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Do you know how we remove dioptre and astigmatism with laser?
The World Health Organization has recently included dioptres into the category of disability - as a response to the needs of many people with dioptres, who always felt that way. Fortunately, today it is possible to solve this problem in quick efficient and safe manner.
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Do you know what UV rays do to your eyes and how to properly protect yourself?
It’s said that the eyes are the mirror of the soul and the most important sense.
It’s said that love’s tongue is in the eyes (Phineas Fletcher) .. :-) -
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10 Fascinating Things about Eyes
We all know that the most complex organ in our body is the brain. But do you know which organ follows its complexity? 1. The eyes are the direct thrust of the brain associated with visual nerves with more than 20 million work units.
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Eyes and Arterial hypertension
Every year on May 17th we celebrate the world day of hypertension (high blood pressure) for the purpose of prevention, detection and treatment of high blood pressure, and thus consequently the prevention of diseases and conditions it causes.
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Not only do pupils response to light, but they also expose our emotions (Pupillometry)
Everybody knows that pupil will change its size depending on the amount of the light it’s being exposed to. However, when we are afraid, our pupils will also dilate accompanied by eyelid widening, which is the reason for saying “eyes wide with fear.”
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April 7th, World Health Day!
Let’s remind ourselves that World Health Day, celebrated on April 7th for 70 years on the suggestion of WHO, is approaching.
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Who was Charles Kelman?
Very often in everyday life, we take things and facts, like using electricity, computers, TVs, phones, antibiotics, and other scientific achievements, so to say, for granted. Contemporary cataract surgery with implanting an intraocular lens is the most performed surgery on the human body in the world and it has an incredibly high success rate.
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Does marijuana help in the glaucoma treatment?
This question has probably been raised many times by patients with glaucoma i.e. high eye pressure. This has been especially updated recently when medical marijuana, or its products called cannabinoids, was is labelled as a possible glaucoma therapy.
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Marking the World Glaucoma Week (March 8-14)
Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of blindness in the world.
It is estimated that more than 5 million people worldwide are blind from glaucoma, and many more suffer from glaucoma visual impairment. Therefore, for the sixth consecutive year, World Glaucoma Week is celebrated from March 8 to 14. Attaching such importance to this disease indicates its pernicious appearance, as well as the importance of its early detection and appropriate treatment. -
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Fear makes our eyes bigger
Why do we open our eyes wide when in fear?
Does fear of looking of watching exist?
What’s the fear of eye contact called?
Imagine the situation, you’re in a conversation to a person who suddenly stops talking, and then opens her eyes wide and looks behind you. What is your reaction? -
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How to protect your eyes and enjoy new year’s holidays?
Our dear, the holiday season has arrived!
With the most beautiful wishes, the Svjetlost Clinic wants to remind and warn you to protect yourself and your closest, especially your eyes, in this holiday atmosphere.
New Year's Eve is in front of us, and celebration with an abundance of alcohol and easily accessible pyrotechnics can have tragic consequences. Pyrotechnic agents are not harmless toys and should be treated reasonably for your own and environmental safety.