• How Smoking Harms Your Vision

    With adverse health effects like heart disease and cancer, smoking is the single largest cause of disease and premature death in the U.S. The danger to the eyes may be less well known, but no less debilitating. Smoking increases the risk for developing a variety…

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  • Why Do My Eyes Twitch?

    A twitch is a repetitive, involuntary spasm of the muscles surrounding the eye, occurring every few seconds and for as long as a few minutes. They might even come and go for several days or even weeks, typically impacting the lower eyelid but sometimes the upper…

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  • Is LASIK Surgery Right for You?

    Since the 1990s, LASIK (laser in-situ keratomileusis) has been providing successful laser vision correction to people suffering from myopia (nearsightedness), hypermetropia (farsightedness) and astigmatism. As of 2011, over 11 million eye care surgeries have…

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  • Vitamin Supplements for Your Eyes

    Eye supplements are nutritional products containing vitamins and nutrients known to be beneficial for ensuring the health of your eyes. Poor diet is often associated with health problems like vision loss. Although supplements can’t completely make up for a…

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