Why Does Chopping Onions Drive Us To Tears?
Tears and a runny nose? Looks like that recipe called for freshly chopped onion! What is it about onions that sends our tear ducts into overdrive?
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Try These Eye-Healthy Smoothie Recipes
The right nutrients help protect our eyes from the effects of aging and eye disease.
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Spring Break Contact Lens Health Tips
Spring Break is a wonderful time for students, and a great opportunity to refresh your knowledge concerning healthy contact lens wear and care. Spring Break just wouldn’t be Spring Break without a trip to the beach, a dip in the pool or hot tub, a ski in the lake or other water activity. Spring […]
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3 Tips For Protecting Your Eyes During The Winter
We typically worry about staying warm during the winter months, and think less about protecting our eyes. However, the winter months can be as hard on our eyes as the summer months.
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Houseplants For Healthier Eyes And Cleaner Indoor Air
Did you know that indoor air is often more polluted than outdoor air? In fact, indoor air pollutants may be 2–5 times higher than outdoor pollutants!
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Holiday Schedule
It is the most wonderful time of the year, especially at Vision Health Institute! We would like to wish you a very Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and a Cozy Kwanzaa! Regardless of the holiday you celebrate at this time of the year, Dr. Mark Perry, Dr. Karen Perry and the entire staff at Vision Health Institute wish […]
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Vision Insurance Benefits Expire at Year’s End – Use Them or Lose Them!
Many vision benefits and flexible spending accounts (FSA) offer benefits that expire at the end of every year. If you do not use them, you’ll lose them! In most cases, unused benefits cannot be transferred over to the New Year, typically beginning on January 1st. This is your hard-earned dollars! Don’t let them get wasted. […]
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Eyelid Twitches
A common eye complaint we hear about a lot this time of year is eyelid twitches. You’ve most likely experienced them yourself. Eyelid twitches are uncontrolled movement of an eyelid that is caused by involuntary contractions of muscles around the eye. You can’t control them, and the twitches can be very annoying. Whether it’s caused […]
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Vision Health Institute would like to wish you a very happy Thanksgiving! We will be closed on Thanksgiving Day (Thurs., Nov. 27) and Friday, November 28, 2014 so that our staff can spend time with their family and friends. On Saturday, we will reopen our Orlando location at 9:00 a.m. If you should have an […]
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November is National Diabetes Awareness Month
There are about 29 million people in the U.S. currently diagnosed with diabetes, and 86 million diagnosed with pre-diabetes. That is a staggering figure! At Vision Health Institute we see patients suffering from Diabetic Retinopathy nearly every day. This eye disease is the leading cause of vision loss and blindness in the United States. It […]