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How to Protect Your Eyes and Celebrate Safely This Holiday
It’s the MOST wonderful time of the year (cue the music) -- and it’s all about the hustle and bustle of getting a lot of things done in a short period of time! Unfortunately, most of us don’t take the time to think about the potential hazards to our...
Flex 125 Spending Account Funds: Time to Use it Or Lose It
5 Scenarios To Avoid Next Year By Using Your Flex 125 Funds Today Why Your Flex Savings Account is a Tax Savings Superhero for Eyewear It’s the Holiday Season! Everywhere you look, there are decorations, lights, and people in good spirits! What a wonderful time of the year. And if you’re like most of us, it’s also a season when you try to make the most of every single one of your hard-won dollars. With holiday gifts to buy, parties to attend, and celebrations to plan, making the most of your money can be hard to do. However, if your employer offers a Flex 125 Spending Account or FSA as they are often called, that is one smart way to stretch your income to the maximum. It...
5 Ways to Cultivate a Gratitude Practice
It’s easy to feel sorry for ourselves or experience anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic. We didn’t want our lives to change so dramatically, and we didn’t do anything to “deserve” this complete change in lifestyle, and yet here we are,...
Attitude of Gratitude Can Help You Through The COVID-19
How Adopting an Attitude of Gratitude Can Help You Through The COVID-19 Crisis We’re all in this together. There’s a global pandemic in our midst. Businesses are closed, sporting events have been canceled,...
7 Ways to Save Your Vision
It’s Save Your Vision Month, which the American Optometric Association (AOA) decrees as the perfect time to bring awareness to the importance of good vision, healthy eyes and steps you can take to achieve both. Did you know that more than 40 million Americans...
How The Eye’s Different Parts Power Your Vision
March is Save Your Vision Month, as designated by the American Optometric Association (AOA). This month is an ideal time to increase awareness of the importance of scheduling a comprehensive annual eye examination with your optometrist. Optometrists diagnose eye...
The Curious Case of an Eye Cancer Cluster
In our most recent post, we explored the rare diagnosis of eye cancer—specifically ocular melanoma, which occurs in about 5 people out of a million. That’s around 2,000-2,500 cases diagnosed per year in the US. Risk Cancers for Eye Cancer Eye cancer is...
Exploring the Facts Around Eye Cancer
The good news about eye cancer is that it is not a common cancer: Only 5 in every 1 million adults will develop it in their lifetime. However, though uncommon, it’s in our patients’ best interest to understand the basic facts around the disease. Types of...