Vision Conditions and Diseases

The future is truly now. Technology is advancing at speeds we can hardly keep up with. With a new iPhone being released every six months, and three-dimensional printers being used in hospitals to print body parts and organs, it isn’t hard to imagine that a new cure for cataracts is on the horizon in the […]

In the past, when kids were not in school, they mostly spent their time roaming the outdoors, playing games with friends and exploring the surrounding area. Likewise, adults spent a large amount of their leisure time enjoying the outdoors, having barbecues, taking hikes, or pursuing home improvement projects. Times have changed, however, and an increasing […]

Farsightedness is a very common eye problem in today’s society. Typical treatment for this condition includes eye glasses, contact lenses, and corrective laser surgery. All of these treatment options have been successful at helping millions of people overcome their vision problems, however, the problem with traditional treatments is that they do not address the actual source of the vision problem. You may be wondering if there are more natural, less […]

Farsightedness, or hyperopia, makes it hard (and even impossible, in some cases) for your eyes to focus upon up-close objects. Similar to how cars must shift gears when driving up a hill, our eyes need added power when viewing objects up close. If our eyes, for myriad reasons, don’t have enough power, we can’t see […]

About 17 percent of Americans aged 40 years or older develop cataracts in one or both eyes. By the time they hit 80 years old, that number jumps to about 50 percent. Over half of all seniors in western countries have had some type of experience with cataracts. Whether they currently have cataracts or had […]

If you have to squint to recognize that person waving at you from down the street, you’re not alone. The number of people who share this problem is growing every day. According to a recent research study funded by the National Center for Health Statistics, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the National […]

From the moment we wake up in the morning to when we finally shut our eyes and go to bed for the night, our eyes are hard at work for us. As children, we don’t think about the damage we could be doing to our eyes when we’re outside playing. We just want to be […]

Do you find you’re starting out your day by looking in the mirror and noticing the huge dark circles under your eyes? No doubt it can spur you to throw out the mirror altogether. The fact is that the presence of these baggy, dark circles can actually ruin your day. Everyone can have baggy under […]

Of all the sudden changes that we can experience with our sight, double vision is probably among the most alarming. Also called diplopia, double vision has a number of causes, but all result in roughly the same problem – seeing one too many of each object you look at. Most of us have experienced double […]

The last thing any of us want is to age before we have to. Whether it’s through magazine covers or websites, we’re bombarded with “miracles” and “cures” for aging. The harsh truth is there is no cure to aging, especially when it comes to eye health. You can use anti-aging cream for your skin, Spanx […]

The human body holds millions of secrets to be discovered. With the advancement of science, you’d think we’d have discovered everything, but that just simply isn’t the truth. So, it should be no surprise that there is in fact a vision condition that is completely unexplainable. Some eye experts even refuse to believe it exists! […]