Topic: Eyesight and Eye Health
AP News | 2010-01-23 12:52:17
<div id="subtitle">Visually impaired skier McKeever to be first winter athlete in both Olympics, Paralympics</div><div><p>Cross-country skier Brian McKeever was selected for Canada's Olympic team on Friday, making him the first winter sports athlete to compete in both the Olympics and Paralympics.</p><p ...
isnare | 2010-01-23 12:10:36
A common ailment among the Golden Retriever breed of dogs, is eye disease. A great number of these dogs may be affected by cataracts, as a hereditary trait in their genes. You can tell at a very early stage, if your dog has been affected with hereditary cataracts. Although the presence of this disease does not have to necessarily affect ...
ArticlesBase | 2010-01-21 00:10:33
Author: Dr. Mital John
For children, an eye exam before the age of six is always the best. Most of the school screenings are very good but there are times that some subtle problems are present that can become much larger issues in the event that they are missed. The window of opportunity to fix any of those problems is ...
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2010-01-20 16:23:30
<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A prescription for bifocals may help children with rapidly worsening nearsightedness maintain better vision, a new study suggests.</p><p>Children with nearsightedness, or myopia, have trouble seeing objects clearly at a distance, and for some, the condition progresses quickly. The tendency toward rapid progression is ...
