Fortunately, eye themes (as opposed to political) are not infinite, so it may appear that we are always talking about the same thing. On the other hand, though, human memory isn’t unlimited, especially when everyone is being overwhelmed with a lot of useless information. So you have to repeat it. We’re going to feature … Continue reading Eyes: The Art of Choosing the Right Office
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TADPOLES “GOT STONED” ON POT There’s a long-standing rumor that cannabis helps us see better in the dark, but let’s look at it from a scientific point-of-view. Scientists at the Montreal Neurological Institute have studied the effects of narcotics on the eyes. True, it was done on frogs… Like one American psychologist said, “Scientists, apparently, … Continue reading Cannabis and Eyesight
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Part 1 So medicine can rob the eye of this necessary fluid? The eyes maintain their strength by maintaining a certain level of pressure. The ciliary body acts like a pump, moving nourishing moisture from the blood vessels in the internal parts of the eye, after which it returns to the bloodstream. So we have … Continue reading EYES: Three Eternal Themes (2)
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Recently, Dr. Benjamin cured a friend of mine of a rare but very dangerous eye infection. But we’ll talk about the rare stuff later on; right now, let’s talk more about the common problems. Diseases of the eye are the same from century to century, but ophthalmology never stops changing. MY FRIEND, YOU … Continue reading Eyes: Three Eternal Themes
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So, is it a “pseudoexfoliation pseudoinfection”? Maybe not pseudo, because it’s still possible that it’s caused by a virus; we just don’t know. Take, for example, stomach cancer. It is the #1 killer in Japan, so the government requires mandatory testing. But Japanese that have come to the United States are at a much lower … Continue reading Intraocular Pressure: Getting To The Bottom Of It (2)
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Why do some experience intraocular pressure while others do not? Why the injustice? Everyone has and needs intraocular pressure. But while everyone is concerned with having higher-than-normal pressure, lower-than-normal levels are just as bad – the eye can’t keep its shape and there isn’t enough fluid to nourish the internal organs. Higher pressures lead to … Continue reading Intraocular Pressure: Getting to the Bottom of It
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So what is this revolutionary technology, again? Regular multifocal lenses are diffractive. Loosely speaking, 40% of the light is for viewing far objects, 40% is for near, and 20% is lost along with contrast. Conventional multifocal lenses are actually bifocal, because they are good both near and far but are problematic with mid-distances – the … Continue reading A Symfony for your eyes (part 2)
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Attentive readers will recall our conversation about the unique Symfony lenses – a new artificial lens that offers perfect vision and high-contrast at any distance, or even in low light. Benjamin Eye Institute, as always, is at the forefront and has already been working with these new lenses for about a month. They were one of … Continue reading A symfony for your eyes (1)
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Everyone knows that Jorge Luis Borges was blind. A smaller number of people, though, also know that by the time he went blind, he had mastered the world of literature and philosophy, which are relevant to his fiction. But almost no one knows why he went blind, except for the experts. Searching the internet for … Continue reading Why did Borges go blind?
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Some people are extremely sensitive to color, and others are deeply unresponsive. Let’s call them chromophiliacs and chromophobiacs (sorry for these charmingly ugly words). They can get along but become sick of each other in private. For chromophiliacs living with chromophobiacs, no matter how neat things are, it is a suffocating prison. And for chromaphobiacs rooming … Continue reading Tetrachromatics’ Loneliness
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