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| Buying Glasses Online |
| Buy your next set of eyeglasses online with confidence, using Only Specs tips to make purchasing glasses online easy. |
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| Eyeglasses Prescription Explained |
| Eyeglasses prescriptions explained by a registered Optometrist. Be empowered, buy prescription glasses online. |
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| Problems with Online Sales of Progressive or bifocal lenses |
| Optometrists worry about unethical practices by certain online prescription glasses retailers, concerning progressive and bifocal lenses. Probable public safety issue with incorrect dispensing of multifocal, progressive or bifocal lenses. |
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| Computer Vision Syndrome |
| Definition: a temporary condition resulting from focusing the eyes on a computer display for long periods of time. Some common symptoms include, head aches, blurred vision, neck pain, fatigue, eye strain, dry, irritated eyes and difficulty refocusing the eyes. |
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| Current events in the Ophthalmic Industry |
| News relating to the optical industry |
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| Macular Degeneration |
| Macular degeneration an eye condition that tends to affect the elderly. Affecting central vision, but not causing blindness. |
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| Cataracts (A normal Ageing change?) |
| Cataracts are not a growth over the front of your eye. They are in fact a cloudiness that forms in the lens within the eye. Poor vision results because the cloudiness interferes with light entering the eye. |
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| Glaucoma |
| Glaucoma an eye condition that results from damage to the nerve cells at the back of the eye, that transmits to the brain. This prevents visual information received by the back of the eye (retina) being passed on to the brain. Glaucoma is often associated with a build up of pressure in the eye. |
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| Invisible Eyeglass Lenses - Prescription Lens Coatings |
| Special lens coatings reduce unwanted reflections from surfaces and are commonly used on spectacle, photographic and optical instrument lenses. Reflections are a common problem for spectacle wearers. |
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