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By L. E. Leguire Ph.D., MBA “What do you mean she has lazy eye in both eyes!” exclaimed Judy’s mother. Shocked, she sat in disbelief as the eye doctor explained the results of Judy’s comprehensive eye exam. “Isn’t lazy eye a problem with one eye and

By L. E. Leguire Ph.D., MBA Vision Recovery in the Amblyopic Eye Following Loss of Vision in the Good Eye In older children as well an in adults with permanent amblyopia, it is strongly recommended that the amblyopic patient wear glasses to protect the remaining good eye because

By L. E. Leguire Ph.D., MBA Amblyopia, commonly known as lazy eye, is the leading cause of vision loss in children and affects about 2 – 4% of the population.  Every year, about 120,000 children in the United States develop amblyopia.  Amblyopia is defined as a loss of

By L. E. Leguire Ph.D., MBA A recent article entitled “Why is Compliance with Patching Therapy for Amblyopia so Hard? by Dixon-Woods and Gottlob (Arch Dis Child 2006, p491-494) may be of interest to parents of amblyopic children undergoing patching therapy. The authors

Convergence insufficiency is an eye-teaming problem in which the eyes have a strong tendency to drift outward when the individual is reading or doing close work. If the eyes actually drift out, the person experiences double vision. To prevent double vision from occurring, the

Dyslexia is a learning disability characterized by a difficulty in using words and even symbols for knowledge acquisition.  Dyslexic patients have particular problems with phonemes – those linguistic units that make-up words.   As a consequence, dyslexic patients often have

Delayed Visual Maturation (DVM) is characterized by an otherwise normal eye exam in an infant that does not fix or follow or otherwise respond (e.g., blink to threatening object or bright flash of light) to a visual object.  In an infant with DVM, the eyes, including the retinas

By L. E. Leguire Ph.D., MBA Article: Factors Associated with Recurrence of Amblyopia on Cessation of Patching Holmes et al, Ophthalmology, 2007; 114: p1427 – 1432 As part of the PEDIG (Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group) study group, Holmes and colleagues undertook a

Stargardt’s Macular Dystrophy Stargardts Cone Rod dystrophy Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) RP19 Stargardt’s disease (SD) is one of the most common serious eye diseases in children and young adults, striking one in 10,000. Stargardt’s disease (SD) can occur in any genetic pattern

Rate of Age-related Macular Degeneration Among Smokers Significantly Greater Than Non- Smokers COLUMBUS – Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is an eye disease that affects more than 1.65 million Americans over the age of 50.  AMD has no cure, although several new promising