Dear Jan,
Subject1:  The need to use neutral words to evaluate
the natural eye as a dynamic (auto-focused)
camera -- and the difficulties of

Dear Scott,
I guess I will have to give up on my request that
you review a quantative-predictive model for
the behavior of the natural eye.

To:  Dr. Scott Steadman,
From: Otis Brown
Subject:  Some questions for you concerning mathematical
     modeling of the eye's long-term behavior

Dear Friends,
A Spanish review of nearsightedness prevention
for your interest.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/3907893.stm

Girl, 8, envisions seeing again  
Eight-year-old Maria de los Angeles Suarez has a chance to see again —
thanks to a kind-hearted Silver Spring doctor and a radically new
surgical technique combining an eyeball harvested from a cadaver and

Sorry for the bit of cross-posting, I've had a couple of problems working out the best
place for this post.
I've done quite a lot of googling to find out how the retina works in simplistic terms
but

ive got an 80 yr old patient who has had very bad ophthalmic shingles
which has left her with exquisitivley sensitive skin on the side of
her face and nose - so that she cant tolerate anything touching it.
She cant read or watch TV because she cant wear her glasses.

Anyone know anything about the Rodenstock "Ultimate" progressives at Sam's
Club? The literature at the store indicates they are atoric/aspheric,
mid-index, and made in Germany. Would these be the same as Multigressiv or
other lens?

Has anyone here (practitioner or patient) had success (wearing and/or
prescribing) with soft multifocal lenses?
Which brands have worked best? How does success rate of multifocal fitting
compare with that of monovision fitting?

 I know that exercise-based techniques for correcting vision,
whether they are effective and scientifically sound or not, have
been around for *at least* 55-60 years (http://tinyurl.com/4myv6
), and therefore I am hoping to find some scientific evaluation/review

I'm a 48 year who is determined to try and play golf even though I
have difficulty following the ball in the sky after I hit it.
I suffer from strabismus and so that puts me at a disadvantage in
tracking the ball in flight. And I am also light-sensitive (partial

I recently completed an extensive training course on backcountry medical
issues and the instructor said there was a "new" study that people who had
LASIK were at much greater risk of a multitude of physical eye issues at
altitude (above 8,000 feet for days/weeks).  This would be in ...

Broccoli May Prevent Blindness
Contains Antioxidant That Protects Eye Cells From UV Damage
By Jeanie Lerche Davis
WebMD Medical News   Reviewed By Brunilda  Nazario, MD

My son Brandon has improved from seeing 20/60 and 20/200 corrected to
20/20 and 20/30 corrected since starting patching back last October.
He was taken off patching two weeks ago.  He has glasses for his
original RX of +7.5/+4.75 and is now +7/+3.50.  The doctor felt that

To:  Friends
From:  Otis Brown
Subject:  Vision paper on myopia "staircase" effect.
Here is the paper that shows the "stair-case" response