Children under 12 years of age and teenagers both benefit greatly from contact lens wear and perceive an improvement in quality of life one-week and one-month after changing from eyeglasses to contact lenses according to findings from a multi-site study comparing the two groups. After one-month of contact lens wear, parents report no significant difference [...]
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Can colour save your vision?
April 24th, 2007 by Aakash Shah
Study aims to see whether pigments can block eye degeneration. Pigments that tint leaves in the fall and give orange peppers their colour are also nestled in the back of the eye. Can they help stop a blinding disease and protect sensitive eyes from bright lights? Dennis Gierhart is betting they can. He even started [...]
You Have Only One Pair Of Eyes. Do You Keep Them Healthy?
April 24th, 2007 by Aakash Shah
Healthy dieting is very important for your eyesight. Vitamin A is the key to solving many eye problems. You will know that you do not get enough vitamin A, if you feel that your night vision is getting worse. You can get beta carotene (your body converts beta carotene into vitamin A) with yellow and [...]