Myopia, or nearsightedness, is a condition when distance vision is blurred, and it is a growing issue in the U.S. The National Eye Institute says myopia has gone from affecting 25% of Americans in 1979 to 42% today. The first signs of myopia are often seen in children. But there are steps you can take to slow the progression and ensure your child retains good vision. Dr. Aller gives you steps can you take to improve your child's vision.
Why do we develop poor eyesight in the first place? While genetics are considered a factor in vision development, various types of stress, our emotional health and the visual environment we work in, play a bigger role. Therefore, myopia and other more serious vision problems can be helped, prevented, reversed or controlled with proper vision hygiene and eye exercises. Sherri Baptiste, yoga expert, collaborates with Dr. Eliot Kaplan, a Developmental Optometrist on this article on how to improve your vision through exercise.
Since the Excimer Laser was approved for vision correction by the FDA in 1995, well over a million people worldwide every year have chosen to give up their glasses and/or contact lenses.Although every surgical procedure has risks, Laser Vision Correction has an amazingly low complication rate and exceptionally high satisfaction rate among those who have trusted their eyes to an ophthalmologist skilled in laser vision correction.One of the most important keys is to seek out an ophthalmologist who performs a lot of LASIK on an ongoing basis.
Dr. Carolyn Bernstein, neurologist, author of The Migraine Brain and founder of The Women’s Headache Center at the Cambridge Health Alliance, gives you the top five questions you need to ask your doctor about your headaches.
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