This school year is continuing in much the way the last one ended, with many districts opting for virtual learning, which means children sit at home in front of computer screens rather than in a classroom in front of teachers. But that extra screen time – mixed with the screen time many children and teenagers… Continue reading Virtual School Means Extra Screen Time – and Added Eye Strain for Kids
Tag: Dry Eye
Dry Eye and Immune Cells
Immune cells that normally rush in to protect the eyes from infection might actually be disrupting moisturizing glands and causing dry eye, researchers say. Dry eye is a disease that afflicts more than 30 million people in the United States. This finding from a research team led by Duke Eye Center could lead to more… Continue reading Dry Eye and Immune Cells
What You Need to Know About Dry Eye
The condition known as dry eye is painful and inconvenient. Here, from the experts at NIH SeniorHealth, is what you should know about it: Dry eye occurs when the eye does not produce tears properly, or when the tears are of poor quality and dry up quickly. The eyes need tears for overall eye health… Continue reading What You Need to Know About Dry Eye
Spring Allergens Linked to Increased Dry Eye Cases
New ophthalmology research from the University of Miami shows that dry eye – the little understood culprit behind red, watery, gritty feeling eyes – strikes most often in spring, just as airborne allergens are surging. The study marks the first time that researchers have discovered a direct correlation between seasonal allergens and dry eye, with… Continue reading Spring Allergens Linked to Increased Dry Eye Cases
Toward a Cure for Dry Eye
Dry eye syndrome, a condition that is especially prevalent in women as they age, happens when the quantity of tears is no longer sufficient to lubricate the eyes. A burning sensation is typical and impaired vision including damage to the cornea may result. In search of a cure, researchers led by Kara Maki Ph.D. at the Rochester Institute of Technology’s School of Mathematical Sciences in New York are testing computer simulations that map the way tears move across the surface of the eye. The study was published on May 6th 2014 in the journal Physics of Fluids.