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Presbyopia has been frustrating people for thousands of years, causing sharpness of near objects to blur. As the eyes age, presbyopia worsens and that has inspired inventors throughout the ages to get creative for the ultimate fix. Bifocal types have evolved, from the...

That New Year's resolution to eat better won't only help you lose weight, but you could consider it a diet for eye health as well. Poor diet can lead to diseases such as diabetes and high blood pressure, while a healthy diet can improve those conditions. While some eye...

If a healthy lifestyle is important to you, then you probably pay attention to your diet, relationships, and physical exercise. But how much importance do you place on a good night's sleep? For most people, sleep is considered a luxury, not a necessity. Here's the...

Many people hit the gym or go on crash diets this time of year, hoping to get healthy. Some even exercise their eyes, eager to improve vision. But to what end? Do eye exercises work? Can you improve your eyesight by buying a book or curriculum and diligently...

The eye is a complex organ that manipulates light much like a camera does; it has lenses to change the focus and a sensor to recognize intensity and color. How Does the Eye Focus? Starting with the Cornea The first layer of the eye that light hits is the cornea, the...

After a visit to the eye doctor, you will get a prescription if you need corrective lenses. The prescription will only be valid for a fixed time; eyeglass prescription expiration periods vary but are usually one to two years. The expiration date is the last day that your...

It seems like yesterday that Gen-Xers were the young ones. California Raisins were all the rage, and twenty-somethings were abuzz over "Jurassic Park". Today, young people probably wouldn't even recognize those phrases. Culture has changed, and along with it our methods of...

Vision loss is a serious matter but it does come in varying degrees of severity. Some people with high prescriptions occasionally joke that they are “blind as a bat” without their glasses, but of course this is quite different from someone whose visual impairment...