Eye Care & Health

TURKEY SANDWICHES The second-best thing after a large Thanksgiving turkey dinner? The turkey sandwiches that last for several days afterwards, of course. Somehow, the leftover turkey keeps winter’s festive spirit alive until the Holidays come along, and many people even confess that they look forward to this annual treat more than the actual Thanksgiving spread….

WHAT TO KNOW WHEN BUYING EYEGLASSES FOR CHILDREN Getting kids to wear eyeglasses for the first time is a potentially traumatic experience for both parent and child. It’s a whole new – and initially restrictive – way of looking at the world. A youngster’s world that is one, big rough-and-tumble of joyful games, grand adventures…

SIMPLE EXERCISES WHEN FEELING EYE STRAIN In Part 1 of this series about Yoga for the eyes, we demonstrated a few simple exercises that you can do whenever you feel eye strain or eye tiredness coming on. In Part 2, we will explore a set of “thumb-and-eye” Yoga techniques that can have far-reaching effects in…

FIRST AID TIPS FOR POSSIBLE EYE INJURIES First Aid for specks or foreign particles in the eye • Do not rub, or try to remove the irritant from your eye, as you may end up scratching the cornea. • Do not use sharp objects like tweezers. • If the particle is embedded in the eye,…

DAILY ANNOYANCES OF WEARING READING GLASSES 14 Annoyances of Wearing Reading Glasses 1. Owning 3 pairs of extra glasses, just in case, and then never being able to find even one when you really need to read something in a hurry. 2. Noticing how quickly a loose screw can come off when you’re about to…

HOW TO FIX EYE STRESS SIMPLY BY DOING SIMPLE YOGA TECHNIQUES Yoga, a 5,000-year-old discipline from India for holistic wellbeing, has found a spiritual home in USA. In 2016, over 36 million Americans – that is, 15 % of American adults — have been practicing the Yoga way of life, via meditation, breathing techniques and…

WHAT CAUSES RED EYES ON A PUBLIC SWIMMING POOL How red did your eyes get this summer, when you went swimming in the public pool? With summer gone, we feel we’re breaking the news softly, so you’re not right in the middle of it when you learn that it is not chlorine in the water…

BEST WAYS TO PROTECT YOUR EYES FROM SEASONAL EYE ALLERGIES It’s fall, and along with dropping temperatures and the turning of leaves, a new crop of autumn pollen is sweeping across the country, activating allergy symptoms among over 40 million Americans. All summer, it was grass pollination that was triggering allergic reactions. Come fall, it…

HOUSEPLANTS THAT PURIFY INDOOR AIR When we think of air pollution, we invariably think of the outdoors. Of big, industrial chimneystacks spewing black smoke into the air, of poisonous auto emissions, toxic solid waste piles etc. It is hard to fathom therefore, that our indoor air is actually 2 to 5 times more polluted than…

ORGANIC EYELINERS In spite of all the warnings we repeatedly hear about eye health, women continue to put commercial eyeliners in daily contact with their eyes. A proper make-up regimen is rarely complete without a sweep of liner darkening the waterline to make eyes look whiter, brighter and more dramatic, and like Cleopatra, the Egyptian queen…