Welcome To Avoid Eye Strain
The purpose of this website is to highlight the causes and symptoms of eye strain and provide advice on reliving the pain and discomfort it can cause.
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Links to eye related news stories:
Maine Optometrists Participate in InfantSEE® Week to Improve Infant Eye and V...
AUGUSTA, Maine, Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Due to the overwhelming number of children with eye and vision problems across the United States, Maine optometrists are devoting appointments throughout the ...
Mo. lawmakers, physicians debate eye exam law
WES DUPLANTIER Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. Four years ago, Missouri became one of the first states in the nation to require incoming kindergartners to get a comprehensive eye exam by an optometrist or physician. The goal was to catch problems early, perhaps heading off diseases that could lead to vision loss and improving academic performance. But a Children's Vision Commission ...
New Education About Sugar, Vision and Dry Eye from Sharon Kleyne
Sharon Kleyne Hour Power of Water Talks about Recent News Item on the Effects of Sugar on Health and Vision, and the Global Diabetes and Obesity Epidemics.Grants Pass, OR (PRWEB) February 03, 2012 "In my research, I have discovered that aside from causing health problems such as obesity and diabetes, sugar is also addictive, dehydrating and a significant factor in dry eye and other vision ...
Stem Cells Safe, Improve Vision in Eye Disease -Study
The first clinical trial of human embryonic stem cells to report any effects shows they are safe and can improve vision, according to a report in the Lancet medical journal.
Eye, vision research symposium Feb. 8 in Vero Beach
New Vision Eye Center and scientists from the Schepens Eye Research Institute and Massachusetts Eye and Ear, both affiliates of Harvard Medical School, will be presenting a symposium on macular degeneration and other blinding eye diseases from 10 a.m. to noon Feb. 8 at Majestic 11 Theater, 940 14th Lane, Vero Beach.
Missouri lawmakers, physicians debate eye exam law
JEFFERSON CITY ? Four years ago, Missouri became one of the first states in the nation to require incoming kindergartners to get a comprehensive eye exam by an optometrist or physician. The goal was to catch problems early, perhaps heading off diseases that could lead to vision loss and improving academic performance. But a Children's Vision Commission, appointed under that law to study the ...