Clinical Blogs

Besides short sightedness and dry eyes, the most common eye diseases are macular degeneration, cataract and glaucoma. Do you know the difference between these 3 eye diseases? Cataract is the leading cause of blindness in people over 40 years old while macular degeneration is the leading cause of blindness in those over 60 years of age. Macular degeneration happens when the small central area of the retina (macular) starts to degenerate due to aging or hereditary. You start to lose your central vision. Cataract is the opacity of the lens (cloud formation) that is caused by aging. There are certain...

Over 1 billion people in the world are considered overweight and over 300 million people are obese. In USA in particular, two thirds of adults are overweight and obese, while over 60% of women are overweight. Causes of obesity have been linked to many health problems such as heart disease, diabetes, cancer, stroke, osteoporosis, depression, gallstone, arthritis, and more. It also poses negative effects on life in general as well. Obesity can cause ones to have low self-esteem and even to encounter social discrimination. Every day, there are lots of people trying to lose weight for health reasons or for...

Isn't bottled water safer than tap water? No. Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) conducted a four-year review of the bottled water industry, and their conclusion is that there is no assurance that just because water comes out of a bottle it is any cleaner or safer than water from the tap. And in fact, an estimated 25 percent or more of bottled water is really just tap water in a bottle!!!  1 Is bottled water actually unsafe?  Most bottled water appears to be safe. Some brands was spotty, however, and such products may pose a health risk, especially for people...

What do you, the trees, and a hamster have in common?  Answer: You all need water. All living things must have water to survive, whether they get it from a water fountain, a rain cloud, or a little bottle attached to the side of a hamster cage. Without water, your body would stop working properly. Water makes up more than half of your body weight and a person can't survive for more than a few days without it. 9 important reasons to drink water: Weight loss - Water often replaces high-calorie drinks like soda and juice with a drink that...

The Truth of Water: Number of people with no safe drinking-water in the world: 1 billion people Number of deaths from unsafe water and sanitation: 2 million deaths per year Number of people without access to improved water source: 1 billion Number of countries reported to have Cholera (disease transmitted by contaminated water): 50 countries 80% of human diseases are caused by water pollution and poor hygiene1  10% of world population are consuming food harvested by polluted water; it contains disease-causing micro-organisms1 2,000,000 children die yearly from diseases caused by polluted water2 50% of hospitalized patients are hospitalized due to...