May is Healthy Vision Month

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May is Healthy Vision Month

CDC information: Healthy vision: Make it last a lifetime

NIH information: Your eyes are your window on the world: learn how you can protect them

NIH Information: Keep your eyes healthy: Know your family history We get our eye color from our parents, but did you know that eye health can be hereditary, too?

The CDC Vision Health Initiative (VHI) promotes vision health and quality of life for all populations, through all life stages

CDC information: Common eye disorders include refractive errors, age related macular degeneration, cataracts, glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy

Glaucoma: Patients with family history are more likely to develop glaucoma
Jill Jin JAMA. 2014;311(18):1934.

Family history of macular degeneration. If someone in your family had macular degeneration, you're more likely to develop age-related macular degeneration. From the Mayo Clinic

Did you know? > 300 genes have been reported in relation to risk and outcomes of macular degeneration including 29 genomewide association studies? To find out more, visit the HuGE Navigator