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Our Emotions And The Colors We See

October 29, 2018

The colors we see and the emotions we feel have an interesting and complex relationship. Have you ever heard the expressions “green with envy,” “feeling blue,” or “seeing red”? How did these colors come to be so closely tied to emotional connotations that we have figures of speech abo...

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Sleep And Eye Health

October 22, 2018

When we don’t get a good night’s sleep, we can really feel it in the morning. That grogginess, difficulty concentrating, and slowed reaction time — we all know the feeling. Lack of sleep, especially when it happens on a regular basis, can have many negative effects on our health, both short...

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Costume Contact Lens Dos And Don’ts

October 15, 2018

A pair of colored contact lenses can be the perfect final touch to a great Halloween costume. Our eyes are often the first things people notice about us, so they can play a huge role when we dress up as someone (or something) else. Costume contact lenses could make you a much more convincing zomb...

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The Wide Spectrum Of Visual Impairment

October 9, 2018

Most of the time, when we hear the word “blind,” we think that means total blindness, but it’s not always that simple. There is a wide range of visual impairment beyond what glasses can correct, and it’s important for sighted people to understand what that range is so that we will be bett...

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Home Eye Safety Tips

October 1, 2018

Eye protection is easy to remember at work or when we play sports, but what about when we’re at home? Over a million eye injuries occur in people’s homes every year. That might sound scary, but the good news is that 90 percent of these injuries are preventable as long as we follow proper safe...

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Give the Gift of Sight

September 26, 2018

Give the gift of sight in support of World Sight Day. World Sight Day is an annual day of awareness and action to bring attention to the more than 1.2 billion people around the world who are blind or vision impaired due to lack of access to an eye exam and a pair of glasses. World Sight Day is on...

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Is Makeup Bad For Our Eyes?

September 24, 2018

People have been using makeup to enhance their unique, natural features for thousands of years. Over the millennia, the priority with these beauty products hasn’t always been health, which might have something to do with the disturbing amount of lead-based powders in the history of makeup. You ...

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3D Movies And Our Eyes

September 17, 2018

Have you ever wondered how 3D movies work? Well the answer is different depending on what era of film you’re looking at, but the basic idea is to attempt to trick the eyes into thinking they’re not actually looking at a flat image, and it doesn’t work on everyone! A Brief History of 3D Film...

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When To Schedule An Eye Exam

September 10, 2018

How long has it been since your last eye exam? A year? Two? Longer? How often should we be scheduling our eye exams, and what are some good reasons to come in between regular appointments? If you aren’t sure, then you’ve come to the right place, because we’re here to discuss the reasons to ...

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The Importance Of Sports Eye Safety

September 4, 2018

When playing sports, we often take precautions to protect our arms, legs, fingers, and so on from unnecessary damage. While all of that is great, it’s even more important to protect our eyes. Some sports actually require protective eyewear, but even for the ones that don’t, we need to recogni...

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