Dear Prevention Minded Friends,
Subject: An open mind about objective facts
concerning the eye's dynamic behavior.
Ref:  Houston Primate study demonstarting that

Almost two years ago I purchased a new set of frames and lenses from a
local independent optical shop.  I asked for Seiko high index lenses.
There were some problems when initially made and one lens had to be
remade.  Recently I noticed the coating starting to wear off one lens.

Dear Prevention minded friends,
Subject:  The prevetive second-opinion on prevention
         as stated by Steve Leung OD.
Sci.med.vision is devoted to the development of

Hi! I have been using glasses since 15 years ago, but last week I
visited my optometrist to start using contact lenses. I have tried a
pair of Ciba Vision Focus Dailies and a pair of Biomedics 55, and with
both of them I'm having small problems with my near vision. It's a bit

Do you ever go on all these alternatives to myopia websites that say
myopia makes your eyes get worse?  They say that glasses make your eyes
worse.  They also claim that their eye exercises can cure ALL eye
diseases.

This seems the right newsgroup to post this.
About three months ago I started seeing lights. At first I thought it
was my imagination. It was usually at the corner of my eye and was
something would flash in and out before I could see it. So for a while

Dear Reader,
Before you consider paying attention to anything that Otis Brown
(otisbrown@pa.net) writes, I invite you to review all of his  previous
posts.  

On Mon, 6 Jun 2005 21:51:45 -0500, A Lieberman <lieberma@myself.com> wrote:

Do myopic humans have worse posture?

foward, and, if their back is not straight, they will "slouch".  This
is yet another thing that is bad about myopia.

Everytime I went to Lenscrafters, they said my eyes got really bad and
that I had astigmatism or my astigmatism got worse, when actually I had
not noticed much change.  Recently I have noticed that the left side is
much stronger than the right.  I once had a weak pair of glasses.  ...

still trying to scope this group. loaded & read as far back as was
stored on my ISP.
thought patients welcome too.
wrote in a request for information, from a patient's perspective.

I am interested in your opinions on picking a good pair of sunglasses.
First let me ask you this;
Thomas Quackenbush says in his Bates book that eyes are organs that need
light to work and using dark lenses reduce the ability of eyes to work

When I had my refraction check, I had to look into a machine where it
measured the refraction I think, what is this machine called, how does
it work?
And, when you don't have a cyclo refraction, just you look through the

What are the consequences of not using eyedrops in exams? Patient has
sensitive eyes and even if willing, goes into violent reflex action if
drops touch the eye.
What are they important for, glaucoma test and some aspect of acuity?

Dear Reader,
Before you consider paying attention to anything that Otis Brown
(otisbrown@pa.net) writes, I invite you to review all of his  previous
posts.