Improve your eye comfort with these simple exercises.
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Tips to Relax Your Eyes
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Training Devices
Category: Vision Therapy Programs
Visual-motor-sensory integration training uses various devices to appeal to a person’s senses, including touch, sound and smell. This type of therapy is particularly useful in children with autism. Devices may include play dough, rubber toys, weighted bells and blankets, water, rice, sand, beans, musical
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Traumatic Injury
Category: Visual Rehabilitation
Accurate vision involves much more than good eye health. The brain integrates signals from the eyes with information from the motor, balance, and auditory systems to create an accurate view of the world. Following traumatic injury, one or more components of this complex system may be damaged. Receiving
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Treatment Options for Presbyopia
Category: Newsletters
Over 40 and finding it hard to see close-up? One of these presbyopia treatment options could improve your vision.
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Types of Refractive Surgery
Category: We Can Help With, Refractive Disorders
There are several types of refractive surgery available to correct vision problems caused by refractive errors, including: LASIK (laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis) Custom or bladeless LASIK Photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) Laser epithelial keratomileusis (LASEK) Epi-LASIK Conductive Keratoplasty
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UV Radiation and Your Eyes
Category: Protecting Your Eyes
Optometry warnings about the damaging effects of ultraviolet radiation on our eyes have not yet reached the degree of public awareness of that of skin damage. Yet, the sun can be just as damaging upon our eyes with unprotected exposure. Short-term exposure to very bright sunlight can result in a type
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Uveitis
Category: Common Eye Conditions, Cognitive and Acquired
Uveitis refers to the inflammation of the eye's middle layer, which consists of the iris, ciliary body, and choroid. Several fungal, viral, or bacterial infections lead to uveitis, as do certain autoimmune (systemic) and inflammatory conditions. In most cases of uveitis, however, the exact cause is unknown. Types
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Uveitis Symptoms, Causes, and Treatments
Category: Newsletters, Conditions That Affect Vision
Do you know how uveitis could affect your eyes?
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Viruses
Category: We Can Help With, Corneal Disorders, Disorders
Herpes Zoster (Shingles) If you ever had chickenpox, you’re at higher risk of developing shingles later in life. Shingles can affect many parts of the body. If it travels to your eyes, your cornea can become inflamed and even scarred. Corneal damage might not be apparent until months after the shingles
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Vision Charities to Help You Give Back This Holiday Season
Category: Newsletters, Amazing, Interesting Eyes
Imagine trying to succeed at work at school if you could not see clearly. Unfortunately, that's the reality for far too many people in the world. Whether they cannot afford eye care, are blind or have a vision disability, poor eyesight makes life much more difficult. You can make a difference this holiday
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Vision Loss and Mental Health
Category: Newsletters
Feeling depressed after vision loss?
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Vision Therapy: Not Just For Children
Category: Newsletters, Tips for Healthy Eyes
Vision therapy is a doctor-supervised program that helps people of all ages improve their visual-motor skills. Therapy helps your eyes and brain work together better, even if you have perfect vision. For years, people believed that some types of eye conditions, such as lazy eye or crossed eyes, could
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Wandering Eye
Category: Pediatric Vision
A wandering eye is a type of eye condition known as strabismus or tropia, and it may be caused by damage to the retina or muscles that control the eye, stroke or brain injury, or an uncorrected refractive error like farsightedness. With a wandering eye, one eye deviates or wanders in a different direction
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What Are Eye Allergies? Symptoms and Treatments
Category: Newsletters
Could itching and burning be signs that you have eye allergies?
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What Are Eye Freckles and Are They Harmless?
Category: Newsletters
Have you been wondering if your eye freckle is a sign of a serious problem?
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What Causes Ocular Hypertension?
Category: Newsletters
Could the pressure inside your eye be too high?
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