Blue light blocking filters – do they work?
March 18, 2020
Over the last decade, a trend of adding blue light blocking filters to corrective glasses has emerged, aimed especially to people who spend a lot
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Vision 20/20 – what is it all about?
March 7, 2020
It is the end of February and the first 2 months of 2020 have already passed so it might be the right time to discuss
How an injury to one eye can cause disease in the fellow eye
January 26, 2020
When we discuss lazy eye, we oftentimes mention several consequences that amblyopia has on the quality of our lives. Troubles reading, learning, seeing depth, etc.,
Accessory parts of the Eye
December 20, 2019
Accessory (adnexal) parts of the eye are anatomical structures that surround and protect the eyeball and support the function of the eye. Those structures include
Cortical Blindness
December 9, 2019
Cortical blindness is the loss of vision in a healthy eye that arises from damage to the occipital cortex of the brain. Most often it
How does our eye develop as we grow?
November 4, 2019
There are two entities that define the refractive properties of the human eye. (a) The axial length – the length of the eyeball and (b)
How important is a sight in school?
August 12, 2019
Let me start with an apology. I know it is cruel for us to bring up a school in the middle of August. You finally
About Amblyopia or lazy eye
July 5, 2019
We have already covered most of the common ocular disorders in isolation and with regard to the specific eye structures affected. Nonetheless, we feel we
Following the Light – Part VII: From retina to the brain
June 6, 2019
As you have probably already read in our last two blogs (Part V and Part VI), from now on we are not following the light
Following the Light – Part VI: The Retina, continued
April 18, 2019
We have mentioned in the previous blog [link part 5 the retina and the vitreous] that the retina is one very complicated structure indeed. To