There are more myths about the eye and vision than you can shake a stick at! Some of them are outrageously impossible. Others have just enough believeability that they deserve to be dealt with. Let’s look at some of these myths.
You have probably heard such myths repeated since your childhood....
Vision insurance has steadily increased each year with the rising eye care costs and malpractice insurance rate increases for eye doctors. This all things from the increased legal cases that are being won from law firms across the world for substantial sums above and beyond what is reasonable for most...
Research shows that women who eat a high-GI (glycemic index) diet have a higher risk of developing vision problems than those who eat low GI carbohydrates.
The particular vision problem examined is called age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
“The likelihood of having abnormalities characteristic...
To improve vision naturally, there are a number of things that you can do. Interestingly, some of the old ideas that were thought to be untrue are now being looked at again. One is the stress of too much close work.
At one time, it was not unusual to hear parents tell their children to move back from...
If you are ready to choose a doctor to be evaluated for conventional or custom wavefront Lasik, All-Laser Lasik, PRK, LASEK, Epi-Lasik, CK, RLE, or any refractive surgery procedure, it is highly recommended to consider a doctor who has been evaluated and certified.
If thoroughly evaluated and performed...
Reading, and other ‘close vision’ work, is probably one of the greatest causes of poor eyesight – but it doesn’t have to be.
How to make reading a pleasurable experience which is totally safe for your eyes, and won’t result in progressively worse eyesight?
Don’t read when tired or sick....
A foreign body is something such as an eyelash, sawdust, sand, or dirt can that gets into the eyes. The main symptom is irritation or pain.
If anything is stuck in your eye for more than a period of a couple of hours, you must immediately cease all attempts to remove it yourself. Keep in mind that the...
People are always in a doubt and not sure whether to use the glasses or content lenses. Most of the people prefer glasses and some of them also use contact lenses as well but due to the latest advancements modern contact lenses are much more effective and used over glasses.
The first contacts actually...
Knowing at this time that our kids are now prone to eye disorders for kids, why? There are plenty of computer games, play stations, game boy, PSP, and now DS that can cause eye disorders for kids. In fact some of these eye disorders for kids may cause permanent eye damage and blindness-if left untreated.
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The eye is not only an irreplaceable part of the human body, but also one of highest importance to life. To maintain a good vision for as long as possible it is essential to take good care of eyes each day. Somebody say that vision is “90% mental and 10% physical”. Doing eye exercises can give relief...
“But man hath perversely continued to serve his lustful appetites, and he would not content himself with simple foods. Rather, he prepared for himself food that was compounded of many ingredients, of substances differing one from the other. With this, and with the perpetrating of vile and ignoble acts, his attention was engrossed, and he abandoned the temperance and moderation of a natural way of life. The result was the engendering of diseases both violent and diverse.” by Abdu'l Baha
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