Eye Problems

Imagine what it would be like to one day wake up and find that you were suddenly completely blind. This is what happened to Vanessa Potter. Her condition is unique. It has no name. Over the course of the next six months, Vanessa slowly recovered her vision. This mesmerising account tells the story of Patient H69 in her own words, based on these detailed diaries she kept during her time of blindness and through the scientific research that was to follow.

It is 1988. After three years of teaching English as a second language classes in Latin America, Amy Bovaird is offered a position in Indonesia, halfway across the world. On this archipelago, Bovaird has the opportunity to learn about new cultures. But there is a problem. In the break between jobs, Bovaird pays a visit to her local eye doctor for what she believes will be a routine upgrade of her glasses’ prescription. A lengthy examination with a retinal specialist follows.

"Come sono guarito dalla miopia" rappresenta un testo innovativo nel campo della riabilitazione visiva, l'unico basato sugli esercizi di defocus retinico, la cui efficacia è dimostrata da cinquant'anni di sperimentazione scientifica. Il sistema proposto da De Angelìs permette di prevenire e curare i più diffusi difetti di refrazione (miopia ed ipermetropia), intervenendo direttamente sulle cause che li generano, ovvero stress da iperaccomodazione e vicinanza.

In der heutigen Zeit beherrschen Hektik und Stress unseren Alltag.??Egal ob in der Arbeit oder zu Hause, immer gibt es Tausende von Aufgaben zu erledigen und die Gedanken kreisen ständig um Dinge, die es zu erledigen gilt. Wir haben einfach vergessen, besser auf uns Acht zu geben. Niemand nimmt sich mehr die Zeit, um sich einfach nur auf sich selbst zu konzentrieren. ??Dabei wäre es so einfach, den Stress abzubauen. Dazu sind täglich nur wenige Minuten nötig - und das Zauberwort dafür heißt Meditation.

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. 

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.

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. 

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.

A few facts about nearsightedness.

A few facts about the eye condition called farsightedness.

Den Augen Gutes tun: Allein durch die Arbeit am Computer sind unsere Augen einer wachsenden Belastung ausgesetzt. Es verwundert nicht, dass die Anzahl von Brillen- und Kontaktlinsenträgern in Deutschland inzwischen auf über 40 Millionen angewachsen ist. Das Sehen ist jedoch veränderlich und entwicklungsfähig. Mit regelmäßig ausgeführten Übungen können Fehlsichtigkeiten vermieden, die Sehkraft verbessert und die Augen gezielt entspannt werden.

Prelex is the latest lifestyle vision option for people above 45 who are tired of wearing glasses or contact lenses. Prelex is more advanced and beneficial than lasik eye surgery, as it delivers distance, middle, and near vision in each eye (not monovision) is permanent and prevents development of cataracts. This book describes the prelex procedure; presbyopic implants (PI); and what to expect before, during, and after the short procedure. It discusses the advantages of Prelex procedure over lasik eye surgery for people who demand clear vision at all distances.

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.

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.

In 1992, when Henry Grunwald missed a glass into which he was pouring water, he assumed that he needed new eyeglasses, not that the incident was a harbinger of darker times. But, in fact, Grunwald was entering the early stages of macular degeneration - a gradual loss of sight that affects almost 15 million Americans yet remains poorly understood and is, so far, incurable. Now, in Twilight, Grunwald chronicles his experience of disability. This is a story not merely about seeing but about living; not merely about losing sight but about gaining insight. It is a remarkable meditation.

Steve Hobson went blind about eight years ago. In adapting to his new life he searched for a retreat, somewhere quiet and peaceful that would allow him to relax. He attended a Sesshin at the Stonewater Zen Sangha. Stonewater Zen Sangha is a Zen Buddhist group based in Liverpool. Steve's book explains his life as a blind person, and what happens during a Zen Buddhist retreat. It is a warm, well-written, account that will inspire the listener.

Sitzen Sie beruflich oft vor dem Bildschirm? Leiden Sie schon länger unter einer Sehschwäche? Suchen Sie schon länger nach einer Lösung wie Sie Ihre Sehkraft auf natürliche Weise - ohne Sehhilfen - wieder steigern können? Oder wollen Sie einfach etwas für Ihre Augengesundheit tun und spätere Sehschwächen oder Fehlsichtigkeit vorbeugen? Dann haben Sie jetzt mit "Sehstärke verbessern 8.0" die richtige Wahl getroffen! Nur wenige Übungen reichen schon aus, um unsere Sehstärke ohne fremde Hilfe wieder zu verbessern.

Todas las partes del cuerpo necesitan ejercicio para gozar de una buena salud, y los ojos no son la excepción. Este audiolibro ofrece un método simple para cuidar y mejorar tu salud visual.

Across the world, key decisions are made by tiny coteries of political and business leaders. With enough talent, élan, and hard work, any of us can join them - so we are told. Follow key rules: be transparent; defer to bosses and clients; take responsibility; feedback is everything. Understand these, and the world is our oyster.