What is Glaucoma?

Glaucoma is a group of eye diseases that gradually steal sight without warning and often without symptoms. Vision loss is caused by damage to the optic nerve.

What is Macular Degeneration?

In macular degeneration, the light-sensing cells of the macula (the central portion of the retina directly opposite the lens) mysteriously malfunction and may over time cease to work.

What is CVS (Computer Vision Syndrome) and is there a Solution?

The 2001 U.S. Census Report stated that over 98 million American workers spend time at a computer every day. Both the American Optometric Association (AOA) and the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health report that a full 90 percent of workers who use computers with CRTs will experience eye strain and vision problems.

Bright Eyes

Cataracts are the leading cause of decreased vision in adults older than 65 and is the most common surgical procedure for elderly people. But you can get an "age-related" cataract when you're in your 40s or 50s, although most likely it will be small and not rob you of your vision.

Want a new pair of eyes? Get Lasik Done Today

There it was, an ad in the paper for Lasik surgery only $299 per eye. I had wanted to give my wife the surgery as a present since I first heard about it and now with the lower price, I was going to do it.

Treating chronic open-angle Glaucoma with Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine

Over the last 10 years, in my practice I have specialized in TCM Ophthalmology. I have made quite a few significant clinical observations through diagnostic testing, treatment and direct feed back from my patients.

7 Nutrients Your Eyes Need For Optimum Visual Performance

“Finish your carrots, they’re good for eyes” you may have heard your mother say a time or two. Carrots contain Vitamin A which plays an important role in optimum vision health.

A Guideline for buying Contact Lenses

Contact lenses are corrective, therapeutic and cosmetic lenses usually serve the purpose of conventional glasses. It is placed on the cornea of the eye and is virtually invisible.

Top 4 Disadvantages of Lasik Eye Surgery

In previous articles, I have written about the advantages of Lasik over other forms of eye surgery. But as with everything else in the field of medicine, there are some disadvantages as well.

Vision Tips You Might Not Have Heard About

As a person who has been deep into natural nutrition for many years, and has experienced almost no illness for the last sixteen years, to discover that I had serious vision problems was a shock and a scare to me!  Thus, I started going to various eye doctors.

Eye Disease- Stye Problem

Eyes are organs that detect light, and send electrical impulses along the optic nerve to the visual and other areas of the brain. Some eye problems are minor and fleeting.

Retinitis Pigmentosa - A Genetic Disease

A retinitis pigmentosa or retinitis pigmentosa(or retinitis pigmentosa, retinopathia pigmentosa, RP) is a genetic disease that attacks the retina causing destruction of their cells.

Eye Nutrition: Caring for your car driving eyes

When you have to drive a lot at night you have to deal with a phenomenon that does not occur to people who usually stay home at night. This is the need for your eyes to adapt to rapid changes of light intensity within fractions of a second and then going back to the original state again.

Is There Hope for Glenn Beck’s Eyes?

Struggling to maintain composure in front of 6,000 fans Glenn Beck disclosed that he had been diagnosed with a serious eye condition, macular dystrophy, a progressive genetic disorder that may lead to blindness.

Tips For Preventing Damaging Prescription Spectacles Due To Misuse

Millions in Britain wear some type of prescription spectacles on a daily basis. Prices could cost anything from a few ponds to a few hundred ponds, which illustrates just how important  preventing damage is.

Protecting Eyesight Using Natural Remedies

The ability to see is a glorious gift. To see another persons face, the detail of a flower, the wonder of a sunset, the dimples on a baby's cheeks the list is endless.

Eyes like stars: Perfect vision is just a click away

There certainly isn't the stigma attached to wearing glasses there once was; these days, a pair of glasses can be an essential part of an accessories wardrobe, for both men and women.

Glaucoma is an Eye Disorder

Glaucoma is an eye disorder in which the optic nerve suffers damage, permanently damaging vision in the affected eye(s) and progressing to complete blindness if untreated.

New inherited eye disease discovered

University of Iowa researchers have found the existence of a new, rare inherited retinal disease. Now the search is on to find the genetic cause, which investigators hope will increase understanding of more common retinal diseases.

Promising results of gene therapy to treat diseases of the eye

The easy accessibility of the eye and the established link between specific genetic defects and ocular disorders offer hope for using gene therapy to provide long-term therapeutic benefit.

LASIK surgery, LASIK surgery resources

LASIK is a sort of refractive surgical procedure for vision correction like myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism. LASIK surgery is performed by experienced and specialist doctors/ophthalmologists using a laser technique.

Cataract eye surgery, Cataract surgery resources

Cataract is a result when the natural lens deep inside the eye becoming cloudy, or brown. The eye lens becomes so clouded that it restricts light rays and images from reaching the retina.