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Family Eyecare Solutions Named a Finalist for Hanover Business of the Year
HANOVER, MA, ISSUED JUNE 1, 2023…Family Eyecare Solutions, an optometry practice specializing in vision therapy, myopia control, and post-concussion vision syndrome and led by Development Optometrist Laura Vasilakos, OD, FCOVD, was recently named a finalist for Hanover Business of the Year by the Hanover Chamber of Commerce. Family Eyecare Solutions was one of 14 finalists…
Read More...Family Eyecare Solutions Introduces New Technology RightEye’s EyeQ™ Vision Test
HANOVER, MA, ISSUED MAY 15, 2023… Family Eyecare Solutions, offering vision solutions for life, is offering the latest technology in comprehensive vision testing with RightEye’s EyeQ™. In just five minutes, RightEye’s EyeQ™ test will provide meaningful information about functional vision. It is the eye muscle and brain connection that creates functional vision and when functional…
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Family Eyecare Solutions Celebrates Five Years with an Open House
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Nicole Joy Hales, PRfirst, 617-947-7983, nhales@prfirst.com HANOVER, MA, ISSUED APRIL 26, 2023…Family Eyecare Solutions, an optometry practice specializing in vision therapy, myopia control, and post-concussion vision syndrome and led by Development Optometrist Laura Vasilakos, OD, FCOVD, celebrated five years of optometry care with an Open House. Dr. Vasilakos welcomed State Senator…
Read More...Family Eyecare Solutions Offers Educational Website for Parents
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Nicole Joy Hales, PRfirst, 617-947-7983, nhales@prfirst.com Family Eyecare Solutions Offers Educational Website for Parents HANOVER, MA, ISSUED MARCH 29, 2023…Family Eyecare Solutions, an optometry practice specializing in vision therapy, myopia control, and post-concussion vision syndrome and led by Development Optometrist Laura Vasilakos, OD, FCOVD, if offering parents an educational website that…
Read More...Dr. Laura Vasilakos, OD, FCOVD and Founder of Family Eyecare Solutions Named a MA State Advocate for the InfantSEE Program
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Nicole Joy Hales, PRfirst, 617-947-7983, nhales@prfirst.com Dr. Laura Vasilakos, OD, FCOVD and Founder of Family Eyecare Solutions Named a MA State Advocate for the InfantSEE Program HANOVER, MA, ISSUED APRIL 17, 2023… Development Optometrist Laura Vasilakos, OD, FCOVD, founder of Family Eyecare Solutions, has been named one of the two InfantSEE…
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Reducing the risk of Myopia
Why? Spending more time outdoors during the day allows bright light to reach the back of the eye (retina) which stimulates dopamine release that may reduce eye growth. As parents we want our kids to grow but NOT their eyes. When the eye grows, so does increase nearsightedness (myopia). So get outside and play! Ride a bike,…
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Why Vision Therapy?
20/20 sight does not equal good vision. Why? Sight is measured by using a specified size black letter with high contrast black on a white background at a distance of 20 feet. Just because you or your child are able to see the letters on the eye chart doesn’t mean you have good vision. Vision…
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Kids and electronics. It’s time to take a break.
If your kids are glued to their electronics, it’s a good idea to unglue them. Screen use may cause vision problems. Recent research suggest that screens could contribute to the onset of problems including near-sightedness and astigmatism. Instead, teach your kids to the 20-20-20 rule: after every 20 minutes using a screen, look at something…
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Preschoolers need an eye examination, not a screening.
Nearly 175,000 American preschoolers struggle with common, but untreated, vision problems and that number is expected to rise in the next few years! According to a recent article in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the number of cases of uncorrected poor vision in this very young population will jump 26 percent by 2060.…
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Go Outside and Play!
Children should go outside and play! Time spent outdoors between the ages of 3 to 8 1/2 years was inversely associated with the risk of developing myopia in children between the ages of 10 to 15 years old,” researchers found after examining data on some 2,833 children. The findings were recently published in Investigative Ophthalmology &…
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