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Easter eggs could help you see better
Happy Easter. With any luck you may have been given an egg or two and if you’re anything like me you may now be contemplating just how bad it is to eat 2 Easter Eggs in 2 days. Surely it is only right to eat them whilst it is Easter weekend and get back out running next week, besides there is ...
Love your lenses
Every year the General Optical Council runs a 'Love Your Lenses Week' to promote healthy contact lens wear. Here's their advice on how to safely wear lenses. Contact lenses are enjoyed safely and loved by millions of people. Most wearers won’t ever experience problems, ...
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 ...