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12 Signs your Child needs an eye test now
One or both eyes turning (inwards, outwards, up or down) even if intermittently. Your child may have a muscle imbalance which can be treated by exercises, or they may have strabismus (squint) which can require spectacles, exercises, patching or operation. If treatment is given as soon as it is ...
The Importance of Eye Tests for Children
As with many aspects of health, the earlier that an eye problem can be detected, the better. If problems with vision are not identified at an early stage of life, it can affect a child’s education and could hold back their development. Up to 1 million children in the UK have an undetected ...
How Does Smoking Affect Your Eye Health?
People connect smoking with a wide range of health issues and there is a great deal of awareness regarding how it can impact the lungs and the heart, how it can harm your skin and how it speeds up the ageing process. However, there seems to be much less awareness regarding how smoking impacts eye ...
All work and no play makes you short sighted.
The News Researchers from the University of Bristol have found that spending more time in education is linked to higher levels of myopia (short sightedness). Findings suggest that a UK university graduate with 17 years in education would, on average, be one dioptre more myopic than someone ...
Diabetic? This new test could save your sight
By 2025 5 million people in the UK will have been diagnosed with a sight threatening condition, diabetes. With half of all sufferers unaware that they have diabetes, the resulting loss of vision caused by the disease is a serious concern. That’s why we have invested in a brand new piece of ...
Modern Headlights 'Blinding Drivers' says RAC
A RAC survey found that two-thirds of drivers are regularly dazzled by oncoming headlights, with the majority saying it takes up to five seconds before they can see again. That means that if you were travelling at 60mph, you would cover 134 metres! Of 2061 surveyed 15% said they nearly ...