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"Sunlight exposure may decrease the risk of myopia (near-sightedness) Australian researchers demonstrate that myopia in children is directly linked to the number of hours spent indoors, and in Asian societies where children have been decreasing their outdoor activity, the rate of myopia has more than tripled.122 Asian children living in Australia spend nearly four times more time outdoors as children of the same genetic background living in Singapore, and those in Singapore are 10 times more likely to be myopic." - Marc Sorenson, Solar Power For Optimal Health (Get the book.)

"There is also a convincing literature that psychotherapy, which managed-care companies in their penny-pinching myopia have been so loathe to pay for, saves a lot of money in the long run. It has been repeatedly substantiated that the proactive and preventive nature of psychotherapy reduces the usage of far more acute and expensive services, such as emergency room visits and hospitalizations." - Charles Barber, Comfortably Numb: How Psychiatry Is Medicating a Nation (Get the book.)

"Myopia Improvement in retinal sensitivity, as measured by computerized central perimetry, was found in 32 of 42 adult eyes with myopia (-4 D to -25 D). Twenty-four patients received 3 tablets, each containing 50 milligrams of dry hydroalcoholic Bilberry extract, for 15 days. Subjective analyses showed that 58% of those tested experienced a decrease in dazzling, 79.1% showed an improvement in clarity of visual images, and 54.1 % had an improvement in twilight vision (Virno et al, 1986)." - Thomson Healthcare, Inc., PDR for Herbal Medicines, Fourth Edition (Get the book.)

"If you're nearsighted, there's a new type of surgery that could make contact lenses obsolete. A myopia lens—a type of permanent contact—is surgically implanted into the eye. It takes only a few days for vision to be normal. Ask your ophthalmologist if you're a candidate for this procedure, and make sure your surgeon is experienced performing it before going under the knife our mother always said, "Don't rub your eye," when you had a speck of something in it. But she didn't always tell you what to do instead. Here's a simple, safe solution: Flaxseed." - Bottom Line Books, Uncommon Cures For Everyday Ailments (Get the book.)

"This fact is very important for valuing overaccommoda-tive stress, which is one of the main reasons for the development of myopia. During a visit to an optometrist, you are often given corrective lenses that are necessary to see the letters at 11/10 ototype with monocular vision. (Instead of 10/11 with binocular vision—that is considered "normal vision." Such lenses would surely cause less overaccommodative stress.) This phenomenon could be easily proven by wearing these prescribed lenses and looking at near objects." - David De Angelis, The Secret of Perfect Vision: How You Can Prevent and Reverse Nearsightedness (Get the book.) "A strong emotion, repeated over time, creates muscular tension, which could be somatized in local muscular blocks. In myopia, such a block happens at the level of the ocular muscles, jeopardizing their correct and fluid functioning. It is as though we wanted to play piano with chronically contracted hands and fingers. Since the visual process is the result of perfect ocular muscles' synergy, it's easy to understand that clear, distinct vision is jeopardized by any tension at the ocular level." - David De Angelis, The Secret of Perfect Vision: How You Can Prevent and Reverse Nearsightedness (Get the book.)

"Other probable risk factors include exposure to ultraviolet (UV)-B light (particularly in the cortical region of the lens) [27-29], myopia [30], and diabetes (especially for cortical cataract and sometimes nuclear cataract and PSC) [26, 31-34]. Risk is sometimes, but not always, higher among people who have a higher body mass index [35-37], use alcoholic beverages heavily [38^10], and have elevated markers of systemic and local inflammation [41] or arthritis [26]." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"When this story is seen as an allegory of modern genetic medicine, we are reminded that Western medical practice is often guilty of the myopia of the men in the story. Genetic reductionism has not led us to the promised land of personalized medicine." - Peter J. Whitehouse and Daniel George, The Myth of Alzheimer's: What You Aren't Being Told About Today's Most Dreaded Diagnosis (Get the book.)

"The right amount of focus can be revealing, but too often, in the practice of specialty medicine, it ends in myopia. My approach is based upon the medical principle of holism, which calls for addressing the human body as an integrated, interdependent, interrelated entity." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.)

"However, biochemists and clinical investigators are not alone in suffering intellectual myopia; epidemiologists do as well. The epidemiologists who focus on proximate-cause epidemiology tend to collaborate with the clinical investigators who study particular proximate causes. In that fashion, we learn of the individual "risk factors." Hence, there are numerous studies of the epidemiology of obesity, dyslipidemias, and various forms of hypertension and type 2 diabetes but far fewer studies of the epidemiology of combinations." - Nortin M. Hadler MD, Worried Sick: A Prescription for Health in an Overtreated America (Get the book.)

