Healthy Living - Optometry

• Children's Vision and the New Classroom Technology

  

  Posted 8:46 PM 9/13/2011

  Today's teachers make full use of computers, interactive whiteboards, digital devices, and even 3D technology to enhance the learning environment. Forty percent of teachers use computers for instruction, and at least one computer is in 97% of all American classrooms. That adds up to a lot of screen time for kids who also watch TV or play on the computer at home. But is it harmful to a child's (More)
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• Eye Symptoms: Clues to Your Health

  

  Posted 8:31 PM 9/7/2011

  Are the eyes "windows to the soul," as the ancient proverb has it? Maybe. But they're also portals through which one can glimpse signs of health problems -- not only eye disorders like cataracts and glaucoma, but also systemic illnesses like (More)
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• Blake Mycoskie Starts Something That Matters

  

  Posted 1:39 PM 9/6/2011

  Blake Mycoskie first glimpsed global poverty while a contestant on CBS's The Amazing Race, zooming around the world in 2002 with his sister, Paige, (they finished third on the reality game show). But it wasn't until a vacation to Argentina in 2006 that the Texan was hit with the need to do something about it.

  A brief volunteer venture, traveling from village to village to dole out donated shoes to barefoot children, lit a fire in Mycoskie's heart. As (More)
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• CDC: Many Americans Are Skipping Eye Care

  

  Posted 6:13 PM 5/19/2011

  May 19, 2011 -- A large number of people who have problems with their eyesight don't visit eye doctors because of the cost or because they don't have health insurance that covers eye care, a CDC survey shows.

  The survey shows that others don't get regular eye exams because (More)
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• Avastin as Good as Lucentis for AMD Treatment

  

  Posted 9:09 PM 4/29/2011

  April 29, 2011 -- Fifty-dollars worth of Avastin prevents blindness from age-related macular degeneration (AMD), and does it just as well as $2,000 worth of (More)
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• Vitamin D Levels May Affect Macular Degeneration Risk

  

  Posted 8:06 PM 4/11/2011

  April 11, 2011 -- Women younger than 75 who get sufficient vitamin D in their diets appear to have a reduced risk of a leading cause of blindness, new research indicates.

  In the study, researchers (More)
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• My WebMD: Learning to Live With Blindness

  

  Posted 3:35 PM 3/29/2011

  I've been going blind my whole life. I was born with choroideremia, a rare, inherited disorder that causes gradual vision loss. My doctors diagnosed it when I was 14, after my pediatrician saw small spots in my eyes. I had known I was having trouble seeing, especially at night (More)
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• Fatty Fish May Cut Risk of Macular Degeneration

  

  Posted 8:00 PM 3/14/2011

  March 14, 2011 -- Eating fatty fish one or more times a week may reduce your risk for developing age-related macular degeneration, a leading cause of vision loss in people aged 60 and older.

  The new findings appear online in the Archives of (More)
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• How to Pick Good Sunglasses

  

  Posted 5:30 PM 2/15/2011

  Sunglasses can give you instant James Dean cool, Audrey Hepburn glamour, or the rock star hipness of Bono. But they are much more than a fashion accessory.

  Sunglasses are an essential tool in safeguarding the health of your eyes and the surrounding tissue.

  Here's what you need to know about what sunglasses can do for you (apart from style) and how to (More)
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• Bottle Rockets Hurt Kids

  

  Posted 11:07 PM 1/10/2011

  Jan. 10, 2010 -- Medical groups such as the American Academy of Ophthalmology have been warning for years about the dangers posed to children by fireworks, and now a new study warns that bottle rockets may be particularly dangerous.

  It says bottle rockets can lead to permanent loss of vision, or at least significant and painful damage to young (More)
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