By Martin Sussman President and Founder Cambridge Institute for Better Vision The visual system – the eyes, muscles, nerves and vision centers of the brain – is one of the most complex and highly demanding systems of the body. More than 25% of the nutrition your body absorbs goes to feed the visual system. The vi … Read More
Save Your Eyesight at the Computer
By Martin Sussman What does computer work have to do with eye health? For one, computer-induced eyestrain could damage your vision. When your eyes get accustomed to focusing for long periods of time at the same distance, the eye muscles become less flexible, and your vision can worsen, creating the need for stronge … Read More
A New Way to See
As a toddler, Ben Underwood lost both eyes to cancer. Suddenly finding himself in a world without sight he cried out, "Mom! I can't see anymore! I can't see anymore!" That's when his mother, Aquanetta, taught Ben that he still could see... just in different ways. His sense of touch, smell, and especially hearing would hel … Read More
Are Reading Glasses Inevitable?
by Martin Sussman President and Founder Cambridge Institute for Better Vision It's an all too-familiar picture: a group of middle-aged people huddled in a restaurant struggling to read the menu. Some feeling their arms are too short; others squinting, moving their arms in and out in what's been coined the "trombone syn … Read More