Tag: eye exams
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Study Shows Link Between Macular Pigment and Alzheimer’s
A new study which was carried out for BBC’s ‘Trust Me, I’m A Doctor’ programme has found a strong link between the levels of macular pigment and Alzheimer’s disease. This new discovery means that getting your bi-annual eye exam could help you spot the signs of early Alzheimer’s much sooner than before. In 2014, The Journal of Alzeheimer’s…
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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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New approach for assessing drivers vision
Being a motorist myself, it makes me feel uneasy knowing, that one in ten motorists who require glasses in order to drive have admitted being lax about wearing them at all (Survey of 5.3 million motorists conducted by LV insurance). Driving without your glasses or contact lenses is a criminal offense, you are not only…