Article: Ask Doctor Cory.(new treatment for lazy eye)(nutrition from rice)

Dear Dr. Cory:

Our first child had problems with lazy eye. We had to keep his eye covered with a patch, which often was a challenge. We're hoping that our younger child does not have a similar problem. However, if he does, we are wondering if there have been any advances in the treatment of this condition.

Carol Mahoney

Concord, Massachusetts

Dear Carol:

A new study reported in the March issue of Archives of Ophthalmology found that atropine eye drops placed once a day in the unaffected eye to treat amblyopia, or lazy eye, work as well as the standard treatment of patching one eye. They also found that use of the atropine ...

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