(BPT) – Did you know school vision exams can miss up to 75% of children’s vision problems such as myopia, or nearsightedness? Even vision tests given by your child’s pediatrician are not as comprehensive as an exam by an eye doctor, and can miss crucial early signs of eye disease. Myopia, a condition where someone…
(BPT) – Father, business owner and Rhode Island native Steve B. was forced to spend the holidays sidelined with shingles at the age of 51. “I look forward to the holidays every year. In addition to the fun and festivities of the season, I get a little downtime to enjoy my favorite things: spending time…
(BPT) – Like many Americans, you may be putting off regular health appointments like eye exams because of the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, your optometrist may have been closed for some time, depending on where you live. It may seem less urgent to have an eye exam if you’re not experiencing vision problems, but more…
(BPT) – Around the world, more than 10 million people have been infected with COVID-19, more than a half million have died, and thousands are still diagnosed daily. In an effort to stop its spread and eradicate COVID-19 forever, the global scientific community has been working together to develop a vaccine in record time. Before…
(BPT) – If you are among the millions of adults in the U.S. who do not know they have attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), the past several months of social distancing have been a particularly steep battle. Our country was instructed to “sit still,” a command that children with ADHD hear every day in the classroom and…
