by Angela Fischels | Mar 15, 2023 | Uncategorized
Protect And Preserve Your Eye Health And Vision The American Optometric Association (AOA) has designated March 2023 as National “Save Your Vision” Month, a campaign designed to promote good eye health. “Save Your Vision” month is held every March to...
by Angela Fischels | Mar 2, 2023 | Uncategorized
Eye Injuries That Are Job-Related The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) reports that about 2,000 U.S. workers each day sustain job-related eye injuries that require medical treatment. Research shows that the two main reasons for eye...
by Angela Fischels | Feb 16, 2023 | Uncategorized
A Healthy Diet And Age-Related Macular Degeneration AMD, age-related macular degeneration, is a vision disease that causes vision loss. In the United States alone approximately 20 million people are living with some form of age-related macular degeneration. The...
by Angela Fischels | Feb 2, 2023 | Uncategorized
Vision Problems Impack Routine Activities Vision loss is a normal part of aging and the main cause of vision loss in people older than 40 years of age. For many people, vision loss occurs somewhere in the middle of that spectrum, “legally blind” or “low vision.” A...
by Angela Fischels | Jan 16, 2023 | Uncategorized
Glaucoma Is Not Curable Glaucoma causes are increasing and it is the second leading cause of global blindness followed by cataracts which is the leading cause of universal vision loss. If left untreated Glaucoma can cause blindness. Sadly, there are approximately 10%...
by Angela Fischels | Jan 2, 2023 | Uncategorized
Your Eyes Health In 2023 In 2022 there were eye awareness programs communicated to the public to educate them about their vision. Our eye health and vision were a key focus for many in 2022. The CDC reports that 17.2 percent of Americans over 40 years of age have a...
