Here’s What You Need to Know About Sight-Robbing Cataracts For a number of years, Sybil McGraw put off surgery for her worsening eyesight, fearing it might be a long and painful procedure. She finally “took the plunge”—and now wishes she would have had the corrective surgery sooner. “I didn’t realize how impaired my vision had […]
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Good vision doesn’t just happen. To ensure it does, you should be proactive now about protecting your eyesight against problems later in life. “Regular vision care is important, and it may even reduce the effect of genetically inherited conditions like glaucoma or age-related macular degeneration,” says Dr. Aubrey Fulton, a therapeutic certified optometrist with Hattiesburg
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As springtime blooms, area soccer fields and baseball diamonds teem with young athletes, as their devoted moms cheer from the stands. But beneath the fun are potential eye and vision problems—for the kids on the field and the moms in the stands. Eye care providers are recognizing a pair of vision awareness concerns this month,
Hundreds of thousands of American workers suffer an eye injury on the job each year, costing an estimated $300 million collectively for medical care, lost productivity and worker’s compensation. To shed light on this significant issue, eye care providers like Hattiesburg Eye Clinic annually recognize March as Workplace Eye Wellness Month. “The vast majority of
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As we get older, many of us find it harder to read fine print or to see clearly at night. But these limitations on vision are more an inconvenience than a concern, and most turn to reading glasses or progressive lenses to make up for it. But there’s a much more serious form of vision
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Today in the United States, around 3 million adults—most over forty—contend with the serious sight-robbing disease, glaucoma. What’s even more disturbing, though, is that most eye care providers expect that number to increase significantly over the next decade. “Glaucoma continues to be a leading cause of blindness in the U.S.,” says Dr. Adam Quinn, a
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We don’t want to put a damper on the holidays, but accidental injuries do occur between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day. Driving, cooking, or even putting up decorations can be a source for trauma—especially involving the eyes. And, particularly for kids: According to the American Academy of Ophthalmology, around 1 in 10 eye injuries are
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October is Eye Injury Prevention Month, and vision care providers across the country are getting the word out about the importance of protecting eyesight from harmful accidents. Because eye injuries are a leading cause of visual impairment, eye safety is a high priority, especially in the workplace. But job sites aren’t the only places where
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Here’s some great news: With average life expectancy in the U.S. increasing by nearly ten years over the last half century, more of us are living longer. As a result, however, age-related health problems are also on the rise—including eye diseases that lead to poorer vision. Most people experience some decline in their vision as
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Physical changes are an inevitable part of aging. That includes one particular vision problem: By age 50 most people are already developing cataracts, the clouding of the natural eye lenses. “Cataract formation is something we all contend with in varying degrees as we get older,” says Hattiesburg Eye Clinic ophthalmologist Stoney Williamson. “At what point
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