Myopia Epidemic – Dr. Cremers

Forest Kindergartens and The Danger of Computers and the Beauty of the Heights School

May 19, 2017

Recently, I saw 6 children aged 7-16 years old who have lost the majority of their Meibomian Glands and significant signs of dry eyes under the microscope. Two of them needed cornea scraping and the placement of Amniotic Membrane due to excessive neovascularization (new blood vessels) and scar tissue on the cornea. All of them […]

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Cure for Myopia. Cure for Nearsightedness: One Step Closer

May 17, 2017

While it may be too early still to announce a cure for myopia (nearsightedness which means usually the eyeball is longer than normal and the image needs the help of “minus” or “-” powered glasses to push the image onto the retina as the image focuses in front of the retina), researchers at Northwestern University

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Why is there an Epidemic of Myopia or Nearsightedness Around the World? Because of the iphone, ipad, iLife? Yes

October 1, 2015

Why is there an Epidemic of Myopia or Nearsightedness Around the World? Because of the iphone, ipad, iLife? Yes, essentially. It is because of the excessive near work we are all doing more and more these days and passing these habits down to our kids, especially video games. We now see so many kids using

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