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Category Archives: Children’s Vision

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Nearsightedness Myopia Control

Slowing Nearsightedness with Myopia Control – Save Your Sight!

Studies Show that Myopia Control Can Be Effective For several years, eye care researchers and practitioners have looked for treatments to cure or slow nearsightedness, or myopia. This issue, which has increased in the United States and across the world in the last few decades, affects about 30% of teens and children, making it one…

May 19, 2019Children’s Vision, Eye Health, EyeglassesBy Uptown Eye Care

computer use eyes school

Back to School with BluTech

August is here, which means school is just around the corner! As technology becomes more and more central in our lives, kids are likely to spend as much time in front of the screen during the school year – if not more – than ever. Parents worry about how much screen time their children get,…

August 14, 2018Children’s Vision, Eye Health, Eyeglasses, Vision TechnologyBy Uptown Eye Care

vision development in babies

Eye and Vision Development in Babies and Infants

They may be relatively small, but our eyes are some of the most complex organs of the human body. Our eyes serve a vital purpose in collecting and focusing light and converting it into electrical signals that our brains can understand. Though it takes our eyes years to fully develop, this process of collecting and…

April 9, 2018Children’s VisionBy Uptown Eye Care

Donate a Photo

Today is the day! Optometry Cares Donate a Photo is back!

Optometry Cares can earn up to $20,000 and it won’t cost you a dime, just share a photo! Optometry Cares has teamed up with Johnson & Johnson again, in its Donate a Photo campaign, to turn those selfies and photos you take every day into a charitable gift. Through Donate a Photo, individuals can raise…

June 5, 2017Children’s Vision, Uptown Eye Care NewsBy Uptown Eye Care

kids contact lenses glasses

Kids and Contact Lenses – When and How to Make the Switch

Parents will often ask optometrists if contact lenses are safe and appropriate for kids. The answer is Yes, they certainly can be – but it really depends on the child. Approximately four million American kids under 18 wear contacts. There is no age requirement for contact lenses – a child’s eyes are able to accept…

March 10, 2017Children’s Vision, Contact LensesBy Uptown Eye Care

How to Help Your Child Adjust to Glasses

How to Help Your Child Adjust to Glasses

Getting glasses for the first time can be difficult for a child. Still, treating vision problems early and appropriately is vital. As we have discussed before, according to the American Optometric Association, one in four elementary-aged children have undetected vision problems. In addition, vision problems can contribute to other issues: 70% of school age children…

March 7, 2017Children’s Vision, EyeglassesBy Uptown Eye Care

kids myopia blue light screens

Kids and Screens, Part 2: Myopia, Blue Light – and Prevention

Adults remember a time before we all relied on digital devices. We take appropriate breaks from our computers, smartphones and tablets when needed because we recognize the negative effects (like headaches, eye strain, and blurred vision) of too much screen time. For many kids, using these devices for education, entertainment and talking with friends is…

October 12, 2016Children’s Vision, Eye HealthBy Uptown Eye Care

kids computer vision syndrome

Kids and Screens, Part 1: Computer Vision Syndrome

How many hours a day do you stare at a screen? Four? Six? According to CNN, the average American spends about ten and a half hours looking at a screen each day. This number may seem alarming at first, but it adds up easily. Each day we sit at a computer several hours for work…

September 30, 2016Children’s Vision, Eye HealthBy Uptown Eye Care

school year healthy eyes

A Successful School Year Starts with Healthy Eyes

Parents have many hopes for their children as kids head back to school in the fall, and moms and dads often do all they can to help make sure the year starts off well. Many parents arrange activities with the idea that their kids will make new friends, and most buy supplies to help ensure…

September 23, 2016Children’s VisionBy Uptown Eye Care

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Eye Sight and the Outdoors

It’s Finally Springtime in Minnesota! Let’s Get Those Kids Outside! After another long Minnesota winter, spring is finally in the air! As temperatures rise above freezing we begin seeing people in shorts, as if it were summer. Who can blame them after so many months of being cooped up indoors? Parents of children are especially…

April 8, 2016Children’s Vision, Eye Health, LifestyleBy Uptown Eye Care
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