Tag: All About Vision
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Vision Awareness Week to Take Place 19th – 25th September 2016
This year, we have the seventh Vision Awareness Week / National Eye Health Week set to take place between the 19th and 25th September 2016. Across all regions of the UK – including London, Scotland, Wales, Yorkshire, North West, East and West Midlands, East Anglia, South East, South West, and Northern Ireland – there will be…
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Eye Health in the Workplace: Can Better Eyesight Inspire Better Business?
It’s not often we look to the corporate world when we discuss the matters of eyesight and eye health. But it’s actually quite astounding that we don’t as a society; in the workplace environment, we investigate and analyse and fuss and nit-pick over every health and safety detail, we time manage every single minute of every single hour,…
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3 Proven Exercises for Strabismus (lazy eye)
Strabismus is a condition that can affect both children and adults and is often caused by problems with the nerves in the eye’s neuromuscular system. Sometimes referred to as “cross eyed” or “wall eyed”, this eye disorder can present itself in a number of different ways and may not always be immediately noticeable. Strabismus defines…
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What Are Rear Surface Progressive/Varifocal Lenses?
A Brief History of Progressive/Varifocal Lenses The first commercially available Progressive (Varifocal) lens now referred to as the Varilux 1 was introduced by Essel (now called Essilor) in the early 1960’s. There have been considerable improvements in both design and production technology since, and today there are many different designs of progressive lens available in…