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Why Close Work Can Cause Vision Change
Difficulty attempting to view distance objects is cause for most visits to the eye doctor. Road signs may seem a little blurry at first, then it becomes difficult to see the TV set or the jersey...
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How Diet Can Be Used as a Tool to Reduce Risk of Macular Degeneration
The macula is the area of the eye responsible for our sharp, central vision. Everything we look directly at, be it a face or print on a written page is identified by the macula of the eye. The macula...
View ArticleOptometrist advises parents to protect children’s eyes against UV rays.
Utah’s Standard-Examiner (7/17, Park) reported that “July is ‘UV Awareness Month,’ and besides protecting children from sunburns, adults also need to protect the eyes of children from the sun’s...
View ArticleResearchers developing new understanding of glaucoma.
In the New York Times (7/15) Times Essentials: Reporter’s File, Peter Jaret observed that “a new paradigm for understanding glaucoma has emerged. Glaucoma isn’t simply an eye disease, experts now say,...
View ArticleSurvey suggests nearly two-thirds of children under six have never had an eye...
HealthDay (8/3, Preidt) reported that, according to a survey conducted by Prevent Blindness America and VSP Vision Care, “more than 20 percent of kids aged 12 to 17 have trouble seeing the classroom...
View ArticleArticle details how eye exams can detect serious diseases elsewhere in body
The UK’s Daily Mail (8/4, Lambert) reports that “research from the” UK’s “College of Optometrists suggests that a quarter of adults have gone for more than two years without having their eyes examined,...
View ArticleUse of inhaled corticosteroids may increase risk for cataracts in...
MedWire (8/7, Cowen) reports that, according to a meta-analysis published online Aug. 2 in the journal Respirology, “the use of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) may increase the risk for cataracts in a...
View ArticleSegment explains computer vision syndrome.
On its website and on the air, KPIX-TV San Francisco, a CBS affiliate, reported that with “more than four billion mobile devices, and a countless number of computers…now in use around the world,” many...
View ArticleColumn stresses importance of rubbing as well as rinsing contact lenses.
In the Health Answers column in the Boston Globe (6/30), Judy Foreman answers a question from a reader who asked, “Do you have to rub contact lenses to clean them if your cleanser is ‘no rub?’” Foreman...
View ArticleOmega-3 fatty acids may prevent progression of AMD, according to studyp
Jun 22, 2009 Ophthalmology Times Medford, MA—Omega-3 fatty acids found in fish such as tuna and salmon may protect against progression of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The benefits, however,...
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True or False; Carrots are Good for Your Eyes
Your body stores excess vitamin A, the vitamin in Carrots long believed to have a vision benefit. Unless depleted of vitamin A, excess vitamin A is of no particular benefit to your eyes or vision....
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Why is being dilated at your eye exam so important?
Dilating the eyes means making the pupil “bigger” in order to allow the doctor to see more of the inside of the eye. Think of it this way – Your eye is small, round and very dark inside with a hole...
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