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		<title>A Clinical and Experimental Study of Physiological Optics</title>
		<link>https://www.iblindness.org/5342/a-clinical-and-experimental-study-of-physiological-optics/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[W.H. Bates, M.D.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Nov 2019 04:38:23 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Vision Improvement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[amblyopia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cataract]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Bates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[glaucoma]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<img width="840" height="506" src="https://www.iblindness.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/physiological-optics-featured.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.iblindness.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/physiological-optics-featured.jpg 1280w, https://www.iblindness.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/physiological-optics-featured-250x150.jpg 250w, https://www.iblindness.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/physiological-optics-featured-498x300.jpg 498w, https://www.iblindness.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/physiological-optics-featured-768x463.jpg 768w, https://www.iblindness.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/physiological-optics-featured-1200x723.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px" /><p class="has-background has-yellow-background-color">Originally printed in the American Journal of Clinical Medicine, July 1921, pp. 437-443.<br /><br />The &#8220;editorial comment&#8221; paragraph below is by the editor of the journal above.</p>



<p>EDITORIAL COMMENT &#8212; To be able to do without one&#8217;s eyeglasses, to read and &#8230; <a href="https://www.iblindness.org/5342/a-clinical-and-experimental-study-of-physiological-optics/" class="read-more">more... </a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Is the Bionic Lens surgery a good solution for cataract?</title>
		<link>https://www.iblindness.org/3076/is-the-bionic-lens-surgery-a-good-solution-for-cataract/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2016 02:16:57 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Vision Improvement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cataract]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eye diseases]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eye surgery]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<img width="500" height="300" src="https://www.iblindness.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/bionic-lens-1.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.iblindness.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/bionic-lens-1.jpg 500w, https://www.iblindness.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/bionic-lens-1-250x150.jpg 250w, https://www.iblindness.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/bionic-lens-1-150x90.jpg 150w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 500px) 85vw, 500px" /><p>They say the <a href="http://ocumetics.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Bionic Lens </a>will make glasses, contact lenses, laser surgery and cataract surgery obsolete, transforming eye care. It&#8217;s an artificial lens that&#8217;s placed inside the eye to replace the existing natural lens.</p>
<p>The inventor, Canadian optometrist Garth Webb, &#8230; <a href="https://www.iblindness.org/3076/is-the-bionic-lens-surgery-a-good-solution-for-cataract/" class="read-more">more... </a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Response to Quackwatch&#8217;s Fallacies of the Bates System</title>
		<link>https://www.iblindness.org/2381/a-response-to-quackwatchs-fallacies-of-the-bates-system/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2015 02:47:50 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Skepticism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vision Improvement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[astigmatism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bates Method]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cataract]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[glaucoma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[palming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[skepticism]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<img width="250" height="150" src="https://www.iblindness.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/quack.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.iblindness.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/quack.jpg 250w, https://www.iblindness.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/quack-150x90.jpg 150w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 250px) 85vw, 250px" /><p>The Bates method is not widely accepted by conventional eye doctors as a legitimate approach to improving vision. Some have come around, but the large majority of them continue to prescribe glasses and tell their patients that nothing can be &#8230; <a href="https://www.iblindness.org/2381/a-response-to-quackwatchs-fallacies-of-the-bates-system/" class="read-more">more... </a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Right Eye, Left Eye</title>
		<link>https://www.iblindness.org/1539/right-eye-left-eye/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2015 18:16:44 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Vision Improvement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cataract]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy medicine]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<img width="224" height="147" src="https://www.iblindness.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/differenteyes.jpeg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.iblindness.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/differenteyes.jpeg 224w, https://www.iblindness.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/differenteyes-150x98.jpeg 150w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 224px) 85vw, 224px" /><p>Here&#8217;s something to think about if there&#8217;s a big difference in the vision between your 2 eyes. In Chinese medicine, the right eye is the Father Eye, representing the male part of you (yes, women have this too), the yang &#8230; <a href="https://www.iblindness.org/1539/right-eye-left-eye/" class="read-more">more... </a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Bates Method Success Stories</title>
		<link>https://www.iblindness.org/2061/bates-method-success-stories/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2014 05:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Vision Improvement]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<img width="250" height="150" src="https://www.iblindness.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/success.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Bates Method Success Stories" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.iblindness.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/success.jpg 250w, https://www.iblindness.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/success-150x90.jpg 150w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 250px) 85vw, 250px" /><p>Everyone discovering the<a href="https://www.iblindness.org/tag/bates-method/"> Bates method</a> for the first time rightly has to wonder, <strong><em>Does the Bates method work?</em></strong></p>



