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Smartphones come as wonderful devices and have saved many lives, but excessive use does have a correlation to some conditions. Excessive use of cell phones has been shown in some individuals to possibly develop cataracts or cancer. This happens because of the exposure to the radiation inside cell phones. Cell phones are known to emit […]

According to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, June is UV Safety Month. While every month in the parts of the world where the sun comes up every day could reasonably be called a UV Safety Month, the summertime is a particularly harsh season due to the most direct angle […]

Skin discoloration is a common condition that impacts most of us at some point in our lifetimes. The most usual causes are tiredness, heredity and allergies. According to many experts, if you need a long lasting solution to your problem, you must first determine the cause and then match the appropriate treatment to get the […]

The term cataract is derived from the Latin word waterfall. This is because during the ancient times people believed that cataracts were brought about by the liquid flowing from the brain down to the eyes, which then forms the white soft opaque membrane in the eye. Various civilizations during the ancient time have performed their […]

For a lot of people, the sense of sight is the most important of all the senses. In fact, a survey has proven that the majority of people consider losing their vision as one of the things that they are most afraid to lose. It is no surprise therefore that cataract surgery is one of […]

Unlike other inventions, spectacles or eyeglasses have, ironically, an unclear history. Although there are many individuals who have been associated with its development over the years, there is no single person who can be credited for its invention. History shows that the Vikings were actually using some kind of device that magnified objects. 13th Century […]

The history of eyeglasses is shrouded in mystery. No single person is credited with its invention although record shows that the Vikings had a similar device used for magnifying objects. As for the development of eyeglasses, history tells of a friar in the 13th century who had an outline of using glasses for clearer vision. […]

Also called the Purkinje Shift, this condition is the tendency of the eyes to loser their color contrasting abilities on the change of luminance. Sensitivity to luminance causes the eyes vision to shift towards the blue section of the color spectrum when the illumination levels are low. This means that the Purkinje Effect induces color […]