MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'glasses'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:01:28 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5130745&cid=t_110346_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fdo-you-really-need-6-8-glasses-of-water-each-day%2F2011.08.15 “Bueno es saber que los vasos nos sirven para beber; lo malo es que no sabemos para qué sirve la sed”. Proverbios y cantares.XLI. Antonio Machado (‘It’s good to know that glasses are what can help us drink; The trouble is, we don’t know What is the purpose of thirst’) The one thing you can’t afford to have missing when you start a scientific congress or any other professional meeting is not a notepad, a pencil or even an iPad – nowadays, it’s a bottle of water. Offices, airports, handbags and lecture halls, all of them are bursting with all kinds of bottles. It seems they are essential to work and even to stay alive. Bordering nonsense, some people desperately search for a bottled water vending machine as soon as they arrive at the airport, even if that means gobbling i... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5130745 Mon, 15 Aug 2011 18:00:20 +0100 5130745 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4241767&cid=t_110346_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F12%2F08%2Fthe-myth-behind-drinking-8-glasses-of-water-a-day%2F It’s common knowledge that we should drink at least eight glasses of water a day. Or at least many people think it’s common knowledge. Heinz Valtin, a Dartmouth Medical School physician, disagrees. In an invited review published by the American Journal of Physiology, Valtin reported that there is no supporting evidence to back up the popular recommendation to drink eight 8 oz. glasses of water per day. How did the 8 X 8 myth start? Valtin thinks that the notion may have started in 1945 when the Food and Nutrition Board of the National Research Council recommended approximately “1 milliliter of water for each calorie of food,” which would amount to roughly 2 to 2.5 quarts per day (64 to 80 ounces). In its next sentence the board stated, “[M]ost of this quantity is contained in... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4241767 Wed, 08 Dec 2010 11:20:49 +0100 4241767 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4013118&cid=t_110346_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Ffeel%2Fbye-bye-bifocals-new-glasses-allow-you-to-see-both-near-and-far%2F photo via AOL Health We thought you’d be interested in this post from Catherine Donaldson-Evans at AOL Health. A new kind of glasses can help those hitting middle age do what their eyes no longer can: see objects clearly, at any distance. The glasses, called TruFocals, allow the wearer to adjust the lenses depending on what they’re trying to see and how far away it is. The company that makes them, Zoom Focus Eyewear in Southern California, says their product means an end to the need for multiple pairs of glasses and the limitation of having only one field of vision in focus at a time. “It’s a dramatically different technology from bifocals and all other glasses,” the product’s inventor, Stephen Kurtin, told AOL Health. “They actually change focus ... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4013118 Tue, 28 Sep 2010 16:30:47 +0100 4013118 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3816369&cid=t_110346_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Flook-like-you-know-where-youre-going-gps-glasses%2F Smart phones have made getting directions to unfamiliar destinations really easy. But some people are annoyed by the fact that you have to stare at your cell phone screen to know where to go. We don’t mind looking at our screen, as long as we don’t look clueless. That’s what we hate: Looking like we don’t know where we’re going. Well, we might not have to worry about looking like lost tourists for much longer. The Nakajima Lab at the University of Electro-Communications in Toyko has created a pair of glasses that tells you where to go by flashing little lights in your peripheral vision. As you can tell in the video, it looks weird to have flashing lights in your glasses, but it’s fairly subtle. And maybe from far away people will think our eyes are just ... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3816369 Tue, 03 Aug 2010 21:21:06 +0100 3816369 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3743729&cid=t_110346_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FRecoveryIsSexycom%2F%7E3%2Fx1rymtvanSA%2F This article can help understand the normal water needs of your body. You’ve heard all the advice: Drink eight glasses of water a day. Stay properly hydrated while exercising. Sports drinks aren’t just for professional athletes. Yet you’re still unsure whether you’re drinking the right amount for good health. How much fluid should you really be taking in daily? Do you need to add extra when you’re physically active? And is too much water dangerous? Everyone’s body needs water. We lose it by sweating, excretion, or simply not taking in enough through foods—like fruits and vegetables—and drinks. Mild dehydration (losing less than two percent of your body weight due to inadequate fluids) can cause health problems, including dizziness and headache. To k... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3743729 Thu, 08 Jul 2010 17:03:00 +0100 3743729 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3499255&cid=t_110346_133_f&fid=35084&url=http%3A%2F%2Fballastexistenz.autistics.org%2F%3Fp%3D622 [Photo is of me with new glasses on.] So at my last eye exam (where I also have a way stronger prescription than before) the guy finally noticed I was seeing double. I had gotten to where I really had to concentrate to tell if I was or not because it’s been that way so long when my eyes are relaxed. (I had even bought an eyepatch for days when I really wanted single vision, and other times taken to closing one eye a lot. And I had no idea you were supposed to tell eye doctors about seeing double. I said I did once when my regular doctor asked and he never mentioned glasses.) And then he did a bunch of tests to see how far my eyes swing between double and single eye vision, told me I had exotropia (eyes that point outward from where they should, in my case both eyes), and prescribed p... Ballastexistenz blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3499255 Thu, 22 Apr 2010 21:32:15 +0100 3499255 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2035634&cid=t_110346_87_f&fid=34935&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedicine.com.my%2Fwp%2F%3Fp%3D5545 Spotted these RM70++ pinhole spectacles at a local pharmacy. The claim is that these spectacles afford a “natural cure” for myopia (short-sightedness), long-sightedness, astigmatism, and presbyopia based on the Bates Method of Natural Vision therapy. Like many other CAM treatments, the Bates Method is unfortunately not supported by sound clinical evidence. There is an article in WebMD on Natural Vision Correction: Does It Work? which concludes In 1998, an AAO