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17 Feb

Posted at 20:11h in Uncategorized

Macular Degeneration images—the black spot can be small and grow larger

Age-related macular degeneration, often called AMD or ARMD, is the leading cause of vision loss and blindness among Americans who are age 65 and older. Because people in this group are an increasingly larger percentage of the general population, vision loss from macular degeneration is a growing problem. (http://www.allaboutvision.com/conditions/amd.htm)

Stargardts is very similar to Macular Degeneration but occurs in younger ages…

While macular degeneration generally is associated with aging eyes, an inherited form known as Stargardt's disease can affect children and young adults.

Stargardt's disease — also called fundus flavimaculatus or Stargardt's macular dystrophy (SMD) — affects approximately one in 10,000 people and is characterized by central vision loss early in life. (Some researchers believe a distinction should be made between Stargardt's disease and fundus flavimaculatus, because they say each describes a different variant of the eye disease.) http://www.allaboutvision.com/conditions/stargardts.htm

See images here: Macular Degeneration and Stargardts

17 Feb

Posted at 14:24h in Uncategorized

Low Vision children are especially vulnerable to neck and back problems but any of us who lean over work will eventually pay a very high cost.

Research at:

Have YOU got text neck? How hunching over  puts 60lbs of extra pressure on the spine

Slumping over a phone adds extra pressure on the cervical spine- the part above the shoulders – researchers found. Bending the head to a 60 degree angle adds 60 lbs – or more than four stone- worth of pressure

Slumping over a phone adds extra pressure on the cervical spine- the part above the shoulders - researchers found. Bending the head to a 60 degree angle adds 60 lbs - or more than four stone- worth of pressure
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