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Smart Glasses To Go Mainstream
Google’s secretive X lab developed what they call “smart glasses”. These glasses take out the bulk of technology and provide the wearer with wireless media. For example, the wearer can take videos and see text just by a glance. The glasses represent a growing trend for wearable computing. Check out this fascinating article in the Economist! -
Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics Associated With Increased Risk of Retinal Detachment
This group of antibiotics has been commonly prescribed for pneumonia, sinusitis, GI problems, and cystitis. Now, I have learned, that they may increase your chances of developing a retinal detachment. Recently, we have found out, that in addition to developing a retinal detachment, this group of antibiotics also relaxes ligaments. -
Dry Eye Patient Don’t Have To Suffer
Severe dry eye patients can cause chronic discomfort , blurred vision and only limited relief with multiple eye drops. Other treatments include Restasis, topical antibiotics, steroids and punctal plugs. Well, I want to remind you that a long time treatment, Lacrisert has been overlooked by most eye care professionals. Lacrisert is a cellulose insert which, when deposited... -
Testing for Omega-3 Levels
Omega-3 fatty acids have long been known to decrease risk of heart diesase, ward off serious conditions like Alzeheimer's disease, depression and arthiritis and even help prevent colon cancer. Did you know that 70% of Americans are deficient in omega-3s? Recently, a test for all adults was created and can be performed by a doctor to determine your fatty acid... -
TV linked to Unhealthy Diets
A recent article in the New York Times discussed the link between watching TV and an unhealthy diet. A survey was conducted and found that there were varieties amongst the race, sex and ages of children and what type of foods they snacked on while watching TV. Girls watch less TV than boys, older... -
What’s Vision?
What's Vision? Vision is more than seeing. Eyesight may be seeing, but vision is integrating and understanding the images. Eyes must provide an accurate position in time and space, and your brain integrates all of that input along with other information. Vision most definitely affects development. Children's orientation to the world is related to being able to coordinate eyes, hands, feet... -
From the Minds of Babes
Dr. Spelke, a Harvard cognitive psychologist, uses gaze patterns in infants in order to understand the infants mind. She can tell when the child looks at an object, what presumptions and expectations are taking place. She believes that early learning patterns lead to personality development and ability to think rationally later in life. We all know that children’s... -
What Is A Clinical Trial?
Clinical trials are research studies where patients help doctors find ways to improve health. Each study tries to answer a specific scientific. There are four types of trials: treatment, which involve new medications, therapies and approaches; prevention, which tests drugs or supplements believed to lower risk; screening, which tests the best way to uncover a disease; and quality of... -
Blurred Vision Up In The Air
You may not have realized that altitudes may change your vision. This happens to mountain climbers, astronauts and people who have had certain eye surgeries. It occurs because the eye is really a bag of water with two lenses (cornea and crystalline lens) which focuses the light. So being under pressure changes in the air pressure around us may change... -
Drugs and Drinks Can Cloud Your Brain
British researchers reported in July of 2011 that a number of common medications may affect memory and mood. Dr. Chris Fox has reported that drugs that block the action of an important neurotransmitter, acetylcholine, will affect a range of bodily functions, including memory. These anticholenergic-type drugs include the heart drug digoxin, the blood thinner warfarin, codeine, and predisone. The...