Optical News Archives - Page 15 of 23 - Volunteer Eyecare

Ah, summertime. Hours upon hours of fun, no school, and vacation. You're not the only one enjoying the longer days. The sun is also out for more hours each day, and while that means more time for your activities, a dangerous byproduct comes from this. This byproduct...

June is National Cataract Awareness Month, a common eye condition which is now a leading cause of vision loss in the United States for adults over the age of 40. It’s also a leading cause of blindness worldwide. Cataracts are a progressive cloudiness, yellowing and hardening...

Did you know that over half of all Americans have cataracts by the time they are 70? That's quite an astonishing amount of people dealing with them, and it means that it's likely that you will have cataracts one day as well. But how much do...

Sunglasses make up a $4 million dollar industry in the United States alone, which means we can assume that people are buying sunglasses all the time. But picking out your next pair of sunglasses can sometimes feel like a burden. Between all the options, knowing what looks...

If you wear prescription eyewear, have you ever experienced this scenario? For whatever reason, you don’t have contact lenses in. Maybe you don’t wear them, or if you do, maybe it’s allergy season, or you ran out of contacts or perhaps you just forgot. So, you’re...