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Have you ever wondered if you or your spouse or perhaps one of your children is color blind?

Of all our senses, we probably rely on our eyesight the most for nearly everything. In everyone’s desperate attempts to prevent aging or eye degeneration, you may have come across advice from family and friends on how to keep your eyes healthy. Some of this advice may be true, but oftentimes, if you did not hear it from an optometrist, it may not be accurate. Let us dispel a few myths about vision that you may have heard!

The eye care field as a whole has done a tremendous job educating the public about the dangers of UV light, but we have failed miserably in educating the public regarding the dangers of short wavelength blue light. Part of that is we didn’t fully appreciate its affects ourselves until recently and part is we didn’t have an adequate answer of how to protect our eyes from it…until now.

Have you ever witnessed a downpour in the desert? On occasion as a young child, my family and I would sit out on our back porch and watch the lightning strike and listen to the thunder clap as the rain pelted the surrounding parched ground in the southern Utah desert of Ivins, Utah. I loved the smell following a fresh rain and still do. Despite the ferocity of these desert storms, it seemed to me the rain would quickly soak in and run off and the land would quickly parch over again.

Millions of Americans suffer from chronic eye conditions caused by microorganisms living on their eyelids. But Avenova™, a new product from NovaBay Pharmaceuticals, has been shown in laboratory testing in solution to safely kill the mites and the toxins they produce, making a real difference in patients’ lives.

If you’ve ever been near the pharmacy in a grocery store, you’ve probably seen the aisles of nutrition supplements for sale.

If you’ve taken a lot of pictures, you might have noticed that the photos don’t always turn out the same as what we see.

February is low vision awareness month and we can think of no better time to call attention to an important condition that affects millions each year. We want to take time to inform you of the causes and risk factors related to low vision as well as how to prevent and protect your sight as you age.

Many people see the doctor every year for a physical. Most of us also schedule regular visits to the dentist to get our teeth cleaned. But what about our eyes? It’s important to take care of your eyes — just like you take care of the rest of our body!

Your eyes may be the window to the soul, but perhaps even more importantly, they can be a window to your overall health. But when you think of being healthy, your eyes probably aren’t the first things that come to mind. As it turns out, your vision and overall health are more entwined than you think!