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Hot Tubs and Contact Lenses

It is important while swimming in a pool or relaxing in a hot tub that you remove your contacts. It doesn’t matter to me if you are in extended wear, daily wear, or daily disposable.
Take out the contacts in the pool or hot tub because you don’t want to get this:
Also, replace your contact [...]

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Contacts to Match Your Lifestyle

When thinking about the kind of contacts you want, there is a whole lot more to think about than simply price. Most standard contacts are taken out every night. If you don’t, then eye health problems like infection, inflammation, and new blood vessel growth on the cornea are more likely to occur.
But realize [...]

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Family Heath Radio

Family Health Radio is a brief radio procuction broadcast on over 300 stations. It is produced by Dr. Harold C. Thompson at the College of Osteopathic Medicine and The WOUB Center For Public Media at Ohio University. Since Dr. Thompson is a medical doctor, the topics are typically whole-body-health related; however, he often [...]

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New Info about Eye Vitamins

We have been telling patients at risk for Macular Degeneration to take megadoses of certain vitamins, but it turns out more research is saying to limit Vitamin A (beta-carotene). Dr. James Folk, M.D. in his blog about Age Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) says:

A recent study from Australia showed that dietary lutein and zeaxanthin reduced [...]

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[Sale ended first week of October 2008. Even without the sale, our kids glasses have everyday low prices.]
For back to school, your North Logan Wal-Mart Vision Center is offering some spectacular deals for your kids! For a limited time, youth polycarbonate lenses start at just $30 and you can add a Transitions upgrade [...]

 
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Daily Disposable Contact Lenses

Most contact lenses are two week disposable, and there are a few that are one month, and a select few that are 3 month, but the arguably most healthy kind is the daily disposable.

Dr. Bazan wrote a post about why he likes them. Let me add that they are great if you have any [...]

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