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eyes switched from far sighted to near sighted by Donna Peach Patient Expert

Posted Wed 29 Dec 2010 12:00am I had an eye exam the other day as part of my health maintenance regimen. It helps to have all systems in good order when you’ve got advanced cancer. I guess that statement is a little incongruous. Eye mets can … Continue reading → Read on »

Find A Man Whose Breath Stops Short At The Sight Of You by Dan and Jennifer .. Health Maven

Posted Sat 21 Mar 2009 3:16pm Perhaps it is because I don’t have a daughter to give advice to, but sometimes I think back to the girl I was in my teens and twenties and long to give her the counsel I now have available from this forty-something perspective. Yesterday, I ran across something a man wrote that captures advice I would give. I think the advice strikes a more golde ... Read on »

Nearsightedness…Myopia. You Can Do Something About It by Ruth S. Patient Expert

Posted Thu 17 Sep 2009 11:02pm of the eyeball, which is responsible for myopia or short-sightedness. ..., at work, in a hotel room, wherever. And anyone can do the eye exercises. It doesn’t matter if you’re 9 or 90… Nearsightedness, medically known as myopia, is the most common cause Read on »

Study says nearsightedness on the rise by Kiwi Patient Expert

Posted Fri 29 Jan 2010 12:00am For both kids and adults in the U.S., nearsightedness is increasing. A new survey comparing eyesight information for 4,400 people tested in 1971-1972 and 8,300 people tested from 1999-2004 found that instances of myopia has increased by 66 percent in the last three decades. What’s more, the severity of nearsightedness has increased, too Read on »

Myth 9: Reading and writing cause nearsightedness. by Angeline Duran Piotrowski Posted Wed 04 Nov 2009 10:04pm The number of children worldwide who are Nearsighted (Myopic) is growing. For years it has been believed that too much “near work”, such as reading and writing, was the cause. A recent study shows that to be untrue. The key ingredient to preventing Myopia is spending time outside in the sunlight. Activity level doesn’t matter. Kids can become Read on »

We Have Become A Nearsighted Nation by Ruth S. Patient Expert

Posted Mon 24 Jan 2011 12:09pm of myopia, or nearsightedness, has significantly increased over the past 30 years. How significantly? The data shows that the incidence of myopia in Americans ages 12 to 54 is up from 25 percent in the 1970s to 41 percent this decade. That’s an increase of 66 PERCENT! What is nearsightedness? If you are part of the nearsighted nation, your eyes focus Read on »

THE SHORT-SIGHTEDNESS IN CUTTING HEALTH CARE BENEFITS! by Linda Appleman Shapiro

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Posted Sun 23 Jan 2011 9:14am It's no secret to anyone that our economy is suffering terribly and budget cuts are inevitable and necessary. Yet, when we slash health care availability for all those suffering from physical and mental illnesses, we lose the right to call ourselves anything but short-sighted and inhumane. It's especially difficult to understand why even those who Read on »

Avoiding Myopia by Matt M. Patient Expert

Posted Mon 17 Nov 2008 9:11pm One other consequence of a poor diet could be myopia (nearsightedness). A couple of years ago, Loren Cordain and company wrote a paper about the relationship between... as it develops, causing nearsightedness. Given this, children should be highly encouraged to consume a Paleolithic diet. Another protective factor for myopia is breastfeeding. Research Read on »

Blinded by my myopia by Girl Blue .. Patient Expert

Posted Sun 24 Aug 2008 2:11pm Sometimes I get caught up in the small things, the very small details and I lose sight of the big picture. I need to work on that I think Read on »

Myopia And Near Point Stress – Do They Affect You? by Ruth S. Patient Expert

Posted Tue 26 Oct 2010 3:48pm Horizon In Sindh While everything from heredity to educational level to time spent reading and TV watching to participation in sports has been studied in relation to myopia, no cause has yet been determined. However, Young points out, there is an antidote for the condition. “People need to go outside and look to the horizon,” he says. “Today Read on »