"Don't abuse wearing sunglasses. Limit wearing sunglasses to when desperately needed because of a too-high daze (for example, on the mountain, on the seaside in summertime). 4. Don't work or read at too short a distance. Work or read at the furthest distance at which you're still able to focus well (so as to limit overaccommodative stress). 197 5. Avoid taking positions that cause asymmetric development of ocular muscles." - David De Angelis, The Secret of Perfect Vision: How You Can Prevent and Reverse Nearsightedness (Get the book.) "As far as restoring my sight gradually and naturally what are my chances of improving my situation since my present clinical state is the following: For eleven years my diopter has always been the same: Right Eye: 11.0 diopters Astigmatism 1.5 at 180 degrees Left Eye: 6.0 diopters Astigmatism 1.0 at 180 degrees Since last year, it has been: Right Eye: 1 3.0 diopters Astigmatism 1.0 at 125 degrees Left Eye: 6.75 diopters Astigmatism 1.75 at 165 degrees But I still don't have a new pair of glasses. As long as the technique is used correctly, this system works well." - David De Angelis, The Secret of Perfect Vision: How You Can Prevent and Reverse Nearsightedness (Get the book.)

"Nathanielsz writes: "There is mounting evidence that programming of lifetime health by the conditions in the womb is equally, if not more important, than our genes in determining how we perform mentally and physically during life. Gene myopia is the term that best describes the current all-pervasive view that our health and destiny throughout life are controlled by our genes alone...In contrast to the relative fatalism of gene myopia, understanding the mechanisms that underlie programming by the quality of life in the womb, we can improve the start in life for our children and their children." - Bruce H. Lipton, The Biology Of Belief: Unleashing The Power Of Consciousness, Matter And Miracles (Get the book.)

"This finding suggests that myopia, which has rapidly increased in Asian countries and other developed nations during the past 100 years, may be due as much to "near-work" activities (such as reading, working at a computer, graphic design, and drawing) as to heredity or other factors. Among the findings of researchers was that myopia increased by nearly 400% among Singapore soldiers who had taken accelerated education programs in school. A similar fourfold increase in myopia was found among students who finished two years of pre-college courses.8 Dr. Swartwout." - Larry Trivieri, Jr., Alternative Medicine the Definitive Guide, Second Edition (Get the book.)

"More and more, knowing how to think long term, connect long term to near term, deliver results in both time frames, and explain your thinking to the Street is proving to be a critical survival skill in business, as & gf Vision ¦Hi In his classic 1975 Harvard Business Review article "Marketing myopia," Theodore Levitt skewered industries that lost market share—and critical opportunities —because they didn't understand what business they were really in." - Alex Steffen, Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century (Get the book.)

"Myopia (nearsightedness)—Most myopia is caused by excessive stress in the muscles around the eye, usually occurring when reading in the dark, or just reading too much in grade school. So, you spend the rest of your life wearing glasses or contacts because of a temporary adjustment that your eyes made way back then. But bilberry can relieve the muscular stress enough to correct myopia or at least improve it significantly. Pigmentary Retinitis—One of the major symptoms of this disease is a limited field of vision or tunnel vision." - James F. Balch, M.D., The Super Anti-Oxidants: Why They Will Change the Face of Healthcare in the 21st Century (Get the book.)

"To understand the myopia that surrounded studies of tobacco, it is important to realize that making the connection between tobacco and cancer was never just a matter of scientific inquiry. The burden of proof shifted with the dictates of public relations. Even if the constituents of smoke caused death or disease in animals, Little argued over and over, this did not mean that humans would suffer the same fate. The marketing campaign that masqueraded as scientific inquiry effectively blocked science by appearing to promote it." - Devra Davis, The Secret History of the War on Cancer (Get the book.)

"Those at greatest risk are people over the age of sixty; people of African ancestry; and people with diabetes, high blood pressure, severe myopia (nearsightedness), or a family history of glaucoma. Smokers also have an elevated risk, as do those who have sustained eye injuries or who have used steroids for an extended period of time. As many as 3 percent of Americans are believed to have open-angle glaucoma, the most common form of the disease. Yet because this disorder causes no symptoms until it is quite advanced, only about half of those who have it are aware of it." - Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 4th Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements (Get the book.) "Considerations Q Laser surgery is an increasingly popular method for correcting refractive errors that cause myopia (nearsightedness), hyperopia (farsightedness), and astigmatism (distorted vision). Three laser surgery procedures—photorefractive keratectomy (PRK), conductive keratoplasty, and laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK)—may be used to correct mild to moderate nearsightedness. These are outpatient procedures with relatively short recovery times. They also have very high rates of success, but neither procedure is foolproof." - Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 4th Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements (Get the book.)

