Look After Your Eyes
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Don't risk your eyesight on fireworks night
1 November 2010
Eye experts advise on how to stay safe this Bonfire night.
Brits don't keep an "eye" on sight
15 October 2010
New research reveals that despite 86 per cent of people valuing their sight more than any other sense, we are not taking appropriate steps to safeguard our vision and eye health.
BCLA launches patient leaflet on Looking after contact lenses'
15 March 2010
The British Contact Lens Association has produced a new, generic leaflet to help contact lens wearers get the best from their lenses and wear them as comfortably and safely as possible.
1 May 2009
Dry eye syndrome is a condition where the eyes do not make enough tears, or tears evaporate too quickly.
Help your eyes survive the hay fever season
1 May 2009
Eye experts at The College of Optometrists have issued some top tips on avoiding 'hay fever eyes' for the one in four Britons* who suffer each summer.
Luscious lashes - but at what price?
29 April 2009
While there is a growing trend for long, luscious lashes, eye experts at the College of Optometrists are warning women not to put fashion before their eye health.
23 April 2009
Recent articles featuring the College in the news.
Don't put eye health in the shade
31 March 2009
Eye experts warn that the focus should be on looking after your eyes when it comes to buying a new pair of shades and not just how good they look on.
UK workers hazy on eye health rights
15 May 2008
One in three workers unaware of right to free eye examination. One in five 'uncomfortable' about asking their bosses for one
Vanity first? Middle-aged Brits risk road safety with poor eyesight
3 February 2008
Millions of drivers aged between 35 and 55 are regularly taking to the roads and risking accidents through not being able to see adequately, reveals a new study released recently.