With all those eyeballs staring at a digital device, VSP Provider Dr. Michael Burton recently spoke to WFAA-TV in Dallas/Fort Worth to share some helpful tips on keeping your eyes safe and healthy while staring at a screen such as the 20-20-20 rule.

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Dr. Nate Bonilla-Warford, a regular contributor to the VSPBlog, was recently featured in a post on Mashable - a key source on the web for social media and technology news .

Here’s an excerpt …

Dr. Nathan Bonilla-Warford is a VSP provider practicing in Tampa, FL

In attempting to sum up the world in 2010, one word comes to mind: connected. Everywhere we go we carry devices that keep us connected to something important to us. Be it a sleek new tablet letting you share photos with the person helping load your groceries, or a smartphone making sure you don’t miss that late night e-mail from a colleague; we are now constantly connected to the world around us, more than ever before.

We’ve become dependent on these digital devices to survive both professionally and personally, and with the holiday season now upon us and digital devices topping most of our gift wish lists, the amount of time we spend with these gadgets will only increase. Yet many of us forget to consider two devices we are naturally equipped with that keep us more connected to the world than anything else: our eyes. Consumers often don’t think about the impact digital devices might have on their vision, and it can be to the detriment of not just their health, but also productivity.

In an effort to help consumers keep their eye health in mind this winter while enjoying these amazing products, we’ve put together five tips for creating a vision-healthy environment for digital device usage.

See Dr. Nate’s tips and read the entire article here.

VSP provider Dr. Jeffrey Anshel wrote an article for education.com regarding keeping our kids eyes safe while using digital devices and avoiding Computer Vision Syndrome and tired eyes. Good advice for adults too. Read article.

So how much time do you estimate you or your kids spend per day looking at digital devices (smart phones, video games, tv, computers, etc.)?  Leave us a comment.

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