<p>Here&#8217;s a small collection of links to success stories on the Bates method. There are also many websites selling vision improvement programs &#8230; <a href="https://www.iblindness.org/2061/bates-method-success-stories/" class="read-more">more... </a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Looking Far To See Far</title>
		<link>https://www.iblindness.org/1904/looking-far-to-see-far/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2014 23:51:28 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Vision Improvement]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<img width="408" height="123" src="https://www.iblindness.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/idistance.jpeg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.iblindness.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/idistance.jpeg 408w, https://www.iblindness.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/idistance-150x45.jpeg 150w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 408px) 85vw, 408px" /><p>When people hear the expression &#8220;If you don&#8217;t use it, you lose it&#8221;, they may think of the athletic prowess they had when they were younger and training hard, but now they have a desk job and are getting flabby. &#8230; <a href="https://www.iblindness.org/1904/looking-far-to-see-far/" class="read-more">more... </a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Observing A Master Vision Teacher</title>
		<link>https://www.iblindness.org/1482/observing-a-master-vision-teacher/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2014 20:49:07 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Vision Improvement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cataract]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eye diseases]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<img width="250" height="150" src="https://www.iblindness.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/man-on-mountain-top.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.iblindness.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/man-on-mountain-top.jpg 250w, https://www.iblindness.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/man-on-mountain-top-150x90.jpg 150w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 250px) 85vw, 250px" /><p>Last night I listened into a webinar with well-known Bates vision teacher <a href="http://www.bettereyesightnow.com/index.php">Greg Marsh</a>. Several people had written in questions beforehand, about whether they could do these practices having had Lasik, or if it would help with glaucoma, or &#8230; <a href="https://www.iblindness.org/1482/observing-a-master-vision-teacher/" class="read-more">more... </a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Can Cataracts Be Healed Naturally?</title>
		<link>https://www.iblindness.org/641/can-cataracts-be-healed-naturally/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Nov 2013 02:20:17 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Vision Improvement]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<img width="132" height="155" src="https://www.iblindness.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/cataract.jpeg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.iblindness.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/cataract.jpeg 132w, https://www.iblindness.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/cataract-128x150.jpeg 128w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 132px) 85vw, 132px" /><p>Several people have asked me about their cataracts recently, and whether my work as a natural vision teacher could help them. A cataract is a clouding of the crystalline lens of the eye. The lens is formed of many fine &#8230; <a href="https://www.iblindness.org/641/can-cataracts-be-healed-naturally/" class="read-more">more... </a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Natural Alternative Treatment for Glaucoma</title>
		<link>https://www.iblindness.org/931/a-natural-alternative-treatment-for-glaucoma/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Oct 2013 01:50:16 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Vision Improvement]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<img width="250" height="150" src="https://www.iblindness.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/default-post-image.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual default-featured-img" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><p>
Conventional therapies for glaucoma consist of several different types of medications and surgeries revolving around different ways of relieving the pressure inside the eye, a characteristic symptom of glaucoma. Below are various articles from Better Eyesight Magazine that suggest glaucoma &#8230; <a href="https://www.iblindness.org/931/a-natural-alternative-treatment-for-glaucoma/" class="read-more">more... </a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Natural Treatment for Cataract Without Surgery</title>
		<link>https://www.iblindness.org/929/natural-treatment-for-cataract-without-surgery/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Oct 2013 01:44:21 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Vision Improvement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bates Method]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cataract]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eye diseases]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<img width="250" height="150" src="https://www.iblindness.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/default-post-image.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual default-featured-img" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><p><a href="https://www.iblindness.org/tag/cataract/">Cataracts </a>are still widely thought to be an irreversible condition that required removal of the lens of the eye. Dr. Bates and others found this not to be the case at all. The following is material about the application of &#8230; <a href="https://www.iblindness.org/929/natural-treatment-for-cataract-without-surgery/" class="read-more">more... </a></p>]]></description>
		
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