The summer months in East Tennessee find many of us cooling off in pools, lakes and rivers, and for those of us who need prescription lenses, contacts may seem like the best choice to see clearly in the water. However, if you wear contact lenses you should know that the water in pools, lakes, and […]
The Fourth of July is a wonderful day to enjoy good food, good company, and, of course, an awe-inspiring fireworks display.
Have you ever met someone and the first thing that jumps out at you is their glasses? Maybe the frames are too big for their face, or the style and color screams, “Attention on the glasses, not the face!” Or, on the other hand, maybe you’ve seen someone with a pair of glasses that really […]
Summer is a great time to get some cool sunglasses and relax on the beach, but we should really be wearing our sunglasses all year.
One could argue that you can do pretty much anything online today, from ordering groceries, paying bills, or exploring a faraway city with Google street view. One of the services that has popped up in the past few years is online vision tests that then allow you to order prescription lenses to be delivered in […]
With summer just around the corner, a lot of us are probably looking forward to getting a lot of sun.
Spring has sprung in East Tennessee, and along with all the beautiful blooms comes the layer of yellow pollen that covers our cars and deck furniture. It’s no secret that seasonal allergies are rampant in our region. In fact, the Asthma and Allergy Foundation ranked the top 100 “most challenging places to live with spring […]
We tend to only think of tears when something makes us cry, whether we’re watching a touching or tragic movie or we’re laughing so hard that our eyes water.
It’s estimated that one out of four children struggle with reading and learning because of undiagnosed vision problems. Many of the signs, symptoms, and behaviors that are caused by vision problems are also associated with learning disabilities, so some of these children are misdiagnosed as having a learning disability. Since 80% of what children learn […]
