The Aging Eye
|
List Price: $17.95
Our Price: $15.55
Your Save: $ 2.40 ( 13% )
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
|
Manufacturer: Free Press
Written By: Harvard Medical School
|
Click on the Buy From Amazon.com link to know Amazon.com's best price & availability.
|
|
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 618.9777
EAN: 9780743215039
ISBN: 0743215036
Label: Free Press
Manufacturer: Free Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: 2001-12
Publisher: Free Press
Release Date: 2001-12-04
Studio: Free Press
|
|
|
|
|
|
Editorial Reviews for The Aging Eye
|
|
DO YOU HAVE TROUBLE READING MENUS? DO YOU FIND IT DIFFICULT TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN BLACK AND DARK BLUE? DO YOU WORRY EXCESSIVELY ABOUT GLARE WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT? One out of every five of us is affected by impaired vision by the time we turn sixty-five. To help you preserve your vision now -- and beyond -- The Aging Eye discusses three common eye disorders that pose the greatest threat to your vision: cataracts, glaucoma, and age-related macular degeneration (AMD). This valuable guide will help you determine whether you are at risk of developing these disorders, describes their symptoms, and discusses diagnosis and the latest treatments. You will learn: - What to expect after cataract surgery
- How glaucoma often progresses in the early stages without symptoms
- Whether you may be suffering from dry or wet AMD
- If laser surgery is right for you
- How to deal with presbyopia, dry eye syndrome, floaters and flashes, and retinal detachment
Finally, practical suggestions will inform you what you can do now to preserve your vision, from fine-tuning your diet and stopping smoking to wearing sunglasses and protecting your eyes from the ravages of diabetes. A valuable user-friendly guide for everyone over fifty, The Aging Eye will give you the knowledge you need to safeguard your sight.
|
|
|
Consumer reviews:
|
Customer Rating: 
Summary: Excellent reference book on the subject
Comment: This is the third book I read published by the Harvard Medical School. They all have invariably been excellent. They rely on science, medical studies, and in depth analysis. They all do an excellent job of educating the public on the medical topics they cover. They differentiate between the marketing hype and established science.
The Aging Eye is an excellent reference book that outlines what happens to our eyes as they age since our mid thirties. This is a very short 200 page book with extremely large font. It definitely is made not to strain your eyesight. And, it reads easily in three leisurely hours.
In nine short chapters, it covers everything you need to know. The book explains in detail the three major diseases affecting us with the passage of time [glaucoma, macular degeneration, and cataract]. It covers also many other common and less common eye ailments. It gives much information on prevention, treatment, surgery, post-surgery.
My favorite chapter was the last one on how to safeguard your eyesight. There it stresses the benefit of good living, including plenty of aerobic exercises to keep your cardiovascular system in top shape, and good nutrition based on an abundance of fresh produce (fruits and vegetables). It also stresses the necessity to protect one's eyes from sunlight including the dreaded UVAs and UVBs sunrays. Sunglasses need not cost a fortune, but they need to be excellent (very high % protection against UVs) and be worn virtually all the time when outdoors the minute the Sun is out.
My favorite pages are near the end where the book dispels many myths about eyesight. Many I must admit, I believed so far. But, it now makes sense to me that they were actual myths. One of them being that you can actually correct your eyesight with eye exercises. According to the book, you really can't. And, having tried the exercise routines to some degree, I really believe it now.
In any case, I strongly recommend this book. If you are interested in your general health and nutrition (extremely highly correlated to your eye health) I equally strongly recommend "Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy" by Walter Willett, and "The Harvard Medical School Guide to Men's Health" by Harvey Simon.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
More Information on The Aging Eye
The Eye Digest
Editorial: The Aging Eye Epidemic - a paradigm shift is needed Online Vision Tests: ... In this exclusive review, 'The Eye Digest' explores the affect of hormone ...
Lighthouse International - The Aging Eye
Lighthouse International: a leading worldwide resource helps people overcome vision impairment through rehabilitation, education, research and advocacy. Non-profit organization ...
Vision and anatomic changes with aging eye
Although these processes are distinct from the aging eye diseases, the vision changes they produce may be similar, albiet smaller. Physicians and researchers do not usually pay ...
Eye Disease: Glaucoma, Age-Related Macular Degeneration, & Common Eye ...
Home > Special Health Reports > The Aging Eye: Preventing and ... Glaucoma & Age-Related Macular Degeneration. Four common eye diseases pose the ...
404 File Not Found
File Not Found The requested URL /~eyecare was not found on this server.
Typography and the Aging Eye: Typeface Legibility for Older Viewers ...
T he population is rapidly aging and becoming a larger share of the marketplace. Thirteen percent of the population is currently over 65 years old.
The Aging Eye
Annual Meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology in Florida, USA.
The Aging Eye
September 11, 2006: Peter Phelps (269) 966-8131: The Aging Eye. Do you or someone close to you suffer from macular degeneration? Have you recently been diagnosed with diabetes?
Information Sheet 156 (August 1999)
... August 1999) http://www.darksky.org/resources/information-sheets/is156.html 1 of 3 11/28/2007 9:12 AM 08/99 International Dark-Sky Association -- Information Sheet 156 The Aging Eye ...
The Aging Eye: See into Your Future -- RealAge Healthy Aging
The Aging Eye — See into Your Future Learn what's normal for aging eyes, what may be a sign of disease, and how to compensate for changes.