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The First Blind Athlete in the Olympics When Marla Runyan was 9 years old she developed Stargardt’s Disease, a form of macular degeneration that left her legally blind, but that never stopped her. In 1987 she went on to study at San Diego State University, where she began competing in several sporting events, and her… Read More
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Just because you’re a Woman of a Certain Age who wears glasses, you are not doomed to bifocals, glasses hung from chains around the neck and the pastel frames you bought for $40 back in 1988. Pick the right eyeglasses and frames and you could actually shave years off your look. Pick the wrong ones… Read More
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Excuse me while I laugh. First of all, there is no making a child do anything! Having a child for this long must have convinced you of that. Obviously, you have to trick him into it. We’ll break up into different age categories because children of different ages respond to different approaches. Keep in mind… Read More
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Exciting news to share… Israel researchers report involuntary eye movement is a foolproof indication for ADHD diagnosis. Read the article. Read the article.
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Florida Eye’s Dr. Barry Schechter was recently interviewed by a film crew from the Discovery Channel’s Animal Planet cable channel, at the Institute’s surgery center in Boynton Beach. The filming will be aired on an upcoming episode of the wildly popular Monsters Inside Me TV series on December 4th, 2014. The episode is centered on… Read More
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A tiny eye implant could pair with a smartphone to improve the way doctors measure and lower a patient’s eye pressure. For the 2.2 million Americans battling glaucoma, the main course of action for staving off blindness involves weekly visits to eye specialists who monitor – and control – increasing pressure within the eye. Now,… Read More
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We received a lot of positive feedback when we posted this video of Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan on our Facebook page. Helen was born with her hearing and eyesight intact, but at 19 months old, she contracted an illness that left her both deaf and blind. Keep in mind this was the 1930’s, and… Read More
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Barbara Robins (right, with cane) is instructed in how to navigate a sidewalk by Diane Formoso, an orientation and mobility instructor with Lighthouse Guild, near Robins home on the Upper East Side. – Craig Warga for The Wall Street Journal For several minutes, Barbara Robins stood on a curb along East 78th Street, poised to… Read More
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One in Four Children Is Affected by Vision Problems Florida Eye recommends having your child’s eyes examined once a year, every year. It’s the beginning of a new school year and perhaps you’ve been busy buying new school clothes, supplies, lunch boxes and everything in between. But, did you take the time to have your… Read More
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