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Dr. A featured in Advanced Ocular Care
Dr. A appears in Advanced Ocular Care discussing sunlight and its effects on the eye. Long-term exposure of sunlight has been known to have detrimental effects to the eyes, and can lead to many common ocular disease manifestations. -
Eye Strain and Pain
So many of my patients present with vague headaches and pain around the eyes. Well, it usually originates at the back of the neck. Lifting, cradling the phone, straining, grimacing during an examination, whiplash and even emotional tension can cause a knot at the base of the skull on either side of the cervical spine. This knot causes the eye... -
Eye Test May Give Clues To Alzheimer’s Disease
Over 5 million Americans suffer from Alzheimer's disease and perhaps 35 million worldwide. A 2010 report indicated that the earliest signs might be noted in the liver, indicating a long-term nutritional issue may be associated. Australian researchers have correlated the width of retinal blood vessels (which can be easily photographed) with the amount of plaque in the brain.... -
Backpack…Pencils…Notebook…Eye Check?
Back to School time is a good time to take a careful inventory of our eyes and our body. The following tips are quite useful for not only improving your performance and that or your children, but also to maintain our journey to wellness throughout our lives. Remember too, that just as your children are learning lessons that will stay... -
The Personal Energy Crisis
Rest and renewal for our personal well being and our work life is essential. This editorial talks about learning to manage your energy. Here is an interesting article from the New York Times. -
Why Give Your Memory to a Machine?
We are relying more and more on the Internet for our ability to recall. Search engines are replacing the way we were supposed to use our brains and eroding our ability to visual and restore thoughts. Columbia University researchers have shown that people are more likely to remember things that they can't easily find online. It appears that the... -
Brain Injuries in Veterans
Approximately 300,000 American soldiers have sustained traumatic brain injuries in Iraq and Afghanistan. Though most have come from explosions, the location of the injury has been previously difficult to determine as it could not be detected by CAT Scan or routine MRI. Therefore, it was difficult to know how to treat the chronic mental or physical problems. You wonder... -
Smart Contact Lenses for the Future
The first contact lens that can measure eye pressure, blood sugar, or deliver medication, has hit the market. The Triggerfish has been designed to manage and even treat glaucoma, by using an implanted ring in a contact lens. Glaucoma is characterized by periodic elevation of eye pressure, which is actually measured by the curvature of the cornea.... -
Vitamin D Reduces the Risk of Macular Degeneration
Macular degerenation is not only the scurge of old age, but is becoming more prevalent in younger people who spend more time outdoors, don't wear sunglasses, and have a diet high in saturated fat. This could be any of us in our senior years. Therefore, it is great news to know that good nutrition may be effective in counteracting... -
TV, Tweeting, and Children’s Eyes
It is obvious to all of us that children are spending more time indoors watching television or playing multimedia games and socializing across the web. Many times these activities become an obsession and take away from homework completion and outdoor activities. The eye is certainly the window to the brain, and can reveal many things.