Don’t trade a fun Halloween night out for a no-fun visit to your optometrist the next day. Costume contact lenses, bought over (or under) the counter without a professional consultation with your optometrist, can cause a lifetime of damage to your eyes. The American Optometric Association warns that only an evaluation from an eye doctor [...]
Lake County General Health District Offers Stipend for Childhood Obesity Play
In partnership with The Fine Arts Association of Willoughby and screen writer Mr. Greg Vovos, Lake County General Health District continues to increase awareness of childhood obesity in Lake County by sponsoring four free encore performances of the “The Weighting Game” on November 9 and 16, 2012 at The Fine Arts Association in Willoughby, Ohio [...]
Protective Eyewear Essential for High School Athletes
The research is in from the Consumer Product Safety Commission and the American Optometric Association: a half-hour visit to your Optometrist could improve sports performance and protect young eyes from impact damage. Look at these guys: Amare Stoudemire – Chris Sabo – Kurt Rambis – Bob Griese – Horace Grant – Greg Maddox – Moses [...]
Back-to-School Checklist Should Include Trip to Eye Doctor, Local Optometrist Says
Parents are sure to check off that new backpack and new shoes for their kid’s first day of school, but teachers say that most miss an important task to ensure learning success – a visit to their Optometrist for an eye exam. According to an American Optometric Association (AOA) survey of K-12 teachers, 81 percent [...]
Mosquito Pool in Lake County Positive for West Nile Virus
The Ohio Department of Health (ODH) has discovered one positive mosquito pool for West Nile Virus (WNV) in Lake County, according to the Lake County General Health District. A “pool” is a collection of no more than 50 mosquitoes. Although this particular positive pool was collected near the Painesville/Mentor border on June 12, it is [...]





