Archive for the ‘Eye health’ Category
Thursday, July 8th, 2010
Prevent Blindness America published a report in 2008 indicating that age-related macular degeneration (AMD) had "the largest increase of the major eye diseases. Currently [in 2008], 2 million Americans have been diagnosed with AMD."
WebMD announced yesterday that the FDA has approved the use of an Implantable Miniature Telescope (IMT) ...
Posted in Lois' story, Macular Degeneration | No Comments »
Saturday, September 1st, 2007
Monet's vision reached a lot deeper than his eyes could see.
Professor Michael Marmor, an Ophthalmologist who led a team of researchers at Stanford University, has been quoted in Times Online as saying that the beloved artist Monet "derided the developing abstraction in art." Yet as he aged, Monet's paintings ...
Posted in Cataracts, Featured photos, Hall of Fame, Inspirations, Senior vision, The way we see, Vision simulators | No Comments »
Thursday, November 23rd, 2006
Of course we're concerned about our eyes! We are always looking for new ideas, products, and concepts to help us understand and care for our eye needs. I've set up a new
Eyesight and Strabismus Mallat Eyes Apart to allow you to browse available products, books, and other helps ...
Posted in Books, Eye health, Help and find help, Vision tips | 3 Comments »
Saturday, November 11th, 2006
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Jamie's Warning: "Request dilation at regular intervals and definitely before any strabismus surgery."
The following story was originally posted by Jamie Schmidt in our Strabismus Hope email support group. Jamie and I have edited that original post together to provide additional ...
Posted in Children's vision, Coats' Disease, Strabismus surgery | 6 Comments »
Tuesday, October 31st, 2006
[See photo credit at end of article]While some strabismus sufferers feel contact lenses make their strabismus worse, many others with strabismus have no problem wearing them for vision correction.
Contact lenses can also be purchased to change the color or appearance of your eyes. You should never purchase these without ...
Posted in Eye health, Social trauma | No Comments »
