Making time to catch the latest Netflix hit? Easy. Making time to visit the eye doctor? Surprisingly difficult. Enter: Online eye exams — because if you can do it from your couch, why wouldn’t you?

Most people should have a regular eye exam every couple of years. If you're older than 65 or have certain conditions, you may need more frequent checks. (Photo Credit: iStock/Getty Images.) Many eye ...

An Amsler grid, also known as an Amsler grid test, is a tool you can use at home to test your eyes for vision problems. It’s commonly used to test for signs of age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

I was about eight years old when I first got glasses. My mum had noticed me starting to shuffle ever closer towards the television, squinting at the screen, to watch Pokemon. I was reading Jacqueline ...

In a somewhat paradoxical twist, a few extra minutes of screen time can now actually help, rather than hurt, your eye health. That eye-catching claim has become a reality courtesy of the FDA, which ...

If you think you have sharp eyesight and perfect colour vision, this challenge is just for you! Optical illusions and vision tests are fun ways to check how well your eyes perceive colours and numbers ...

Good vision is a characteristic that is nice to have. Unfortunately, only 35% of adults have 20/20 vision without the use of glasses, contacts, or vision-correcting surgery. Though many of us do not ...

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Reading your prescription starts by identifying which values belong to which eye. “OD” refers to your right eye and “OS” to ...