Eye Safety

South Florida's channel 10 news recently interviewed Dr. Keith Skolnick on the air to discuss summer eye injuries and eye safety. In the short video below you will hear about common injuries that occur in the summer along with tips about how to protect your eyes from these injuries. You [...]

A few days ago Nintendo issued a warning that children under 6 should not look at the 3-D screen on its new 3DS hand-held device because “ it could harm eye development”. This left pediatric ophthalmologists, some of them world-leading authorities on childhood eye development, scratching their heads. [...]

If you swim with contacts on, do not open your eyes under water.

As long as sunglasses protect you from UV-A and UV-B wavelengths of sunlight, the sunglasses are OK. Look for the label on the sunglasses to see if they have the proper protection. The effects of UV radiation on the eye are complex and fall into three categories...