Tag: eye health
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Healthy Liver = Healthy Eyes: 5 Tips to Improve Both
To heal the eyes, it’s important to look after your liver. The two are very much connected and according to TCM, (Traditional Chinese Medicine), our eyes can provide us with all the giveaway signs to understand the liver better. From dry eyes and blurry vision being a possible indicator of liver blood deficiency or the whites of your…
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Johnny Rotten Reveals Fears Over his Vision
Talk about having ‘rotten’ luck. But for one Sex Pistol, it seems that his sight is so poor that he may even lose it long term. According to a recent interview with the Sunday Times, front man John Lydon is suffering with his eyesight. Considered to be one of the most iconic and anarchic bands of…
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Workplace Eye Wellness Month: 5 Tips for Healthy Eyes at Work
Did you know that March is officially Workplace Eye Wellness Month? We’re almost at the end of the month, but there’s still time for us to tell you about eye health in the workplace. Whether you work at a desk or not, eyes can be easily damaged by excessive computer time or the incorrect use…
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5 Ways to Treat, Soothe and Manage Blepharitis
Blepharitis is a common condition, one which occurs with 1 in every 20 patients who complain of eye related problems at NHS GPs. This condition causes the eyelids or the corner of the eyes to become red, sore, itchy and inflamed and it can cause eyelids to stick together. Signs of Blepharitis are swelling around…
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7 Lifesaving Products for Tired Eyes or Dry/Irritated Eyes
Whether you get dry eyes and irritation from your contact lenses, suffer from Blepharitis or another medical condition, or you just struggle with general eye discomfort, there are plenty of products out there that can help to soothe your symptoms. Here are our top 7 lifesaving products for tired eyes or dry/irritated eyes, and they’re all affordable…
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Half of Global Population will Require Specs by 2050
When it comes to that old favourite, Marmite it tends to split individuals. Some either love it or hate it. However, are you a glasses half full or empty kinda person? Never mind about seeing the world through rose tinted spectacles, check this out for size. It seems that in less than four decades, half the…
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Can Sunglasses Affect Your Mood?
If you’re a regular reader of the SelectSpecs blog, you’ll know that sunglasses have many great benefits – they reduce glare and eye strain, they act as a barrier against dust and debris and most importantly, they protect the eyes from the sun’s damaging Ultra Violet rays. But could sunglasses also have an effect on how we…
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Happy World Book Day! Children’s Fancy Dress Costumes with Glasses!
Happy World Book Day from Select Specs! We love World Book Day because it’s a rare opportunity to celebrate some of the best children’s literature ever written (both new and old), it’s a chance for parents to encourage reading and learning in kids, and it’s one of the only days in the year when you…
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Juicing for Better Health: Eyesight Improving Juices
Juicing has become a huge trend in the UK. From trying to inspire healthier eating habits in the family to encouraging weight loss with a vitamin-rich juice diet, there’s no denying that a fresh and all-natural juice every now and again (whether for meal replacement or just as a tasty snack) is good for your body…
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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,…