CDC - Protect Your Eyes: Healthy and Safe Contact Lens Cleaning and Use. Millions of people use contact lenses every day but lens cleaning practices can lead to eye infections. Hands should be washed before handling contact lenses and contacts should be properly cleaned, disinfected, and stored to ensure eye health and safety. Following your eye doctor’s recommendations and a few simple steps can lead to healthy daily contact lens use.
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Being the super-trendy guy that I am, I had a tattoo sleeve completed on my left arm last summer. Said arm spends no less than about 12 hours a week resting on the window ledge of a vehicle while I drive, often in the sun and often in a short-sleeved
Your smile is worth protecting whether you're eight or eighty. If you participate in a contact sport like football, basketball or soccer or even a non-contac...
Protect your pearly whites from these unexpected dental wreckers
When you think of good health and prevention, you probably think about your body and what’s going on inside of it. Cigna's Chief Nursing ...
A mouth guard is designed to protect your teeth and gums. The guard fits over your teeth and gums and acts as a shield that protects from excessive wear.
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New research suggest that stem cells from the dental pulp of wisdom teeth can be coaxed to become cells of the eye's cornea and could one day be used to repair corneal scarring due to infection or injury.
Claims made by helmet manufacturers about how the latest helmet design or add-on may prevent head injuries may intrigue parents who are open to new options to protect their football
Nearly everyone who has ever played a sport, or had a child participate in one, has had that panic-filled moment when they witness an injury. And when you consider that there are more than 22,000 dental injuries each year in children younger than 18 years of age, you see there is fact to backup this
Before you take another bite of Trix or Captain Crunch, hear this! A new report suggests that drinking a glass of milk after eating sweet cereals may help prevent cavities and slow down the rate of damage to tooth enamel. Sugar enhanced cereals combine refined sugar and starch. This is a recipe for the harmful …
While baby teeth are only around for a short period of time, they do serve as a placeholder for permanent, adult teeth. At our Erdenheim dental office, we..
If you enjoy candy, chewing gum and other sweets, you’re in for a treat thanks to a new cavity-fighting technology.
While toothpaste is critical in the fight against plaque buildup, the simple act of brushing your teeth can cause some enamel erosion. However, more toothpastes are coming on the market that claim
Our bodies wage a continuous war against enemies too small to be seen with the naked eye. If we’re healthy, our immune system will stop the vast majority of these microbial agents.<br>But some of them, viruses in particular, are so small and with certain characteristics that they can slip past o