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Eye Health Myths: Fact from Fiction

There is plenty of misinformation about your eye health. Many myths are so common they are sometimes treated as facts. Metro Eye looks at the most popular eye health myths to see how they stand up to reality. You can wear your eyes out Limiting the number of hours you Read more…

What everyone should know about women’s eye health

  May is Healthy Vision Month so we wanted to talk about the specific health issues women face with their vision. Unfortunately, women are more susceptible to developing certain eye diseases than men. In fact, nearly 65 percent of blindness and other visual impairments occur in women. We’ve put together Read more…

Ocular Allergies: How Your Eye Doctor Can Help

Are your eyes red, watery, and itchy? Spring is that time of year where eye allergies start to act up, causing problems for your eyes and affecting your vision, along with your well-being.   Eye allergy triggers vary from person to person. There are three primary types of environmental allergens; Read more…

Metro Eye Visits Milwaukee’s Banner Prep for Vision Screening

On March 17th, Metro Eye’s Dr. Amy Jankowksi and her staff had the pleasure of visiting Banner Preparatory School of Milwaukee (Banner Prep) for a free vision screening. Banner Prep serves students from grades 9-12. The students at Banner Prep have a different background than the traditional school setting. At Read more…

The Importance of Nutrition and Eye Health

One of the best things you can do for your eyes is make sure you have a proper diet that includes the vitamins and minerals they need. Eating great means seeing great! We’ve put together a list of some of the best vitamins and nutrients your eyes need, how they Read more…

Screen Time and Eye Health: Fact or Fiction?

We all heard it growing up from Mom, “Don’t sit too close to the TV, you’ll go blind!” Yet most of us now spend most of our days staring at a screen a couple of feet away from our faces. Certainly Mom would not approve of that! Hyperbole aside, Mom Read more…

Spring Time Means More Sunshine!

Time to spring forward! It’s the beginning of daylight savings time so our clocks will now be set an hour ahead. All this extra sunshine could affect your vision, so let’s talk about the ways Metro Eye can help keep you focused. Here in the Upper Midwest, more sunlight and Read more…

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How To Make That Eye Twitch Go Away

We know, just thinking about eye twitching is uncomfortable. Anyone that has experienced eye switch knows just how annoying and unformatted it can be. The worst part is eye twitch can seem to come and go at random. So is there any way to prevent it? And what can we Read more…

eye health problems

10 Health Problems that Show in Your Eyes

They say the eyes are the windows to your soul, but now they are windows to your overall health. Your eyes have the ability to show signs of certain health problems, before other symptoms occur. Not only are regular eye exams important for maintaining eye health, they are another chance Read more…

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What’s the Deal with Eyelashes?

When you think about it for second, eyelashes and eyebrows seem to be a little strange. Why would we have hair around our eyes, which sometimes ends up in our eyes? As odd as they might seem, there is actually a few good reasons why eyelashes and eyebrows are nature’s Read more…