Myopia Reversal: A Pathologists Perspective
Nathan writes:I am a pathologist-which means that my medical specialty is in the disease process. I spend a lot of time thinking about health and disease in the body.The body responds to stress. All biological systems do. This is a general biological principle. There are constant feedback sensors and mechanisms all over the body which constantly monitor the body’s status and make adjustments.While I don’t know the exact enzymes involved in eyeball shortening, I can identify a universal biological principle.If I wanted to strengthen muscles [...]
Internet Scams And What You Really Mean When You Say Myopia Cure
In my daily e-mails, I get these two questions quite a lot:"Why does nobody talk about a myopia cure?" and "Why are there so many Internet scams on eyesight health?"The reason for both, besides the topics we discuss on the main page of this site in depth, is one that most people never have given any thought.Let's look at the first question - the myopia cure:When you ask about improving your eyesight, or the cause of myopia, or curing your myopia, the question you are [...]
Bethany’s Progress: 30% Better Eyesight In Two Months
Bethany writes:Hey Alex,I signed up for your 4 installments on myopia rehab about 2 months ago.I have been making some lifestyle changes for my eyes(and overall health. I am using better posture and distance for close-up work, stimulating my eyes, getting outside more, and pretty much cutting out all processed foods, especially sugars.I am noticing awesome improvements; I am so excited and relieved. The whole question of improving eyesight, what has evidence and what does not, now has one page: how to improve your eyesight. [...]
“The Story Of The Human Body” – Harvard Evolutionary Biologist Discusses Myopia
Over the last decades in this field, I find amusement in how often we "discover" the trouble with myopia. This time it is Daniel Lieberman, in his book "The Story of the Human Body."Today David brings us this excellent contribution via the support forum, in this post.Just got done reading Harvard professor, Daniel Lieberman’s book call The Story of the Human Body and it has a great section on myopia in it that has Lieberman essentially suggesting that, while admitting it is controversial (likely to just protect him from [...]
Where The Money Goes (And How You Can Help)
I made a rule for myself, when I began this site as a vision improvement resource.A number of colleagues and friends advised that this project would drive me mad as well as empty my bank accounts. As I am a bit of a cautious individual by nature, I looked for a compromise - hear their concerns, but also not be dissuaded in bringing this resource online. My compromise rule was this:I'd donate my time to the site. All tangible monetary expenses, would have to be covered [...]
151 Ophthalmologists Earn $658 Million In Medicare Payments
We talked about how much money the lens manufacturers make. Hundreds of billions of dollars a year in revenue, from an illness that is manufactured by their very industry.Doctors though, also benefit handsomely from towing the company line for lens manufacturers.Let's look at highlights of the full and disturbing story, from this PBS article:WASHINGTON — Medicare paid a tiny group of doctors $3 million or more apiece in 2012. One got nearly $21 million.Those are among the findings of an Associated Press analysis of physician [...]
