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Anyone with diabetes is at risk for vision loss or blindness caused by diabetic eye diseases. The best way to detect early signs of diabetic eye disease in an annual comprehensive eye exam. Maintaining a healthy lifestyle lowers your risks of diabetic eye disease as well as other complications due to diabetes.

The size and shape of your eyewear matters, probably more than you think. Here are some common signs your eyeglasses are not the right fit for you (and how to make those fixes).

If you are planning to travel for the holidays, it’s easy to fall out of your usual routine. Unfortunately, when it comes to your contact lenses, change in your care routine could result in hassles, discomfort, or infection. Follow these tips for travel and your eyes will thank you.

What’s the real difference between expensive and cheap sunglasses? Is there a difference or are those gas station sunglasses just as good as other options? If they both provide 100% UV protection then there’s no difference. Expensive sunglasses are usually marked-up because of the name rather than functional improvements.

Have you heard the term “floaters,” but don’t know what it means? Do you see specks in your field of vision? Well, you’re not the only one. Floaters happen when the vitreous body of the eye (clear-gel that fills the space between the lens and retina) shrinks. As it shrinks, little fibers break away and become stringy. These stringy masses disrupt the light coming into the retina and casts a shadow in the eye. Those shadows are the floaters you see.