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Wearing Contact Lenses: Top 5 Safety Tips

Written By Michael Healy

If you once wore glasses but have switched to contact lenses, you know the freedom that comes with making the switch. You’re able to exercise and participate in a number of other activities without having to worry about not being able to see clearly or breaking your glasses. But could it be possible that wearing contact lenses hinders your safety or eyesight?

We’d like to say no, but research confirms that to be true. That is, when you misuse or do not wear your contacts exactly as directed, there are risks.

How to Improve Night Vision: Our Top Tips to Try

Written By Michael Healy

As a kid, I remember wanting to be like Superman. Ah, to be faster than a speeding bullet and more powerful than a locomotive. But the one superpower I really wish I had now is night vision!

If you’re over 40, there’s a good chance you know exactly what I’m talking about. As we age, and especially after 40, the lenses in our eyes start to change, which affects our ability to see clearly, especially at night. In fact, people in their 50s generally require twice as much light to see well in the dark as someone in their 30s, according to the National Safety Council.

Cataracts in Eyes: Your Top 10 Questions Answered!

Written By Louise Wood

Are you becoming more sensitive to light and challenged by glare? Experiencing changes in your vision? You may be developing cataracts in eyes.

You’re not alone. The National Eye Institute estimates 50 million Americans will be living with cataracts by 2050.

Following are frequently asked questions about cataracts, and of course, the answers.

Contacts for Reading: How to Tackle Presbyopia and Improve Vision

Written By Louise Wood

Remember the first time you put your contact lenses in? Ahh… love at first sight, right? You could suddenly see fabulously and felt great about not having to depend on glasses. But something’s changed, that is, your vision. Your contact lenses no longer provide the correction you need to clearly see objects both near and far. Chances are, you’re now dealing with presbyopia, and what you really need are contacts for reading.

Presbyopia is a declining ability to focus on close-up objects. When trying to read something with small type—say a restaurant menu, food package, or phone—you begin by stretching your arm further away to focus.

Presbyopia is an inevitable (but unenviable) change you’re bound to begin noticing sometime in your 40s.

Not so long ago, you had only one option to correct the problem: reading glasses. Today, you do have options. So, if you favor contacts, you need not get discouraged and trade them in for glasses.

Today, a range of contact lens options is available that deliver vision correction for different focal lengths.

The Eye Cardiac Connection: How Does Your Heart Affect Eyes?

Written By Michael Healy

We know the eyes are the window to the soul, but did you know they are also the window to your health, specifically your cardiovascular health? There’s an eye cardiac connection that researchers are starting to study more and more. New research published in the American Journal of Medicine recently found a distinct correlation between the health of your eyes and the health of your heart.

Specifically, researchers found that approximately half of the nearly 2.2 billion cases of vision impairment worldwide could be improved, or even prevented, by taking simple steps to improve your overall cardiovascular health.

In addition, doctors have learned that a regular annual eye exam is the most reliable, non-invasive way to identify a number of serious—often fatal—cardiovascular conditions such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and diabetes.