How to Insert and Remove Soft Contact Lenses
Learning how to properly insert and remove soft contact lenses can help prevent long-term damage to your eyes. If you wear contact lenses, inserting and removing ...
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Does Your Child Have Constant Ear Infections? It May Be Time For Ear Tubes
After repeated ear infections, when is the right time for ear tubes? Pediatric ear, nose and throat specialist Dr. Gillian Diercks walks us through what to consider.
Why Does the Sun Make Some People Sneeze?
Sun sneezing is a phenomenon that happens to about a quarter of our population – but why? Mass. Eye and Ear sinus specialist Dr. Benjamin Bleier explains.
How Can Diabetes Affect Your Eyes?
Diabetes can affect the eyes in a number of ways, but diabetic retinopathy is by far the most common and serious complication. Learn more about diabetic eye disease.
5 Strategies for Communicating with Family and Friends with Hearing Loss
Research shows that age-related hearing loss is associated with social isolation — and even cognitive issues. A Mass. Eye and Ear speech-language pathologist offers 5 communication strategies for staying connected.
Could Your Watery Eyes Be a Sign of a Blocked Tear Duct?
Normally, tears drain from the eye through tiny pores in the eyelids into tear ducts inside the nose. But if a tear duct gets blocked, it can cause watery eyes, with tears that stream down your face.
4 Online Tools For Your Hearing Health
Take control of your hearing health with these online tools recommended by Dr. Rebecca Lewis, audiologist at Mass. Eye and Ear.
7 Tips for Seeing Clearly While Driving at Night
Does the glare of headlights make you anxious about driving at night? Dr. Kevin Houston, a vision rehabilitation specialist at Mass. Eye and Ear, offers tips for staying safe in the dark.
How to Wear Ear Plugs
Excessive noise exposure is a leading cause of hearing loss. The good news is that you can limit your noise exposure with decibel-lowering soft foam ear plugs sold at most drug stores. Anita Mepani, AuD, CCC-A, an audiologist at Mass. Eye and Ear, shows us how to wear them for optimal hearing protection.
When is a Thyroid Tumor Considered Cancerous?
In 2016, an international panel of doctors issued a statement that some thyroid tumors were, in fact, not cancerous.
8 Tips For Eye Makeup Safety
A cornea specialist at Mass. Eye and Ear offers some tips to keep you from getting an eye infection from your makeup.
Lyme Disease and Facial Weakness: What You Should Know
Did you know that a tick bite can sometimes cause facial paralysis? Dr. Nate Jowett of the Facial Nerve Center at Mass. Eye and Ear breaks down Lyme disease associated-facial palsy — and what you need to know to make sure you get the right treatment.
