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This is a very interesting question! We know the what of your question but the why is still fuzzy. Eye color is the result of variations in the amount of melanin, a pigment found in the front part of the iris of the eye. The lack of this pigment results […]

Four common yoga poses have been shown to increase intraocular pressure (IOP), a known risk factor for people with glaucoma. A new study found that when people did head-down poses, their IOP increased within one minute of doing each pose. The increase remained throughout each two-minute pose, then IOP returned […]

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In a study of 154 patients with dry eye from the Miami Veterans Affairs Hospital, higher levels of pain, both ocular and non-ocular, and lower depression scores and lower quality of life indices were consistent with a central sensitivity disorder in these patients, according to a press release from the […]

Serious ocular trauma injuries include orbital fractures and being pierced by objects. These injuries can be expensive to treat, and in many cases are preventable. Read More

Report Shows Increase in Toy-related Injuries Treated in U.S. Emergency Rooms CHICAGO (Nov. 23, 2015) – In 2013, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) estimated that hospital emergency rooms across the country treated 265,700 toy-related injuries, compared to 265,000 the year before. And, 73 percent of those injuries were […]

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Short sightedness appears to have reached epidemic proportions worldwide. This has been particularly evident in East Asia where today up to 90% of Chinese teenagers and adults are myopic, and a remarkable 96.5% of 19-year-old males in Seoul Korea are myopic. New scientific studies are now shedding light on the […]