Highlights of October’s Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, include good news on preserving vision in people with type 1 diabetes, a warning from the Cardiovascular Health Study for macular degeneration patients, and look at vision’s impact on well-being... 

Landon Djannie didn’t like the special lights and lenses that Jasmine Yumori was using to examine his eyes. Yumori patiently worked with the 11-month-old, cooing and praising him when he kept still long enough to have a good look in his eyes. Yumori, a doctor of optometry and a professor in the... 

SAN FRANCISCO — A Veterans Administration probe that found eight veterans suffered potentially preventable vision loss while under the care of optometrists at a Northern California VA facility is prompting medical groups to call for a state investigation. The groups sent a petition Wednesday to the... 

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... 

People have the opportunity to have their eyes checked with one-of-a-kind equipment for free, while helping to solve the mystery behind the leading cause of blindness in Australia. Even people with healthy eyes, aged 50 and over, are being encouraged to participate in the Queensland University of Technology... 

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... 

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... 

Eyes need sustenance to stay healthy and beautiful in the same way that bones need calcium. Proper vitamins and minerals are vital to eye health, particularly as people age. When taken regularly, vitamins for eyes can: Improve your vision by repairing weak or damaged parts of the eye Improve your eye... 

Regularly eating nuts, fish, olive oil and other foods containing omega-3 fatty acids and avoiding trans fats appears to be associated with a lower risk for the eye disease age-related macular degeneration, according to two reports in the May issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the JAMA/Archives...