by Appalachian Eye Care - Princeton & Giles | Nov 13, 2015 | Optical News, Uncategorized
This is the time of year we start getting busier as patients hurry to use their flex spending accounts. Contact lenses, eyeglasses, and eye exams are a great way to use those benefits that, in some cases, expire at the end of the year. Also, many patients who have met...
by Appalachian Eye Care - Princeton & Giles | Oct 20, 2015 | Optical News, Uncategorized
Eye Safety this Halloween FDA joins eye care professionals—including the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, the Contact Lens Association of Ophthalmologists and the American Optometric Association—in...
by Appalachian Eye Care - Princeton & Giles | Sep 20, 2015 | Optical News, Uncategorized
Basketball is one the most eye injury prone sports in this country with close to 6,000 people suffering from injuries every year according to Prevent Blindness America. In fact, 1 in 10 college basketball players will sustain an eye injury. For children 14 years and...
by Appalachian Eye Care - Princeton & Giles | Jul 20, 2015 | Optical News, Uncategorized
Appointments are filling fast for back to school eye examinations as parents get ready for students to return to school. Eye health and vision examinations are an important part of school preparations because some studies show that as much as 80% of effective learning...
by Appalachian Eye Care - Princeton & Giles | Apr 20, 2015 | Optical News, Uncategorized
oday a new rebate is available from the maker of the popular Crizal, Transitions, Varilux and Xperio UV brands of ophthalmic lens products. You may have seen the commercials on TV promoting these lenses. From now until the end of September, you can get a $10 rebate...
by Appalachian Eye Care - Princeton & Giles | Feb 20, 2015 | Optical News, Uncategorized
Digital lenses use a new design process for lenses which take into account reading posture, near zone placement, binocular vision, and sharper central focus. Today, a computer program calculates all of these factors into a lens that gives you best vision in all areas...
