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Children's Vision
Problems Can Threaten School Success |
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September is
Children's Eye Health and Safety Month. I guess
this designation was to coincide with September
being "Back to School Month".
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Don't Forget to Eat
Your Spinach and Carrots |
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Recommending
antioxidant (anti-aging) therapy is not new.
However, it is still controversial. The people
who believe in it cannot praise it enough. The
people who do not believe in it understandably
say there is not enough proof or evidence.
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Eyedrops to Cover Red
May Mask Problems |
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Every day the
TV bombards us with ads trying to sell us
eyedrops that "get the red out" or that "clear
red eyes fast.: These are typical eye
wash claims that help companies sell millions
of dollars of their eyedrops each year.
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Eyes Give Warnings of
Danger to Sight |
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The eyes can
give signs of warning that indicate it's time
to have them examined by a specialist.
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How to Choose the
Right Doctor |
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As a medical
doctor, I see articles on preventing blindness
or on a miracle operation to save a baby, etc.
What we need is an article on how to choose
the right doctor. (That might be a medical
miracle also!)
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Most Accidental
Blinding From Fireworks Due to Inconsiderate
Adults, Unsupervised Children |
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Everybody
loves a good old fashioned Fourth of July:
barbecues, picnics, parades, speeches, and of
course, fireworks! These are all hallmarks of
Fourth of July celebrations in Florida.
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Much Computer Eye
Strain Caused by Poor Lighting and Posture |
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I receive so
many questions from people who use computers.
They have eye symptoms and ask, "Is it the
computer or is it the work that bothers my
eyes?"
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Prevent Eye Injuries
Due to Sports and Toys |
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Baseball,
basketball and racquet sports are the largest
causes of eye injuries in sports activities.
The real tragedy is that most of these
injuries are to children. The junior high
school years are the most dangerous, and boys
are involved in almost 90-percent of eye
accidents.
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Prevent Eye Injuries
From Yard Work & Construction |
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Your lawn
mower can hurl a stone into your eye or
someone else's eye at 200 miles per hour.
Each year more than 5,000 people have
their eyes injured because of such mishaps
in the yard and garden.
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Some Common
Misconceptions About Your Eyes |
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Did Benjamin
Franklin really "invent" electricity by flying
that kite in the electrical storm? Did he
really invent bifocals to read the Declaration
of Independence?
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Summer Activities
Bring Possibilities for Eye Injuries |
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Mowing the
lawn, adding chemicals to the pool, playing
summer sports, or jump-starting your car or
lawn mower when it has a dead battery
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Sunglasses Are Like
Wearing Sunscreen for the Eyes |
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Who has not
walked out into the Florida summer sun and
quickly run back in to grab a pair of
sunglasses? The average person in Florida owns
two pairs of sunglasses.
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Teenage Boys at Risk
from New Year's Eve Fireworks |
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On New Year's
Eve, the professional fireworks displays for
the new millennium will be spectacular,
beautiful, and impressive to watch.
Unfortunately, fireworks also will bring
tragedy and blindness from misuse by
inconsiderate adults or
unsupervised children.
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Tennis and Racquetball
Cause Most Sports Eye Injuries |
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Recently I saw
two patients with eye injuries. One may lose
his eye and become blind, and the other is
totally fine. They both got hit in the eye
with a tennis ball. The difference is that one
had no protective glasses on, and the other
was wearing protective glasses.
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Weekend Athletes Eyes
Should be Valued as the Pros |
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During the
last baseball season my nurse called out:
The Tampa Bay Devil Rays are sending a
player over. He has an eye injury...
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What's Good for the
Body is Good for the Eyes Too |
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I see dozens
of 40 years olds in my eye surgery practice
every week. Half of them are interested in
having LASIK to throw away their glasses. The
other half are desperately seeking any miracle
cure to stop their aging parents
from going blind.
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