Archive for the ‘Better eyesight’ Category


Holiday Eye Health: Part 1

Share photo credit: Digital Sextant Ah, the holidays. The beautiful gold leaves from your neighbor’s tree have all fallen into your yard, you’ve got 20 relatives coming for Thanksgiving dinner—but only 15 chairs, and Daylight Saving Time is not saving your sanity as you race to finish your seasonal shopping on ever-shortening days. With so [...]

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What You Really Need to be Aware Of With Diabetes And Your Eyes

Share Unless you’ve been living in a cave for the past few months, you know the news these days is all about health care. And the health-care news is all about the epidemic of diabetes—not just in the United States, but all around the world. The International Diabetes Federation estimated in 2006 that the disease [...]

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What Your Eye Color Says About You And Your Health

Share Whether your eyes are blue, brown, or green—or somewhere in between these three most common shades—their hue reveals more about you than just what color shirt you’ll look good in. It’s long been known that eye color is a predictor of certain diseases. For instance, people with blue or other light-colored eyes are known [...]

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STORIES FROM THE CLINIC – From The Archives Of Dr Bates

Share A Case of Cataract By Emily C. Lierman One day as I entered the clinic I found a little white-haired woman waiting patiently to be treated. I had not seen her before, and did not know what her trouble was. The usual crowd of patients was waiting for Dr. Bates and myself, so when [...]

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