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Depending on what type of job you have, your eyes will face different risks of health issues or injury,

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) causes the gradual loss of central vision through the deterioration of the macula, or the part of the retina that gives us our sharp, detailed central vision.

That type of color blindness does exist and is called monochromacy, but it is by far the rarest form of color blindness.

It affects nearly everyone older than 65, and for the 42 percent of Americans who are already nearsighted, this creates a complication.

This means that when one of those components breaks down, it can cause big problems for eyesight.

For those of us without perfect eyesight, this can be an increasingly stressful adjustment to make every year, and we should all take the dangers of night driving into careful consideration.

In fact, winter can be even more dangerous in some ways. Just because most of our skin is bundled up from the cold, that doesn’t mean our eyes are safe, and that’s only one of the potential problems they can face during the chilly months of the year.

Smoking is harmful to every system in the body, and it’s also harmful to our vision. A smoking habit can do more damage to our eyesight than disease can, in a few different ways.

Diabetes brings with it an increased risk of developing several different eye diseases.

In fact, studies even show that not getting enough sleep has many of the same effects on the mind and body as alcohol...