Task Force began an evaluation of the safety and effectiveness of complementary therapies in order to develop an opinion based on available scientific evidence. In 2002, the Task Force published its opinion on visual training programs designed to improve vision by methods that included eye exercises, muscle relaxation tec... Malaysian Medical Resources blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2035634 Sun, 14 Dec 2008 05:00:00 +0100 2035634 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1700597&cid=t_110346_125_f&fid=34820&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dentalblogs.com%2Farchives%2Fadministrator%2Finchairtv-improve-patient-comfort-and-advertise-services%2F Your team cares more, works harder, takes more training, and invests more time in your patients. That’s what sets you apart, right? Philosophically and practically, those things are important - essential even. More and more, though, people want to be pampered with technology. They also want to forget they’re in the dentist’s chair. Some dentists offer iPods for personalized music listening; others have noise-cancelling headphones so that patients can listen to music and not hear the dental drill at all. Flat-screen televisions in the operatories are popular right now, expecially because they can pull double duty for patient education and entertainment. InChairTV takes televisions in the ops one step further. InChairTV consists of a pair of “glasses” or eyewea... dental blog for dentists about dentistry blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1700597 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:05:24 +0100 1700597 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1560866&cid=t_110346_158_f&fid=36021&url=http%3A%2F%2F3genfamily.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F07%2F01%2Feyeglass-rescue-returns-your-lost-glasses%2F By CK Wilde for 3GenFamily Blog. I came across an old photo of my Mom the other day. She is standing on the lush lawn in front of my sister’s home, her right arm folded primly across her body.  Hanging from her arm is her trusty handbag. If you have every seen pictures of Queen Elizabeth II of the UK on an outing, you have seen the formal handbag pose. Mom’s handbag was a treasure trove of necessities for the modern woman — and for my Dad. You see, whenever they went out of errands together, Mom carried the money, bankbooks, receipts, you name it, and Dad’s reading glasses.  He never lost a pair when she was guarding them. More of this article . . . (Source: 3GenFamily Blog) 3GenFamily Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1560866 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:40:17 +0100 1560866 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1375102&cid=t_110346_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F271272165%2F Who doesn’t wish that progress would be a one-way street? That, once one’s child “gets” something—starts talking, asks for a break, reads a word—this is it, learning of just about everything else will follow, and there will never be another need to reteach, and new skill and new skill will follow new skill? Charlie’s learning of anything has generally followed such a simple pattern. Often he gets some new skill—saying a new word, tapping the ball off the tee in the days when he did the Challenger league—and it then seems as if, try as he might (and he does), he can never say that word, do that thing, again. And so begins a long and often achingly slow process of teaching, and teaching Charlie to remember what to do; of falling down, dus... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1375102 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:17:52 +0100 1375102 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1352006&cid=t_110346_117_f&fid=34612&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedoctorweighsin.com%2Fjournal%2F2008%2F4%2F5%2Fmedical-myth-1-drink-8-glasses-of-water-a-day.html By Dov Michaeli MD, Ph.D A recent editorial in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology reviewing all the evidence to back up the claims of “drink 8 glasses of water a day” drew my attention to the whole subject of “medical myths”. Every physician could attest to episodes of irate true believers refusing to accept any criticism or skepticism. To my astonishment, I came across many physicians who vehemently believe in those urban myths. It is a curious observation of mine: There exists an inverse correlation between the amount and quality of the evidence and temperature: the less light the greater the heat. It is as if you attacked a central tenet of their beliefs, shaking up their view of the world. Even in scientific meetings I have witnessed many hea... The Doctor Weighs In blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1352006 Sat, 05 Apr 2008 03:59:29 +0100 1352006 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=773363&cid=t_110346_135_f&fid=35263&url=http%3A%2F%2Fronhudson.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F08%2Fyour-old-prescription-glasses-are.html I found this heartbreaking post on the Nata Village Blog of Botswana recently and contacted Melody Jenkins of the group that publishes the blog. She and I discussed the need for prescription glasses (including sunglasses) for the elderly in her village and I decided to send out an appeal to you to donate any old prescription glasses that you might have around your home for these beautiful people. If you have some old glasses that you can part with, please bundle them up carefully and mail them directly to the village at the following address:Nata Village Prescription Glassesc/o Melody JenkinsBox 144Nata Village, Botswana, AfricaPlease pass the link to this post around so that we can help as many people as possible. I sent off 6 pairs of prescription glasses last week that were sitting in a... 2sides2ron blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=773363 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 16:57:00 +0100 773363 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=525456&cid=t_110346_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F04%2F06%2Ffour-health-tips-busted-or-are-they%2F Filed under: Prevention, All Cancers, Opinion, Daily newsHere's my problem with health-related advice and wisdom -- it's always changing. And I'm never sure if I'm buying into the right practice. Should I eat low-fat foods, for example, or should I stick with moderate amounts of regular food? Is red meat a good source of protein and other goodies or a direct path to breast cancer recurrence? Will sunscreen save my life or cause malignant lesions to develop on my fair skin? I honestly don't know what to think about these questions -- or the handful of new ones that just came to my attention.There's the one about eggs. Some say they cause a rise in cholesterol. But now I learn that when eaten in moderation -- about two per day -- eggs do not contain enough cholesterol to do any damage.Then t... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=525456 Fri, 06 Apr 2007 04:00:00 +0100 525456