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A new school year brings fresh routines, new teachers, and plenty of reading, writing, screen time, and classroom learning. Before students head back to class, making sure they can see comfortably and clearly is an important part of getting prepared.

If your child has been diagnosed with myopia (nearsightedness), you've probably discovered there are several treatment options available. You may have heard about MiSight® contact lenses, Stellest™ lenses, orthokeratology (Ortho-K), or low-dose atropine eye drops—and you may be wondering which one is best.

The U.S. Surgeon General has issued a new advisory warning families about the potential harms of excessive and unhealthy screen use among children and adolescents...

For many children, summer offers a valuable break from the constant demands of schoolwork, reading assignments, and screen-based learning. It is also a practical time to address visual skills that may affect comfort, focus, and confidence during the school year. If your child struggled with reading fatigue, headaches, losing their place, or avoiding near work, starting vision therapy during summer can help them build important eye teaming, tracking, and focusing skills before classes begin again.

School is out. Schedules loosen up. And for most kids, that means more time on devices, gaming, streaming, scrolling, often for hours at a stretch. For parents of children with myopia, or children at risk of developing it, summer can feel like a tug-of-war between screen time and eye health.

Summer is one of the best times for parents in Newark to think about their child’s vision, especially before the demands of a new school year begin. If your child is nearsighted, myopia management can help slow the progression of myopia instead of only updating glasses each year. At Bella Eye Care Optometry, families can explore personalized options before back-to-school schedules get busy.

Diabetes can have a direct impact on eye health, including increasing the risk of cataracts. While cataracts often develop naturally with age, people with diabetes may experience them earlier or notice vision changes more quickly. Knowing why this happens can help patients stay ahead of potential complications and protect their long-term vision.

Every year, millions of parents take their child to get an eye exam and leave with a new glasses prescription and a vague sense that everything is fine. The child can see the board at school again. Problem solved.

Myopia management for kids is one of the most common topics parents ask about today, and screen time is almost always part of the conversation. How much is too much? Are tablets and phones making my child's nearsightedness worse? Should I be worried?

Your eyes can reveal important clues about your overall health, and high blood pressure is one condition that may leave visible signs behind. Over time, uncontrolled blood pressure can place stress on the blood vessels in the eyes and increase the risk of vision problems. With regular eye exams, these changes may be identified before more serious complications develop.