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Healthy Lifestyle Habits May Cut Risk For Developing Age Related Macular Degeneration

Healthy Lifestyle Habits May Cut Risk For Developing AMD......

 

     A recent medical study suggested that women who exercise, eat right and don't smoke could cut their risk of developing age-related macular degeneration (AMD) by two-thirds.  The study included 1,313 women ages 55 to 74.  Researchers found that compared to sedentary smokers who ate fatty processed foods, participants with healthy lifestyle habits were found to have an adjusted odds ratio of .29 (this means 1/3 the risk) for developing AMD over a 6 year span.  

     No big surprises here; we all know that smoking is bad for you and eating healthy and exercising is good for you but it's not always easy to get started.  Walking and bicycle riding are 2 great ways to increase our activity levels without much risk of injury, and the new federal guidelines on food groups are really good at helping you plan healthy eating habits.  The old food pyramid guidelines are difficult sometimes to visualize proper portions.  Try checking out the new food plate information.  I think it helps you see exactly how much of each food group you need to eat at each meal or at least each day.  Here are some links to food plate and nutrition information.

 

http://www.choosemyplate.gov/food-groups/

http://www.good.is/post/building-food-plates-where-the-food-pyramid-once-stood/

 

     Happy eating and enjoy your good health!  Remember Wayland Optometric is the number one office for vision care in the southern tier; from Dansville to Bath and Naples to Hornell. 

Augmented Reality Technology - Check Out This You Tube

     Augmented Reality (AR) is a view of the real world and computer-generated data on one's person; think streaming information projected across your eyeglass lens or contact lens while you are still able to view and navigate in the real world.  Terminator vision available to everyone, not just cyborgs.

     Michael Abrash, a developer at Valve Software, a video game company, revealed via blog that he is investigating "wearable computing" for the company.     http://blogs.valvesoftware.com/abrash/valve-how-i-got-here-what-its-like-and-what-im-doing-2/

     At the University of Washington in Seattle, professor Babak Parviz and Semiprius, Inc., a high concentration photovoltaic solar module company have said they are working on AR contact lenses.

     Innovega, Inc., a personal media eyewear technology company, has created contact lens enabled eyewear using iOptik Technology.  A contact lens allows the retina to receive each image in focus simultaneously by allowing light from the heads-up display to enter the pupil's center and the surrounding environment's light to enter the pupil's rim.  The Defense Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the U.S. Military's version of  007's "Q", has ordered a fully functioning prototype.  CEO Steve Willey believes the technology may be available to the U.S. public as early as 2014 pending FDA approval.

    Finally, Big Brother, Google, Inc. (got to watch out, blogger.com is a Google product), revealed a spectacle-like device that would project various smart applications through a small ophthalmic lens while still enabling the wearer to still see their environment.  It's called "Project Glass" and you have to see this video!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c6W4CCU9M4

     Pretty cool stuff, but makes you wonder just a little, where it will all lead and how it will all end.  Michael Abrash actually suggests that AR may be projected directly to our brains via a direct neurological connection some day.  Can you say Matrix?  

     Seriously though, some very exciting technology and it may be just around the corner.......


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