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How pregnancy affects your eyes

Adam Townsley

Author: Adam Townsley Date: 19 November 2015 Read time: 2 minutes

Swollen ankles, nausea and tiredness are just some of the symptoms you can expect during pregnancy but your eyes and your eyesight can also be affected. The good news is, if you do experience changes in your vision during pregnancy, they’ll probably be minor and will reverse themselves within several months of the birth of Read more…
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How do our eyes see?

Adam Townsley

Author: Adam Townsley Date: 11 November 2015 Read time: 6 minutes

The human eye is so complex it’s almost hard to believe that we can see at all. In a single glance, lasting a fraction of a second, our eyes work with our brains to tell us the size, shape, colour, and texture of an object. They let us know how close it is, whether it’s Read more…
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5 things your eyes can reveal about your health

Adam Townsley

Author: Adam Townsley Date: 26 October 2015 Read time: 3 minutes

Getting your eyes checked frequently is not only important for your vision but it can also save your life too. Optometrists, such as our team of professionals at Scrivens Opticians & Hearing Care, are not only trained to detect problems with your eyesight, but they can detect a number of health conditions from diabetes to Read more…
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Top 10 worst jobs for your hearing

Adam Townsley

Author: Adam Townsley Date: 26 October 2015 Read time: 3 minutes

At Scrivens Opticians & Hearing Care we see a number of people who come to us with noise-induced hearing loss caused by their profession. Although never top of the check list when thinking about career choice, there are certain jobs that regularly expose you to high levels of noise, that over time have an impact Read more…
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Former employee stars at Sheffield opticians launch

Adam Townsley

Author: Adam Townsley Date: 23 October 2015 Read time: 2 minutes

A retired employee and loyal customer was chosen to officially launch the new branch of a Sheffield opticians. Hilary Thompson, aged 76, performed the honours at Scrivens Opticians & Hearing Care at Orchard Square Shopping Centre and was presented with a gift voucher and bouquet of flowers as a thank you. The former dispensing assistant, Read more…
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Don’t let beer goggles distort the truth about alcohol

Adam Townsley

Author: Adam Townsley Date: 12 October 2016 Read time: 2 minutes

Let’s start with the good news. Consuming alcohol in moderation will not have any lasting impact on your eyesight, apart from blurry vision when under the influence. But regular binge drinking and long term alcohol abuse can lead to permanent loss of vision. Just as heavy drinking puts strain on the liver, it also effects Read more…
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Samuel nets £250 sports prize for his school

Adam Townsley

Author: Adam Townsley Date: 12 October 2015 Read time: 2 minutes

Castle Bromwich schoolboy Samuel Graham has won £250 worth of sporting equipment for his school by having his eye on the ball. Cricket loving 10 year old Samuel, a pupil at St Mary & St Margaret’s Church of England Primary School and Warwickshire Under 10s cricketer, took part in a ‘Spot the Cricket Ball’ competition Read more…
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Tech worth hearing about

Adam Townsley

Author: Adam Townsley Date: 5 October 2015 Read time: 2 minutes

The biggest wearable tech trend is not the latest smartwatch or fitness tracker, but a ‘smart’ hearing aid. Bluetooth technology is changing the way people with hearing difficulties live in this fast-paced digital age. New generation hearing aids are small and discrete, connecting wirelessly with Smartphones. They allow a person to hear a phone conversation Read more…
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Why you should focus on outdoor play for your kids

Adam Townsley

Author: Adam Townsley Date: 29 September 2015 Read time: 2 minutes

We all know that outdoor play is good for our kids’ wellbeing, but Chinese researchers have proved that it’s also good for their eyesight. Getting children to play outside for 40 minutes a day could be a way of curbing the growing rate of short-sightedness. Twelve primary schools in China took part in the research Read more…
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Top 10 superfoods for eyes

Adam Townsley

Author: Adam Townsley Date: 10 September 2015 Read time: 3 minutes

There’s a saying ‘you are what you eat’ and taking proper care of your eyes includes eating a nutrient rich diet – and that includes carrots! To keep your eyes functioning at their best for as long as possible is helped by eating certain ‘superfoods’ rich in vitamins such as A and C, bioflavonoids, carotenoids, Read more…
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