Smoking and Eye Health: The Risks You May Not Know
Smokers know the cardiovascular and pulmonary risks. Most have been told about cancer risk more times than they care to count. What rarely enters the […]
Can Nutrition Protect Your Eyes From Screen Damage?
Most advice about screen eye health focuses on what you do around the screen: how far away you sit, how bright you keep it, how […]
Oxidative Stress and the Aging Eye: The Hidden Driver of Vision Loss
Behind most of the conditions that cause vision loss in middle age and beyond — macular degeneration, cataracts, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy — there is a […]
Visual Reaction Time: Can You Train It? Can You Supplement It?
Ask most athletes what they would most like to improve about their game, and somewhere in the top answers is some version of wanting to […]
Contrast Sensitivity: The Vision Skill Most People Never Think About
When you sit for a standard eye exam, the measurement of your visual acuity tells you how small a detail you can resolve under ideal […]
Astaxanthin for Eyes: The Most Powerful Eye Antioxidant You’ve Never Heard Of
Mention lutein or zeaxanthin in any eye health conversation and you will get nods of recognition. Mention astaxanthin and you will more often get a […]
Do Blue Light Glasses Actually Work?
Blue light glasses have become one of the more remarkable success stories in consumer eyewear. In the span of a few years, they went from […]
Sleep and Eye Health: What Happens to Your Eyes Overnight
Sleep’s reputation in health circles is well established. It’s when the brain consolidates memory, when muscles repair, when hormones reset, when the immune system does […]
What Is Macular Pigment Optical Density (MPOD)? Testing, Scores, and What They Mean
Most people know, in a general way, that leafy green vegetables are good for eye health. Fewer know why. And almost nobody has heard of […]
Photography and Color Vision: How to Protect What You See
Photographers tend to invest seriously in gear. Lens quality, sensor resolution, color accuracy in monitors and prints, calibration tools for consistent color rendering across devices: […]