Eye Health

Macular degeneration affects over eight million people in the United States. Patients lose central vision, the ability to read fine print and recognize faces. A diagnosis doesn't mean surrendering to these challenges. Instead, understanding this medical condition will help pave the way toward a better future-for yourself or loved one.

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.

Sight Unseen reveals the cultural and biological realities of race, gender, and sexual orientation from the perspective of the blind. Through 10 case studies and dozens of interviews, Ellyn Kaschak taps directly into the phenomenology of race, gender, and sexual orientation among individuals born blind, along with the everyday epistemology of vision. Kaschak's work reveals not only how the blind create systems of meaning out of cultural norms but also how cultural norms inform our conscious and unconscious interactions with others regardless of our physical ability to see. She exposes gender, race, and sexual orientation as unconscious and pre-verbal in the sighted, an aspect of implicit bias.

Relinquish all your preconceived notions here. You may think such saucy subject matter is redundant and has been told and talked about a thousand times before, but this book is different. This book is bigger than life and bolder than sex; it's about activating the soul and living our best lives free and integrated with our most sovereign selves. This book is a cheerleader for magical moderation, which may sound boring to some, but the way it delivers will revolutionize your very existence.

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.

A practical guide to establishing the health of the pineal gland, long associated with the mystical "third eye." Discover how a plant-based macrobiotic diet, natural lifestyle, and energy healing can enhance spiritual vision.

When 18-year-old Becky Andrews is diagnosed with the degenerative eye condition retinitis pigmentosa, she finally understands her childhood challenges of softball strikeouts, notorious clumsiness, and why she's never been able to see the stars. As her vision narrows, she must give up driving and accept her need for a mobility cane. In the process, she learns to embrace her new identity as a blind woman, one step at a time.

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.

When adventurous overseas traveler, Amy, is diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, she has no idea what difficulties lie ahead. After finishing mobility training from the Bureau of Blindness, she thinks her problems are solved, but when Amy tackles the streets with her white cane, the real fun begins. Determinedly sweeping away her fears, she starts to celebrate the reality of vision-impaired independence. Join the chaos and laughter in this series of uplifting anecdotes as Amy looks to the lighter side of mobility.

Einfache und effektive Übungen für Sehkraft, Entspannung und Wohlbefinden. Liegestützen, Jogging, Gewichttraining: Viele Menschen wissen um die enorme Bedeutung, die Muskulatur regelmäßig zu trainieren – aber haben Sie dabei schon einmal an Ihre Augen gedacht? Nach Stunden vor dem Bildschirm freut sich nämlich auch die Augenmuskulatur über eine kleine Trainingseinheit und wie Sie das ganz einfach zur Routine werden lassen, zeigt Ihnen dieses Buch.

This is the true story of Grace Halloran, a survivor, a person who achieved things against all odds. She tells how she, a blind mother, raised her son. She recounts the step-by-step process of intuition and serendipity that led to her developing unorthodox therapies which finally reversed her irreversible disease and reversed it in others as well! She created a program for reversing degenerative eye disease that has lasted decades and has helped thousands of people. Step into her incredible life and inspiring story.

For thousands of years, the Hindus have documented the various energy points located throughout the body. These psychic force fields, known as the seven Chakras, emanate energy from within, and by unlocking their power, one can reap the benefits of a healthier mind and balanced life. Within all living beings are powerful centers of energy called Chakras. Each Chakra holds the potential for immense healing and restoration.

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.

With self-deprecation and surprising wit, Marla reveals what it's like to see the world through her eyes, how it feels to grow up "disabled" in a society where expectations are often based on perceived abilities, and what it means to compete at the world-class level despite the fact that - quite literally, for her - there is no finish line.

This taut yet lyrical memoir tells of the author’s experience with a baffling illness poised to take her sight, and gives a deeply felt meditation on vulnerability and on what it means to lose the faith you had and find something better. One day at the end of 2009, during a routine eye exam that Nora Gallagher nearly skipped, her doctor said, “Darn.” Her right optic nerve was inflamed, the cause unknown, a condition that if left untreated would cause her to lose her sight.

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.

Young Sue Gurwell had always known that her father had been a paratrooper. And then there was the special poem in his roll-top desk she sometimes snuck a peek at, written by a member of Dad's regiment. This poem was a premonition of the sergeant's death. "Yes," her dad told her, "He was right—he died on D-Day." But it's not until 2016, after her parents had both passed away, that Susan Gurwell Talley and her husband Jack L. Talley begin to understand the true extent and significance of the wartime artifacts that had been staples of Sue's childhood.

We all have stressful days that leave us feeling exhausted and overwhelmed. When you get home, it can be hard to relax and unwind enough to fall asleep at night. Each time you try to fall asleep, your mind is overwhelmed by constant frantic thoughts that rest a real challenge. But how do you appease that annoying inner voice, calm your mind, and finally sleep and find peaceful and rejuvenating nights? For the first time, you will count on a book capable of transforming your sleepless nights into relaxing moments of rest that you did not believe was real.

Reiki Healing Masterclass is a comprehensive and easy-to-follow guide to the Reiki energy healing. Following this guide, you will not only get the basics of Reiki, but will also understand through practical examples how to apply this healing method to your life.

While recent announcements in the news have brought hope to millions that stem cell injections deep into the eye have now been observed to stimulate regeneration of the macula, potentially restoring functional vision to those blinded by this common condition, the methods outlined in detail in this book have stimulated this kind of healing as well, without any invasive procedures. Such results have been observed independently by two different Harvard trained retinal specialists following Dr. Swartwout's patients after they chose to pursue accelerated self healing.