam for the first time, they may feel...

Heading back to school often means loading up on supplies, new clothes, and a physical exam to ensure immunizations are all up-to-date. It’s also an optimal time to add in a trip to the eye doctor for your child’s annual...

Check out this fun infographic, Eye of the Beholder,  with lots of information about taking good care of your eyes. The author, Mark Kirkpatrick, shares some quick and easy ways to look and feel better, including top tips for bright,...

June 27th is National Sunglasses Day and a good day to remember that sunglasses are more than a cool fashion accessory, they are instrumental in protecting your eyes from ultraviolet rays. Sunglasses can help block out 99-100 percent of these...

Cataracts cause a clouding effect in your vision but fortunately, they can often be corrected with surgery (click here for expanded information on what cataracts are, available treatments, and prevention tips). So, what actually causes cataracts and how can you...