Natural Health Journals

WHAT THEY ARE: Your tear ducts are short canals leading from the tiny opening on the inside corner of each eye to your nasal passages.
WHAT THEY DO: Your eyes produce tears to lubricate, nourish, and protect your eyes from debris and bacteria. Every time you blink, you spread tears over your eyes, and during a […]

Vitamin E may offer protection against cataracts an eye disease that’s the world’s leading cause of blindness. The results of a five-year study of 408 women by the USDA Nutrition Research Center at Tufts University suggest that taking vitamin E supplements for a decade or more may reduce progression of cataract development. Paul F. Jacques, […]

From 6 months old to 106 years old - everyone needs an eye exam
Almost 80 percent of preschool-aged children never have an eye exam. And many vision screenings in school don’t test for common eye diseases. What can you do to help protect your family’s eyesight? A regular eye exam - during Family Eye […]

Don’t wait for symptoms — regular exams are recommended

Which of your five senses would you most fear losing?

Most people say they fear losing their vision. Our eyesight enables us to maintain our independence, to gather information, to enjoy the people and places that are dear to us.

And yet, few of us worry enough about […]

(ARA) - Findings from a nationwide clinical trial reported that high levels of antioxidants and zinc significantly reduce the risk of advanced age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and its associated vision loss.

Scientists found that people at high risk of developing advanced stages of AMD, a leading cause of vision loss, lowered their risk by about 25 […]

Having Lasik Done is Like Getting a New Pair of Eyes.

There it was, an ad in the paper for Lasik surgery only $299 per eye. I had wanted to give my wife the surgery as a present since I first heard about it and now with the lower price, I was going to do it. […]

1. How hard is it to get used to wearing contact lenses?

Everybody adjusts to wearing contact lenses differently. How long it takes for a person’s eyes adjust to wearing contact lenses varies and depends on the sensitivity of the eyes and also on the type of contact lenses being worn. Typically it will take […]