Dr. David Langford, O.D. is the optometrist inside the North Logan, Utah Wal*Mart Vision Center. This website contains information related to your eye health and eyecare products like contacts lenses, frames, and lenses. My goal is to become the trusted eyecare provider of choice for those seeking the best value.
Posted in General on Jan 27th, 2012
Q: How Many Contacts Come in a Box? A: Six* This is one of the more common questions I hear when people are wondering how much their contacts are going to cost. The simple answer is six, but there is a better question to ask: “How much is a year supply of contacts?” Some brands [...]
Posted in General on Jun 22nd, 2011
Aqua Worx is sponsoring a health fair on Saturday July 9, 2011 from 10:00am to 3:00pm. I will be there to give simple screenings and answer general questions about eye health. Planned events are: balance screening hearing screening blood pressure foot soaks massages skin cancer screening fitness, nutrition, and foot care education Door Prizes So [...]
Posted in General on Jun 2nd, 2011
Ultraviolet Light (a.k.a. UV rays) damages ocular tissues causing all sorts of conditions: photokeratitis and conjunctivitis (snow blindness), premature cataracts (lens cloudiness), and solar retinophathy (retina damage). Eye doctors always recommend that you buy glasses with a material or coating that blocks UV light, but what about contacts?
Posted in General on Dec 6th, 2009
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. [caption id="attachment_40" align="alignright" width="550" caption="Don't wear contacts in a hot tub!"]
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Take out the contacts in the pool or hot tub because
Posted in General on Mar 2nd, 2009
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 you have other choices. There are some lenses on the market that you can
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 has topics relating to your eyes.
I recommend that you visit their website and subscribe to their
Posted in General on Jul 30th, 2008
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
[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 for just $50 more! Normally these prices are $65 for the youth lens and another $65 for
Posted in General on Jun 30th, 2008
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
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Dr. David Langford, O.D. is the optometrist inside the North Logan, Utah Wal*Mart Vision Center. This website contains information related to your eye health and eyecare products like contacts lenses, frames, and lenses. My goal is to become the trusted eyecare provider of choice for those seeking the best value.
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