Category “Eye health”

Prescription 3D Glasses On The Way-8680

October 21st, 2010
Prescription 3D Glasses On The Way-8680

Is your eyesight stopping you viewing 3D films? If so, there could be good news on the way. Samsung, the well known electronics firm has developed 3D glasses which can adjust your sight. They are however, only available on prescription. The glasses themselves are still the shutter type, but Samsung believes they will help improve […]

Prank Causes Eye Injury-5440

October 21st, 2010
Prank Causes Eye Injury-5440

A muck-up day prank involving local school children in the town of Brighton, Australia has been blamed for an eye injury.  The accident happened to care worker, Davinder Kaur while on her way to work at a local residential care home. Mrs Kaur sustained the injury to her eyes when school students threw eggs and […]

Laser treatment – a solution for long-sightedness?-4706

October 19th, 2010
Laser treatment – a solution for long-sightedness?-4706

Laser surgery has always been the solution for curing short-sightedness, but physicians have now begun using laser treatment as a way of restoring 20/20 vision for those affected by long-sightedness too. At the age of fifty, many adults found they were unable to read a book, menu or newspaper unless it was held at arm’s […]

Many Americans Blind To The Damage Of the Sun On The Eyes-2124

October 15th, 2010
Many Americans Blind To The Damage Of the Sun On The Eyes-2124

Most of  us are fully aware of the potential danger the sun has on our skin, from sunburn and wrinkles to sun stroke and skin cancer, and many of us take sun cream with us when out and about in the sun to protect from these skin related dangers. But very few people know of […]

World Sight Day-6640

October 14th, 2010
World Sight Day-6640

The global event that is World Sight Day has been aiming at raising awareness to world blindness and to get governments to support blindness support acts and groups since the 8th October 1998, by the second year it had joined with international World Health Organisation and the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness, known […]

Findings from a survey sees the gender difference in Vision IQ-0853

October 11th, 2010
Findings from a survey sees the gender difference in Vision IQ-0853

The attitudes held by men and women show that they really are not on the same wavelength, a new survey has revealed. Dori Carlson, president-elect of the American Optometric Association, who conducted the week-long survey last April says that “[t]he good news is the majority of both men and women understand the importance of maintaining […]

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