Will Eating Carrots Improve Your Eyesight?
Vitamin A helps improve visual health, but does not cure refractive errors. We’ve heard since childhood that drinking carrot juice will protect us from wearing glasses, but specialists believe it ha...
How Your Vision Changes as You Age
Source:allaboutvision Just as our physical strength decreases with age, our eyes also exhibit an age-related decline in performance — particularly as we reach our 60s and beyond. Some age-rel...
Bifocals and trifocals for vision after age 40
Source:allaboutvision Bifocals and trifocals have been around for many years to help people over age 40 deal with the normal age-related loss of near vision calledpresbyopia. Bifocal and trifocal len...
Children's Vision Problems
Source:allaboutvision Children's vision care is essential to every child's development. Experts say that over 80 percent of what a child learns in school is presented visually, so making sure your ...
Eye Safety Basics
Source:allaboutvision An estimated 2.4 million eye injuries occur in the United States each year, and nearly one million Americans have lost some degree of eyesight due to an eye injury, accordin...
Living With Low Vision
Source:allaboutvision Even if you have permanent vision loss, devices such as low vision aids for reading and enhanced computer displays can make your life much easier. Read this section to...
Why Are Eye Exams Important?
Source: allaboutvision How often should you have your eyes examined? When should children have their first eye exam? Which type of eye doctor should you see — an optometrist (OD) or an ophthalmolo...
Prescription Eyeglasses
Source:allaboutvision Learn all about prescription eyeglasses by reading these articles on eyeglass frames and lenses, all written by experts. Review our eyeglass basics article for ideas about how...
Nutrition and Vitamins for Eye Health
Source: allaboutvision Research suggests that antioxidants and other important nutrients may reduce your risk of cataracts and macular degeneration. Specific antioxidants can have additional benefit...
How to Properly Put Eye Drops in Your Eyes
Source: allaboutvision It's actually quite easy to use eye drops, but many people don't know how. Just follow these basic steps: Tilt back your head, so the drops will stay in your eye. Gently tug o...