- Place the screen 20-26 inches away from your eyes and a little below eye level
- Regularly clean off dust a
Bharat | Submitted 
Prevention of Eye Fatigue
Posted by Bharat (#1) 4365 days ago (Editorial)
Usually eye fatigue can be prevented or reduced by making simple changes in your work habits or environment.Here are some prevention tips from organizations such as Prevent Blindness, the National Eye Institute, and Get Eye Smart:Make changes to your computer screen, such as:
More Americans Facing Blindness
Posted by Bharat (#1) 4365 days ago (Editorial)
A summary of the statistics brings the rather troubling problem out into the light with:
- 2,069,403 people age 50 and older have late AMD (age-related macular degeneration), a 25 percent increase
- 24,409,978 million people age 40 and older have cataracts, a 19 percent increase
- 719,379 million people age 40 and older have open-angleglaucoma, a 22 percent increase
Tricking Blind Person's Brain Into Thinking It Is Seeing Things
Posted by Bharat (#1) 4370 days ago (Editorial)
Researchers have discovered how a visual prosthetic device could stimulate the brain to generate mental images - the blind person could wear eyeglasses with a tiny webcam that transmits data to a computer chip which is implanted in the brain. The researchers, from the University of Texas Health Science Center and Baylor College of Medicine published their research in the journal Nature Neuroscien
Aging Eyes Are Seeing Better
Posted by Bharat (#1) 4370 days ago (Editorial)
Study Finds Dramatic Drop in Vision Problems Among the Elderly
June 29, 2012 -- There has been a dramatic drop in vision impairment among older Americans over the last generation, new research shows.The prevalence of self-reported eyesight issues that limit activity declined by well over 50% in just two and a half decades, according to data from two nationally representative surveys.In 1984, clo
June 29, 2012 -- There has been a dramatic drop in vision impairment among older Americans over the last generation, new research shows.The prevalence of self-reported eyesight issues that limit activity declined by well over 50% in just two and a half decades, according to data from two nationally representative surveys.In 1984, clo
Study to test success of vision loss drug which could slash treatment costs for NHS
Posted by Bharat (#1) 4370 days ago (Editorial)
Nottingham researchers are leading a study to test the effectiveness of a controversial drug in the treatment of a common loss of vision.If proved successful in treating wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the use of the drug Bevacizumab commercially branded as Avastin® could reduce the dose and frequency of patients’ treatment, while potentially slashing the cost of treating the disease
Childhood obesity Increases Likehood of a cranial disorder that May Causes Blindness
Posted by Bharat (#1) 4377 days ago (Editorial)
Children who are overweight or obese -- particularly older, non-Hispanic white girls -- are more likely to have a neurological disorder known as idiopathic intracranial hypertension, a rare condition that can result in blindness, according to a new Kaiser Permanente study published in The Journal of Pediatrics. In a cross-sectional, population-based study of 900,000 children ages 2-19 years old,
Keep your eye out for this problem, Blurred vision in a diabetic
Posted by Bharat (#1) 4377 days ago (Editorial)
Diabetics are at increased risk for several eye problems, including glaucoma and cataracts. But the most common threat to vision is diabetic retinopathy, in which the diabetes affects the circulatory system of the eye. It's the leading cause of blindness in American adults. The changes linked to diabetic retinopathy tend to show up in people who have had the disease for a long time, not those rec
The Shape of Corneas to Come: Corneal Collagen Crosslinking
Posted by Bharat (#1) 4377 days ago (Editorial)
At the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) Crosslinking Course, held at the society's annual meeting, some of the world's experts in corneal collagen crosslinking shared their thoughts on the current state of and future trends for corneal collagen crosslinking. The area of corneal collagen crosslinking is clearly exciting, and at ASCRS 2012, interest in the topic was great