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Once again, here are my suggestions for 2016 New Year’s Resolutions to keep your eyesight sharp, and your eyes comfortable all year long:

• Everyone: Have regular eye exams.  Don’t forget how important it is to have healthy eyes.
• Computer users:  Take frequent breaks and don’t forget to blink.   Your blink rate drops significantly while you are on the computer.  BLINK, BLINK, BLINK.
• Smokers: This year again, stop smoking.  Smoking increases your risk for both cataracts and age related macular degeneration.
• Contact lens wearers: Don’t sleep in your contact lenses and replace your disposable contact lenses regularly .
• Everybody: Watch your weight and your blood pressure.
• Diabetics: Control your blood glucose.  Diabetics have an increased risk for diabetic retinopathy, cataracts, and glaucoma.
• Everybody: Take a daily multi-vitamin loaded with antioxidants.
• Athletes: Use protective eye wear made of durable polycarbonate lenses.
• Everybody: Wear sunglasses with 100% UV protection.
• Everybody: Know your family history for glaucoma and other eye disorders.
• Travelers: Frequently apply artificial tears when in-flight.  That long flight to Las Vegas will dry yours eyes. They don’t call it the “red eye” for nothing.
• Young males: Stay away from firecrackers this New Year’s.

Have a Happy and Safe New Year. See all of you in 2016.