Is Protective Eyewear necessary?
- At April 08, 2021
- By Pamela Myhre
- In Eye safety
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Eye Injuries Cost the NBA $2.4 Million in Single Season
Basketball remains the leading cause of sports-related eye injuries in the United States. But getting athletes of any age or skill level to wear protective eyewear is a tough sell.
Eye experts push for sports eye protection
Ophthalmologists hear all the reasons for not wearing eye protection, even after a player suffers a significant injury,
such as fractures to the bones around the eye socket. Eye protection is cumbersome, they fear it will impair their peripheral vision or that fog or sweat will accumulate on lenses and cloud their vision. Even though sports goggles have vastly improved over the years, their appeal has not caught on.
Maybe an appeal to the NBA’s bottom line might get their attention?
Dr. Patricia Bath discovered and invented a new device and technique for cataract surgery known as laserphaco.
Patricia E. Bath, an ophthalmologist and laser scientist, was an innovative research scientist and advocate for blindness prevention, treatment, and cure. Her accomplishments include the invention of a new device and technique for cataract surgery known as laserphaco, the creation of a new discipline known as “community ophthalmology,” and appointment as the first woman chair of ophthalmology in the United States, at Drew-UCLA in 1983.
Quack Eye Cure #4
- At January 05, 2021
- By Pamela Myhre
- In Uncategorized
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Quack Eye Cure No. 4. Color Therapy
The notion that different shades of visible light can heal the body is called color therapy or chromotherapy. Augustus J. Pleasonton launched a blue light health craze after claiming it improved the health of all living things. Scientific American debunked his theories in 1877.
Later, in 1920, Dinshah P. Ghadiali began selling the Spectro-Chrome Therapeutic System.
The device, a box with a large light bulb inside, emitted light through 12 colored filters. Each color was said to help specific ailments or body parts. The blue light filter was used to “cure” glaucoma and cataracts. He and his device were exposed as frauds in court.
However, a version of the device is still sold today, so don’t be fooled—visit our ophthalmologists to treat glaucoma and cataracts.
According to the American Academy of Ophthalmology, ‘Exercise can Stave Off Eye Disease, Study Says’
- At November 03, 2020
- By Pamela Myhre
- In Eye Awareness, Eye Health, Eye safety
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“Regular exercise can slim your waistline and lift your mood. Now, a new study suggests that exercise may also guard against eye damage.
This could help stave off macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of vision loss among people 50 or older.”
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