Good news for parents of children with lazy eye, or amblyopia. A study in Ophthalmology found that kids who got Atropine eye drops twice on weekends improved their vision as much as children who got drops every day. What is more, the weekend drop treatment turned out to be about as beneficial as wearing an eye patch daily. Talk to your doctor for further details.

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Question from : Mickie

When I look straight ahead I can see a dark mark to the left of center that looks like a piece of thread but there is no irritaion. Also under darkness when I move my eyes back and forth sideways there is a flash of light to the left which is at the edge of my peripheral vision shaped like a half moon but very narrow. What are the possible corrections to this ?

Dr. Webber:

You are seeing a Vitreous floater which is a small piece of tissue floating in the jelly of the eye. Most of the time it is benign, but in some instances it is a sign of a retinal hole, tear or detachment. Because of the flashes of light, I suggest seeing your eye doctor asap for a dilated exam to rule out any retinal problem.

Many people choose laser eye surgery because they think it will make them more attractive or save them from having to grapple to find their glasses all the time.

But for an increasing number of servicemembers, laser eye surgery isn't a cosmetic or convenience issue. It's about saving lives on the battlefield.

"The bottom line is that if you're in the middle of a fight and you can't see the enemy before they see you, you're dead," Army Lt. Col. Scott Barnes, an ophthalmologist at the Warfighter Refractive Eye Clinic at Fort Bragg, N.C.

Barnes said that motivation has spurred special operations and 18th Airborne Corps soldiers at Fort Bragg to flock to the clinic at Womack Army Medical Center "in droves," hoping to get laser eye surgery before their upcoming deployments.

Fort Bragg isn't alone. Throughout the military services, there's a growing recognition that eyeglasses can be a battlefield liability.

Dirt, grime and lack of convenient hygiene facilities make contact lenses impractical in combat zones. On the other hand, eyeglasses break and fog up when subjected to the rigors of combat, like jumping out of airplanes, diving underwater, or crawling through dirt and sand, Barnes said. Some soldiers complain that they interfere with night-vision goggles or gas masks.

  You have often heard; move away from your computer monitor! As the space between your eyes and the computer screen increases, the amount of fatigue on your focusing muscles decreases. Of course, if you are squinting, you have gone too far. "Try to keep the monitor 26 to 28 inches away," says Dr. B Lewy O.D.. While you are focusing on the monitor, consider picking up an antiglare filter. This filter is tinted to heighten the contrast Of letters and images, and will block 99 percent of glare.

Eyes are composed of more than two million working parts, and can process 36,000 bits of information every hour.