by Pullman Family Eye Staff | Oct 15, 2015 | As We See It
Throughout the world there is an epidemic of myopia (nearsightedness). According to Dr. Jeffery Cooper, a myopia researcher, in the early 1970s there was about 25% myopia among U.S. young adults. Compare that to 41% in 2004. Genetics cannot explain such a change!...
by Pullman Family Eye Staff | Apr 20, 2015 | As We See It
At one time we eye people worried about making thinner lenses for high prescription glasses. Later we fretted over the rising incidents of cataracts and eye disease in our aging American population. Then we agonized over LASIK. Currently the nagging conundrum is...
by Pullman Family Eye Staff | Feb 2, 2015 | As We See It
Macular pucker is a protracted visceral stress condition common to bungee jumpers. Sorry, just kidding. Macular pucker is actually an eye disorder – an anomalous facet of a normal happening. When we are born the inside filling of our eyes is a clear but firm...
by Pullman Family Eye Staff | Jun 16, 2014 | As We See It
Just as with AREDS, I believe AREDS 2 has a multitude of problems. Instead of studying just one or two variables the study has as many as six. Then it is stated over and over again within the abstract, methods and results that there is no true placebo group. Why not...
by Pullman Family Eye Staff | Feb 10, 2014 | As We See It
You’re feeling a little strange, and something is funny about your vision. Well, funny only if you have a bad sense of humor. At ten minutes you postpone a run for groceries because … well you’re just not seeing well. Maybe you should take a break. You reach for the...
by Pullman Family Eye Staff | Jun 26, 2013 | As We See It, Sunglasses, Uncategorized
The American sunglass industry has done a good job of regulating itself, although some of their advertising is a bit grandiose. Still the sunglass industry has not stepped beyond those claims made by plenty of other industries. In this article I address how sunglasses...
