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  • Eye Health Care Tips For A Clear View  By :
    It's a strange old world that we live in, isn't it? Why is it that the population of the world still continues to have sight problems and why is vision loss on the increase? You'd think that the opposite would be true with the number of medical advances being made seemingly every day. Ironically, many researchers believe that about half of all blindness could be prevented! Eye health care, therefore, is obviously very important to everybody.

    What causes these serious visio...
  • Retinal Detachment - How to Manage it  By : alien
    The retina is the curved back layer of the eye and is covered in light sensitive cells.
  • How To Prevent Lazy Eyes  By : Jerry Hall Leo
    Children enrolled in fitness-oriented gym classes showed greater loss of body fat, increase in cardiovascular fitness, and improvement in fasting insulin levels.

    Lazy eye

    This is an eye condition that is seen in children where there is lack of development in one eye. This condition needs to be detected early so as to prevent crossed eyes. Eye exercise therapy is used to improve the lazy eye condition. A patch is worn over the good eye for a few weeks or months and the l...
  • Your Eyes Needs Exercise Too!  By : Jerry Hall Leo
    The study, published in the Journal of Aging and Physical Activity, found that exercise, particularly strength training, affected mood in individuals over 62. According to Arent, one reason for that is what strength training does for seniors' self-esteem. "Strength training prevents loss of muscle mass and bone density, conditions that can interfere with the independence and quality of life of an older person," he says. "Mundane tasks that were once difficult, such as grocery...
  • Vitamin A: The Eyes Need It  By : Linda Polansky
    You may have heard from your grandma that eating carrots can improve you vision. That may not be exactly true, but carrots do contain something called provitamin A carotenoids. These are pigments in some plants that can be converted by the body into vitamin A, and vitamin A is important to your vision.

    Vitamin A is also helpful to bone growth and your immune system. As with other vitamins, there are different forms of vitamin A. One of the forms that is most usable to the ...
  • What is Keratoconus?  By : Heather Colman
    Keratoconus is a degenerative non-inflammatory disorder of the eye in which structural changes within the cornea cause it to thin and change to a more conical shape than its normal, even curve.
  • Why Wear Sunglasses  By : Dennis Frank
    Sunglasses offer protection from the sun’s damaging ultraviolet rays and that’s one offer you definitely want to accept. The eyes are the windows to the world, and these complex yet delicate body parts need all the protection they can get. You can’t see them, but damaging ultraviolet rays are always present, even when the sun isn’t shining. Sunglasses that block these rays can help keep the eyes healthy.

    Who should wear sunglasses? Anyone who wants to limit the eye’s expos...
  • Ways To Improve Your Eyesight  By : Sharon Hopkins
    It's been said that ‘Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder' but have you given any thought to those eyes which help you capture this beauty. By adopting various patterns of life we can give your eyes a much needed boost. Bringing changes in your lifestyle and in your eating habits will help you see your eyes in a new light.

    Food and Diet

    • Consuming good amount of apple and grapes helps in improving your eyesight.

    • Vitamin A is very good for enhancing your eyesigh...
  • Contact Lenses And Allergies -- Selecting The Appropriate Contact Care Products  By : Linda Polansky
    Tens of thousands of people who wear contact lenses are also afflicted with allergies. There are two sources for the allergies that these people who wear contact suffer from at any given point in time.

    One way in which a person can suffer allergies is a direct result of his or her wearing of contact lenses. Some people have been known to have an allergic reaction to the various care and cleaning products associated with the wearing of contact lenses.

    The second way in w...
  • Tired Eyes, Dark Circles, Puffy Eyes - A Common Problem  By : Sharon Hopkins
    This is due to excess strain on your eyes. Staring continuously at the computer screen is one of the problems. Lack of sleep also causes this problem. Such kind of strain to your eyes gives the tired look. You start developing dark circles as well as eye bags which can be a put off many people by having a glance at you.

    Self-care Measures

    - Get enough sleep
    - Eat a vitamin A rich diet such as fruits, apricots, green leafy vegetables, carrots, egg yolks and butter
    - Dr...
  • What Is An Internal Eye Sty?  By : Darry J.Oswald
    An internal sty causes a red, painful swelling, but its location prevents the pus from appearing on the eyelid. A stye develops rapidly, producing an elevated, painful, red, swollen area on the eyelid.

    Most chalazia develop further from the eyelid edge than styes. A sty is a bacterial infection that appears as a small bump along the edge of the eyelid. A sty resembles a pimple and is located at the edge of the eyelids. Chalazions usually occur farther from the edge of the ...
  • Is Eye Sty Cancerous?  By : Darry J.Oswald
    At first, a chalazion looks and feels like a stye, swollen eyelid, pain, and irritation. The term chalazion refers to a cystic swelling with chronic inflammation in an eyelid. Sometimes the bump on your eyelid is actually a chalazion, which looks similar to a stye. A chalazion is sometimes confused with a stye which also appears as a lump in the eyelid.

    In rare cases, cancerous tumors of the eyelid can appear like a stye or chalazion. Do not wear eye makeup or contact lens...
  • Don't Quit Reading - Use Reading Glasses!  By :
    An informative and interesting look at the various aspects and uses of reading glasses.

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