"Sunlight/vitamin D deficiency may cause macular degeneration and myopia. 19. Fertility may be enhanced, and PMS lessened, by high vitamin D levels. 20. The lower the vitamin D levels, the higher is the risk of pre-eclampsia in pregnant women. 21. There is some evidence that vitamin D deficiency contributes to hearing loss. 22. Activated vitamin D (calcitriol) inhibits the growth of parasites in lab animals. 23. Anaphylaxis is several times more common in northern than southern states, indicating that vitamin D may help to prevent this potentially deadly allergic response. 24." - Marc Sorenson, Solar Power For Optimal Health (Get the book.) "Dopamine retards excessive eyeball growth, a condition that leads to myopia.122 Who is really the most myopic—the youngsters or a medical establishment that promotes the sun-avoidance policies that wreak havoc on both children and adults? Vitamin D may inhibit parasite growth. A study of the growth of intracellular parasites shows that calcitriol inhibits parasite growth both in experimental animals and in the lab.105 Whether that could be replicated in humans is not known. Remember that calcitriol (l,25(OH)D) can be produced in the body only when levels of 25(OH)D are adequate." - Marc Sorenson, Solar Power For Optimal Health (Get the book.)

"However, biochemists and clinical investigators are not alone in suffering intellectual myopia. Epidemiologists do as well. The epidemiologists who focus on proximate-cause epidemiology tend to collaborate with the clinical investigators who study particular proximate causes. In that fashion, we learn of the individual "risk factors." There are numerous studies of the epidemiology of various forms of hypertension, Type 2 diabetes, obesity, and dyslipidemias, for instance - but far fewer of the epidemiology of combinations." - Nortin M. Hadler, The Last Well Person: How to Stay Well Despite the Health-Care System (Get the book.)

"The myopia "remained stable in 95.7% cases 1 year after the operation, and in 71.9%, 7 years after the operation." Researchers stated, "It can be concluded that non-surgical and surgical techniques of correcting the biomechanical properties of sclera for the treatment of progressive myopia as well as discriminative methods of determining the indications to these procedures have proven to be effective." - Alan Keith Tillotson, Ph.D., A.H.G., D.Ay., The One Earth Herbal Sourcebook: Everything You Need to Know About Chinese, Western, and Ayurvedic Herbal Treatments (Get the book.)

"Getz believes vision therapy can help nearsightedness—if the person is trained when myopia first develops. "Vision therapy works best for young people who are just beginning to become myopic," he says. "Then we can often halt the progression of nearsightedness and free them from glasses. But wearing glasses tends to cement myopia. Vision therapy exercises are good for everyone's eyes because they're relaxing, and they may reduce nearsightedness somewhat, but it's unrealistic to suggest that they will always eliminate the need for lenses." The bottom line-." - Kevin Trudeau, Natural Cures (Get the book.)

"The study of images reflected from various parts of the eyeball confirmed what had previously been observed, namely, that myopia (or a lessening of hypermetropia) is always associated with a strain to see at the distance, while hypermetropia (or a lessening of myopia) is always associated with a strain to see at the near-point. These facts can be verified in a few minutes by anyone who knows how to use a retinoscope, pro- The Cause and Treatment of Errors of Refraction vided only that the instrument is not brought nearer to the subject than six feet." - William H. Bates, The Bates Method for Better Eyesight Without Glasses (Get the book.)

"Myopia is a visual defect in which light that enters the eye is focused in front of the retina rather than directly on it, so that distant objects appear blurred. myopia can be corrected with eyeglasses or contact lenses. fa The term is often used to indicate an inability to see into the future: "The new policy is incredibly myopic, and puts future generations at a great disadvantage for the sake of a few short-term gains." nephrology (nuh-frol-uh-jee) The branch of medicine devoted to the study and care of the kidneys." - James Trefil, Joseph F. Kett, and E. D. Hirsch, The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know (Get the book.) "Nearsightedness. myopia is a visual defect in which light that enters the eye is focused in front of the retina rather than directly on it, so that distant objects appear blurred. myopia can be corrected with eyeglasses or contact lenses. fa The term is often used to indicate an inability to see into the future: "The new policy is incredibly myopic, and puts future generations at a great disadvantage for the sake of a few short-term gains." nephrology (nuh-frol-uh-jee) The branch of medicine devoted to the study and care of the kidneys." - James Trefil, Joseph F. Kett, and E. D. Hirsch, The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know (Get the book.) "There are three kinds of muscle: skeletal muscle, which is attached to bones and allows the voluntary movement of limbs; smooth muscle, which is found in internal organs and aids in the involuntary movements that occur in the circulatory system, digestive system, excretory system, reproductive system, and respiratory system; and cardiac muscle, which forms the powerful walls of the heart. myopia (meye-oh-pee-uh) Nearsightedness. myopia is a visual defect in which light that enters the eye is focused in front of the retina rather than directly on it, so that distant objects appear blurred." - James Trefil, Joseph F. Kett, and E. D. Hirsch, The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know (Get the book.)

"And that improvement has remained even though she wears her new, weaker glasses most of the time. In myopia, or nearsightedness, glasses can cause the tiny muscles that focus the eyes' lenses to become very strong, thereby stretching the outer layer of the eyes, Dr. Ortiz explains. Removing the glasses makes the muscles work less, and the eye stretching is decreased. This may stabilize the myopia. It also trains your brain to interpret visual messages even though they're not clearly in focus." - Prevention Magazine Editors, The Complete Book of Vitamins & Minerals for Health (Get the book.)

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