
Vodka Eyeballing: Dangerous New Way To Get Drunk
When I first heard about Vodka Eyeballing I could not believe what I was hearing! Vodka Eyeballing is one of the latest fads to hit College campuses, not only across America, but around the World. Eyeballing involves pouring a shot of Vodka right into your eye socket. Daredevil drinkers claim that this gets you drunk in record [...]
Posted in Body Health, Corneal Disease, Eye Health, Eye Injuries, Outside The Lines, Uncategorized
March 12, 2012 5 Comments

R.B.I. Vision Performance Enhances Eyesight Performance
With under 60 days to go before the new rbivitamins.com web site and product launch, we proudly announce R.B.I. Vision Performance – the world’s first athletic vision accelerator. Here’s what it does: Improved contrast Reduced glare Better transition from bright sun to shade Increases macular pigmentation Accelerates retinal receptor transmission speed Read more at www.rbivitamins.com. [...]
Posted in Eye Health, Nutrition and Supplements, vision
March 10, 2012 Leave a Comment

Glaucoma is Far More Than Just High Pressure
This month, Dr. Krawitz has challenged me to acquire a clinical skill known as gonioscopy. Goniscopy is when a technician or doctor looks at the angular structure of you eye, through a mirrored gonioscopic lens, to determine of you have Narrow Angle Glaucoma. Many Ophthalmologists throughout the country do not know how to do this, [...]
Posted in Eye Health, Glaucoma, Outside The Lines, vision
March 9, 2012 1 Comment

Cataract surgery can improve not just eyesight, but whole body health by letting in more light, researchers find.
A body of research has shown that many health problems associated with old age, including memory loss, cancer, and heart disease, may be attributed to aging of the eye. The gradual yellowing of the lens and narrowing of the pupil that naturally occur over time were previously thought to have only ocular effects. Now, researchers argue [...]
Posted in Body Health, Cancer, Cardiac Health, Cataracts, vision
March 8, 2012 Leave a Comment

Experimental device may offer new treatment for macular degeneration
An experimental device is currently in the early stages of human study that would offer patients being treated for wet macular degeneration a new treatment option. The device was developed by Professor Russell Hamilton who is the head of the physics section of the University of Arizona department of radiation oncology. The device was designed [...]
Posted in Drugs & Treatments, Macular Degeneration
March 3, 2012 Leave a Comment
Japanese patients with macular degeneration do not take AREDS-recommended supplements
An Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS) found that certain micronutrient supplements are important for treating age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Dr. Mariko Sasaki et. al. performed a randomized controlled trial to survey patients’ supplement use for this condition and ophthalmologists’ perspectives on this supplement use in Japan. A questionnaire was given to AMD patients to inquire [...]
Posted in Macular Degeneration, Nutrition and Supplements
March 2, 2012 Leave a Comment

Laser surgery now an option for cataracts
Researchers estimate that by 2020, more than 30 million Americans will be affected by cataracts.
Posted in Cataracts, Drugs & Treatments
March 1, 2012 Leave a Comment

Google Glasses: Grand Goggles or just a Bad “Vision”?
Rumors have been swirling that internet giant, Google is developing a prototype of digital goggles that would be Android-based with a small screen that would stream information in real time. Google, however, is mum about any possible project. The rumors have still managed to spark debate amongst optometrists on whether such glasses would be safe [...]
Posted in Outside The Lines, vision
February 28, 2012 Leave a Comment

Counterfeit vials of Avastin discovered in the United States
Doctors and hospitals around the country are being put on alert that a counterfeit version of Avastin has been found in the United States.
Posted in Drugs & Treatments, Macular Degeneration
February 27, 2012 Leave a Comment

In Japan, many macular degeneration patients do not take AREDS-recommended supplements
Only 56.6 % of the macular degeneration patients in Japan were taking supplements, compared to the 93% reported in the United States.
Posted in Macular Degeneration, Nutrition and Supplements
February 26, 2012 Leave a Comment
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