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Yoga May Benefit People With Type 2 Diabetes

Reuters  (9/3, Norton) reported that according to a study  recently published online in the journal Diabetes Care, yoga classes in addition to standard medical care may benefit middle-aged and senior patients with type 2 diabetes. The practice may help with weight and blood glucose control, the study of 123 people found. What's more, practicing yoga may lead to … Continue reading Yoga May Benefit People With Type 2 Diabetes

Video Games May Help Improve Amblyopia In Adults

Medscape  (9/9, Waknine) reports, "Adults with amblyopia can achieve substantial improvements in visual acuity by playing video games for 40 hours," according to a study  published online Aug. 30 in PLoS Biology. For the National Eye Institute-supported study, "investigators placed an eye patch over the good eye in 20 adults aged 15 to 61 years and randomly assigned … Continue reading Video Games May Help Improve Amblyopia In Adults

Video Games May Help Children With Lazy Eye

CBS News  (9/3) reported that video games may be "a possible therapy to lazy eye," according to a paper published in the August issue of the journal PLoS Biology. Researchers discovered that "participants in a pilot study playing a minimum 40 hours of video games registered improvements both in their visual acuity and 3-D depth perception." Lazy eye … Continue reading Video Games May Help Children With Lazy Eye

Blindsided: Vision problems on the rise

The number of blind individuals is on the rise. According to the National Federation of the Blind statistics, there are currently 1.3 million blind people, of all ages, in the United States. Within a few years, that number is expected to increase substantially, especially among those over 65. "There's are all these little trends we … Continue reading Blindsided: Vision problems on the rise