Author name: Sam Berne

So how do we diagnose glaucoma? Well, there are four basic tests. One is measuring eye pressure, the second is examining the eyes drainage system to see what the flow

Glaucoma is a very serious eye disease. You can actually go blind from glaucoma, and what makes it more dangerous is that it’s porgressive and often silent. People usually don’t

I’ll share with you all a personal story of mine. I was down in Florida giving a lecture at a university on holistic health and eye care, and there were

I recently received a question from a mom from the Midwest whose 8 year old daughter was recently diagnosed with strabismus, or crossed eyes. In her question, she asks me

I received an email from Tommy, who is suffering from double vision.  I’ve been told that my eyes work fine together, but they’re actually not working well together. When I

Esotropia is a misalignment in the eyes. They’re not working together and the brain either sees double or shuts off one of the eyes to avoid seeing double. Some causes

Reducing nearsightedness is definitely a process. It’s a process becoming nearsighted, so naturally, it’s a process to reverse it. One way to approach it is by going to your eye

The carotenoids lutein and zeaxanthin have been shown to play an instrumental role in preventing eye diseases like macular degeneration. I want to now introduce a third carotenoid called astaxanthin.

For children with strabismus, vision therapy can lead to great success in reducing the problem if you take a two-pronged approach. First, you must assess the child’s vision based on

Mitochondria are energy-producing protein organelles that live in every part of our bodies, especially in our retinas. The retina has one of the highest metabolic needs of the body, and

When our environment becomes darker, our vision tends to collapse. We lose our ability to sustain our peripheral vision, which, for driving, is incredibly important. There are a few things

HOW TO GET RID OF VERTIGO When working with vertigo, the first thing I like to assess is people’s relationship to gravity and their sense of belonging on the earth.

Vertigo describes the sensation of motion sickness, which can make a person feel like they are either spinning or moving while they are standing still. This can create a lot

While training at the Gesell Institute, one thing I noticed was how closely we looked at the birth process. Things like prolonged labor, a C-section delivery, forceps delivery, an epidural