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From: Zetsu -  26 May 2008, 01:27

What's the best measurement of eyesight?

17 Posts. Last post send by: Zetsu - Monday 26 May
From: Zetsu -  25 May 2008, 14:02

[...1. Joey and Patsy By Emily C. Lierman [Editor's Note: Mrs. Lierman wore glasses for thirteen years. She was cured six years ago, and has since acted as a very enthusiastic assistant in the laboratory and clinic of the editor. She is not a physician, but obtains results, having never failed to improve the sight of any patient whom she has treated...

2 Posts. Last post send by: Zetsu - Sunday 25 May
From: Jerry -  25 May 2008, 02:42

I am 65 and my vison in the last two or so years has been getting worse for reading. I have been buying magnafying reading glass. Now, when I try to read, it is like looking through glasses that are smeered with vasaline. I had my vision checked and got perscription reading glasses. There is absolutely no difference and I still cannot focus to read. ...

14 Posts. Last post send by: Jerry - Sunday 25 May
From: creative -  24 May 2008, 19:59

This an intensive review for the american board of internal medicine or the MRCP offered by ACP Size: 8 MB * w w w .drfouly . com /showthread.php?p=939#post939

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From: Paula Sims -  23 May 2008, 23:39

Hello all, I was told that my doctor would do PRK on me and was told about the "longer" healing times. Yes, YMMV, but for someone with a -3 and -3.75, what would you guess the healing time "should" be? Thanks Paula

9 Posts. Last post send by: Paula Sims - Friday 23 May
From: hbjason80@yahoo . com -  23 May 2008, 06:48

About a month ago, my eyes started flickering - the best way to describe it is looking at a computer monitor with a repetition rate of maybe 10 Hz or so? I have it 24/7 but it's much more noticeable when I look at monochromatic walls. My refresh rate on the retina seems delayed, meaning that when I look at an object and then close my eyes, I still see...

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From: albert.mills@googlemail . com -  22 May 2008, 17:49

Hi, I've been pricing lenses. At my regular store high index 1.67 single vision with crizal alize are 319. At walmart 1.67 lenses with zeiss coating are 160. With zeiss coating at my regulat store they're 270. I asked walmart who manufactures their plastic and they said seiko or zeiss, while my regular store says their manufacturer varies. So two questions: Is...

2 Posts. Last post send by: albert.mills@googlemail . com - Thursday 22 May
From: otisbrown@embarqmail . com -  22 May 2008, 17:43

Does Bates work? Opinions vary. Remarks on using Bates-type methods (Book, advocacy and recommendations of Captain Fred Deakins). =========== From 20/220 to 20/40 in 8 weeks "I have read your book and used the exercises contained in it and have reduced my prescription by two diopters. I started out at 20/220. I am hoping to be at 20/40 by...

2 Posts. Last post send by: otisbrown@embarqmail . com - Thursday 22 May
From: Dr. Jitendra Agrawal -  22 May 2008, 15:50

Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a chronic cholestatic disease of the liver and bile ducts that is frequently progressive and can lead to end-stage liver disease. The disease is characterized by progressive inflammation, fibrosis, and stricturing of the intrahepatic and extrahepatic bile ducts. In the first part, epidemiology, classification and etiology...

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From: Zetsu -  20 May 2008, 19:46

"The world moves. Let it move." - Bates

1 Posts. Last post send by: Zetsu - Tuesday 20 May
From: Zetsu -  20 May 2008, 00:05

[...New Eyes For Old By Grace Ellery Channing --Editor's Note: We are constantly hearing of patients who have been able to improve their sight by the aid of information contained in this magazine, or in other publications on the same subject, without personal assistance: The following is a very remarkable example of these cases, as the improvement was...

50 Posts. Last post send by: Zetsu - Tuesday 20 May
From: The Real Bev -  19 May 2008, 20:51

Executive summary by Bev: There are a number of people here with no medical credentials at all and a lot of opinions bordering on religious belief. The people trying to promote the Bates Method, "The Plus" lens...

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From: otisbrown@embarqmail . com -  19 May 2008, 20:16

From John Yee: I had a very depressing experience today. But let me tell you the good news first. Recently, I checked my vision against the chart you provided, and I found that I could see the 20/50 line after I was told that my vision was around -3.00 diopters before I started using Eyezercise (-3.00 D is roughly equivalent to 20/225 acuity). The...

8 Posts. Last post send by: otisbrown@embarqmail . com - Monday 19 May
From: Zetsu -  19 May 2008, 17:50

[...Halos When the eye with normal sight looks at the large letters on the Snellen test card, at any distance, from twenty feet to six inches or less, it sees, at the inner and outer edges and in the openings of the round letters, a white more intense than the margin of the card. Similarly, when such an eye reads fine print, the spaces between the lines...

2 Posts. Last post send by: Zetsu - Monday 19 May
From: -keevill- -  19 May 2008, 12:40

I am aged 50 and have never needed glasses. I had an eye test and the results came out thus Right -0.75 -0.5 x .75 Left -0.75 Add 1.75 I am told that this means I am not suitable for Lasik surgery. Thing is , I really don't like to wear glasses - I don't even wear sunglasses and I live in a very sunny climate. What options are available to me apart...

22 Posts. Last post send by: -keevill- - Monday 19 May

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