Contents Eyewear for Sports: Protection and Performance Introduction Racquet Sports: Tennis, Badminton, Squash, Racquetball and Ping-Pong Basketball and Volleyball Baseball, Rugby, Soccer, Hockey and Football Swimming Surfing, Sailing, Water Skiing, Scuba Diving and Fishing Skiing and Snowboarding Cycling Hunting, Shooting, Archery and Golf Summing Up Important fitting considerations Introduction If you’re not wearing protective eyewear, […]
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What Can I Do to Improve My Night Vision
For many people, especially older people, the beauty of nighttime is getting obscured by a condition called nyctalopia, more commonly referred to as night blindness. Not only can these people not appreciate the beauty of night, they cannot easily do their regular day-to-day activities like reading, knitting, driving, or even walking at night. Cataracts, nearsightedness, […]
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Dry eyes can put a damper on your day. The itch, irritation and the gritty feelings are distracting, and irritation can get so bad as the day draws on, that it can border on painful. If you’ve suffered from regular or seasonal eye dryness, you may have noticed that the irritation worsens throughout the day […]
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Contents 1 Introduction and Overview 2 The Basics of Contact Lens Care: Know Your Products 3 Always and Never 4 Staying Safe 5 Diagnosis Codes Introduction and Overview Section one of this series introduced you to contact lenses (CLs); they are a great way to correct your vision, for optical reasons as well as cosmetic […]
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IN THIS ARTICLE Symptoms Causes How It’s Diagnosed Treatment What is Optical Migraine or Ocular Migraine? Whenever we talk about Migraines we tend to imagine about pounding and disabling headaches but when we talk about optical migraine or ocular migraine, this is a condition in which the affected individual does not have any pain but […]
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