Vision For Life Blog

Eye injuries can range from minor annoyances to major complications. However, no matter the severity of an eye injury, you should always take measures to help prevent them, as an injury to the eyes is always worth taking seriously. […]

October 10th, the second Thursday in October, marks World Sight Day 2019, an annual event dedicated to focusing the global eye on vision impairment and blindness. […]

The American Optometric Association estimates that, between males and females, 8.5% of Americans currently suffer from red-green color blindness, the most common type of colorblindness in the world.[…]

We go to the gym to exercise our bodies, and go to school to exercise our minds, but what can we do to exercise our eyes?[…]

In today’s tech-dominant world, many of us will likely spend countless hours staring at a computer screen. But at what cost to our eyes? The strain that staring at the blue light given off  by our computer monitors can have a real impact on our eyes. […]

Bloodshot eyes are the result of small blood vessels present on the surface of the eye becoming enlarged with blood. This is most commonly due to a lack of oxygen being supplied to the cornea.[…]

Contacts are a relatively recent phenomenon that have revolutionized the way glasses-wearers correct their vision since its inception in 1887. A century later, contact lenses are an ever-expanding science that is making breakthroughs left and right. […]

Synesthesia is a neurological condition in which the stimulation of one sense causes the stimulation of another.[…]

As we near the back half of summer and school starts back up, many of us are starting to take up sports again. While many of us are looking forward to stepping back in the ring, the court, the field or the course, not many of us will be looking out for our eyes like we should be.[…]

1.75 million people are affected by age-related macular degeneration (AMD) every year in the U.S. AMD and other eye conditions that are similar, glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy to name a few, are serious ocular conditions that can result in blindness if not properly treated. […]