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Imagine this scenario: you wake up, look at your clock, and you're late for school or work. You jump up, throw on clothes, brush your teeth, and run to your car. You turn it on and are ready to speed to work, but your window is fogged up and/or has frost on it, and you can’t see through it! Here in Chicagoland, we’ve all been through this at least once before. Well, looking through that foggy window is similar to how cataracts can affect your eyesight.

The older we get, the more our eyesight tends to change. As we age, our vision can undergo significant changes, ranging from the subtle to the sight-threatening. Early detection of age-related vision issues is crucial for effective management, which is why we urge our older patients to make regul...

A lot of Halloween costumes and cosplay outfits aren't really complete without costume contact lenses. This can be difficult, however, because unlike an intricately crafted outfit, costume contacts are medical devices, so it's important for the safety of your eyes that you source good costume len...

How often should you be getting an eye exam, considering your eye health history? Preventative care is as important for our eyes as it is for our teeth and our overall health, which means we should be getting regular eye exams even when we don't need a new glasses or contact lens prescription. Ou...

"Beauty is pain" is a bad idea in general, but especially when it comes to eyes and makeup. In the modern day, we no longer use makeup made of lead, arsenic, or mercury like people did in previous eras, but it's still not exactly pleasant or healthy to get makeup in your eye. Even makeup made of ...

Age brings many wonderful experiences and milestones, but it also brings changes to our body. If you’re like me, you woke up one day and your knees hurt, your back hurts, and you grunt standing up from the couch. Carrying 100+ lbs on my back through the mountains of Afghanistan probably didn’t do me any favors either. Everything starts to change, and your eyesight is no different.

Age brings many wonderful experiences and milestones, but it also brings changes to our body. If you’re like me, you woke up one day and your knees hurt, your back hurts, and you grunt standing up from the couch. Carrying 100+ lbs on my back through the mountains of Afghanistan probably didn’t do me any favors either. Everything starts to change, and your eyesight is no different.

The vast majority of eye injuries can be prevented easily, including sports eye injuries. How can we prevent them? By wearing the right eye protection. We often think eye protection is mainly for welders or construction workers or people working in chemistry labs, but it can also save an athlete'...

Our jobs are all about keeping human eyes healthy and making sure our patients see clearly. However, every once in a while, we like taking a look at the fascinating world of animal eyesight. There are some incredible eyes in nature that work very differently from the way human eyes do. Human Eyes...

Do you know how much time you're spending each day looking at screens? Between our work computers, tablets, TVs, and smartphones, the average person can rack up a pretty staggering amount of daily screentime these days. That can be pretty taxing on the eyes. All it takes to create a 90% risk of d...