Eye Disease

Rosemary Mahoney tells the story of Braille Without Borders, the first school for the blind in Tibet, and of Sabriye Tenberken, the remarkable blind woman who founded the school. Fascinated and impressed by what she learned from the blind children of Tibet, Mahoney was moved to investigate further the cultural history of blindness. As part of her research, she spent three months teaching at Tenberken's international training center for blind adults in Kerala, India, an experience that reveals both the shocking oppression endured by the world's blind, as well as their great resilience.

Ever since he was small, John Robison had longed to connect with other people, but by the time he was a teenager, his odd habits—an inclination to blurt out non sequiturs, avoid eye contact, dismantle radios, and dig five-foot holes (and stick his younger brother in them)—had earned him the label “social deviant.” No guidance came from his mother, who conversed with light fixtures, or his father, who spent evenings pickling himself in sherry. It was no wonder he gravitated to machines, which could, at least, be counted on.

This is a simple description of how the eye works and what they eye is made up of.

In this transporting book, David Oliver Relin shines a light on the work of Geoffrey Tabin and Sanduk Ruit, gifted ophthalmologists who have dedicated their lives to restoring sight to some of the world’s most isolated, impoverished people through the Himalayan Cataract Project, an organization they founded in 1995. Tabin was the high-achieving bad boy of Harvard Medical School, an accomplished mountain climber and adrenaline junkie as brilliant as he was unconventional.

Discover the secrets to get your loved ones back their life worth living, and why the help of family and friends is critical in helping them adapt to a macular degeneration diagnosis in this practical guide and strategy for vision loss.

Mayo Clinic Guide to Better Vision, now in its third edition, explores common eye conditions and what can cause them. The book also discusses various ways to treat eye disease, including medications, interventional therapies, and surgery.

Unblinded is the true story of New Yorker Kevin Coughlin, who became blind at age 36 due to a rare genetic disorder known as Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy. Twenty years later, without medical intervention, Kevin's sight miraculously started to return. He is the only known person in the world who has experienced a spontaneous, non-medically assisted regeneration of the optic nerve. Unblinded follows Kevin's descent into darkness and his unexplained reemergence to sight.

Know your food allergies with three simple elimination diet steps! Complete with tasty and helpful meal plans you can follow to take the guesswork out of what you can eat while on the diet plan! If you've never heard of the process of elimination O Diet, don't worry, you will soon. It's quickly gaining attention as the most effective way to identify the everyday foods in your diet that may be causing trouble.

Beta-karoten bierze udział w kontroli podziałów komórkowych, stąd jest wskazany, jako profilaktyka dla kobiet w ciąży, jak również w problemach z płodnością (poronienia, trudności z zajściem w ciąże). Najważniejszą funkcją beta-karotenu jest ochrona organizmu przed szkodliwym działaniem wolnych rodników, które uszkadzają błony komórkowe oraz inne struktury komórek.

Татьяна Власова – офтальмолог со стажем более 30 лет, из которых 16 лет проработала в МНТК «Микрохирургия глаза» бок о бок с профессором Святославом Федоровым и присутствовала при разборах самых сложных случаев на всех консилиумах. Глаза – зеркало души, и в этой книге автор расскажет, как заботиться об их здоровье, а также предупредить и вылечить наиболее распространенные заболевания. Вы познакомитесь с историями из практики врача-офтальмолога и получите ответы на самые частые вопросы.

Recurrent corneal erosion is excruciatingly painful and can wreck your life. Yet you may feel dismissed by the medical profession and are unsure about how to help yourself. Trying to research this complex eye condition yourself on the internet can leave you feeling more confused and alone than ever.

Luteina zawarta w pożywieniu ulega podobnym przemianom, jak lipidy (kwasy tłuszczowe) i trafia przede wszystkim do naszych oczu - do soczewek oraz plamki żółtej, czyli do obszaru o średnicy 5-6 mm będącego niezwykle ważnym miejscem w siatkówce oka. Plamka żółta znajduje się w tylnej i centralnej części siatkówki. Odpowiada m.in za ostrość widzenia, widzenie centralne, w trójwymiarze 3D oraz widzenie w wysokiej rozdzielczości. To właśnie w plamce żółtej najgęściej rozmieszczone są światłoczułe receptory siatkówki, tzw. czopki.

"El trabajo de los ojos" es un libro fragmentario, hermoso e inclasificable sobre la mirada. Con un estilo elegante y depurado, Mercedes Halfon nos habla de la forma en que sus problemas de visión determinaron una cierta manera de acercarse al mundo y cómo eso ha condicionado su escritura. Construido a base de escenas breves y heterogéneas, siempre reveladoras, la autora examina su propia mirada, como en una oftalmología de la conciencia, una delicada autobiografía ocular.

When my wife Cheryl saw what I was doing, she asked me to chronicle our almost 30-year journey through Alzheimer's. As I began to write and post blogs of the trip, it became apparent that I had a love of writing and an audience for our story. I soon developed a large following, and the blog almost took on a life of its own. The blog has morphed into much more than I ever dreamed. From the comments and feedback I received on many posts, it became apparent that I needed to try and turn this into a book. Many people battling this disease and being caregivers need to know they are not alone.

In less than a year's time, I had to undergo four operations due to some serious medical issues that arose. It was a difficult time, to say the least. The doctors couldn't locate the source of the infection, which made things even more complicated. I was on the brink of losing my life, but by the grace of God, the root cause was finally found. Unfortunately, I had already lost a finger, and had to sell my business at a loss.

Understanding non-verbal communication taught by a horse. Patricia Conoway has created a breakthrough guide to help caregivers connect with their loved ones suffering from Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. In this audiobook, Patricia describes her dual struggles with her mother's steady decline and persistent issues with care facilities while she's going through the slow process of learning her horse's body language.

International authors and parents Jim and Lisa Valavanis share their inspirational story of what they went through and how they coped and survived when a family crisis struck down their son Sam. Sam was diagnosed with retinoblastoma at just 12 weeks of age and his parents thought his life was over before it had even begun. They didn't know what it meant to him for now, let alone in the future. How would he, and they as a family, get through this ordeal, and what kind of life would he have?

The book discusses issues of blind low vision and their families. It is difficult for families of blind low vision to know how they can assist or help their family member. The book provides practical advice and solutions for both the family member and blind low vision person in how to manage with the aim of providing advocacy skills for parents and empowerment for the blind low vision person.

The audio book provides a framework for managing ongoing and sudden changes it relates to vision loss and blindness. The book provides a focus on living well, how to manage change of circumstances as well as to provide solutions around employment, accommodation, managing in the medical environment. The book outlines the necessary tools to manage independently or with family.

With recent advances, color-blind individuals ranging from children to adults can now experience full-spectrum colors. Discover the recent breakthroughs in technology, such as EnChroma glasses, color-blind monitors, guides for children with color-blindness, intimate setting for first-time EnChroma users, interviews from case studies of colorblind children and adults, and more. Not only will you discover modern remedies for color-blindness, you will gain unique perspective that has not been available until now.