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Does Your Eyesight Improve After Quitting Smoking?

Written By Michael Healy

When you think of smoking-related diseases and conditions, lung cancer and emphysema are likely the first things that come to mind. But smoking can lead to a host of other diseases and conditions, including a shortened life span, weakened immune system, and greater risk of heart disease, diabetes, and stroke.

Did you also know that smoking can have a huge impact on your vision?

Smoking cigarettes can lead to a variety of eye-related conditions and diseases, some of which can result in total vision loss.

Common smoking-related eye diseases

The following is a run-down of common vision-related diseases and conditions. Many of them develop as a natural sign of aging. However, if you’re a smoker, your likelihood of developing one of the issues mentioned below is far greater than if you were a non-smoker.

Transitions Signature Gen 8: What’s New in Photochromic Lenses?

Written By Oliver Torres

Transitions has been the best-selling photochromic lenses on the market for decades. The new Transitions® Signature® Gen 8 improves all the key features we’ve come to enjoy, plus there are some exciting new options.

Here’s what’s new and improved.

Faster fadeback

By far the number one complaint I get from patients regarding light adaptive lenses is the length of time it takes fully dark lenses to return to clear. Transitions VII took nearly eight minutes to return to clear. The new Gen 8 technology cuts it down by three minutes, making the fadeback time less than five minutes.

Nutrition and Eye Health

Written By Michael Healy

Did you know that your overall health can determine the health of your eyes? By eating the right nutrients, and nutrients specifically intended to benefit your eyes, you can protect against eye-related diseases and conditions and preserve the integrity of your eyes.

Common age-related eye diseases

Before delving into the nutrients and supplements that can help improve eyesight and prolong the contraction of certain eye diseases that typically occur as we age, it is important to understand what some of the common eye diseases are.

Give Your Eyes a Great Vacation

Written By Oliver Torres

You look forward to it once or twice a year: a week away from the rigorous routine of getting up early, commuting to the office and spending hours hammering at the keyboard.

Vacation time is better than any holiday on the calendar and we spend hundreds and thousands of dollars in an attempt to escape the daily grind. Most agree it’s worth every penny.

Truth is, us Americans don’t take enough vacations. When we do, we’re still working. Three in five Americans admit to doing some work while on their personal time off. There will always be a “good reason” to reply to that email or to return your coworkers call, but for the good of your health and future productivity, stop doing it and enjoy your vacation.

Whatever the destination and for however long you’re there, there is no doubt the mind and body benefit from the rest. In my case, once I switch vacation mode on, everything changes. I wear the most comfortable shoes I own, I wear clothes to relax in and I turn off all alarms.

It’s important to rest the parts of our body that we use the most for work. Hands, back, legs and feet are generally given special care while on vacation but what about our eyes?

Your eyes are by far the most overworked members of your body. How do you give them rest? It’s not like you can walk around with your eyes closed. Not to worry. Here are 5 ways you can treat your eyes to some much needed R&R.

Your Guide to Contact Lenses [Infographic]

Written By Barry Silver

Having been in the business of delivering affordable contact lenses to customers for more than a decade, we field a lot of questions about the products.

For instance, customers want to know whether or not contact lenses provide better vision than eyeglasses, which we’ve answered here.

Wearers of contact lenses want to keep up with developments that introduce new options, such as the recently released Acuvue Oasys with Transitions, an innovative new breed of contacts that are light sensitive.

And, of course, if you wear—or are considering—contacts, you’re likely to have basic questions, such as:

What vision issues do contact lenses correct?
What are the different types of contact lenses?
What materials are contact lenses made of?

We’ve answered these questions and more with our new infographic, Your Guide to Contact Lenses.