{"id":623,"date":"2015-03-06T16:44:57","date_gmt":"2015-03-06T16:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/?p=623"},"modified":"2019-12-19T19:28:48","modified_gmt":"2019-12-19T19:28:48","slug":"fact-or-myth-reading-in-poor-light-or-reading-too-much-fine-print-will-eventually-harm-your-vision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/fact-or-myth-reading-in-poor-light-or-reading-too-much-fine-print-will-eventually-harm-your-vision\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact or Myth? Reading in poor light or reading too much fine print will eventually harm your vision."},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h2><em>Fact or Myth?<\/em> Reading in poor light or reading too much fine print will eventually harm your vision.<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong><em>Answer:<\/em> Myth<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As with sitting too close to the television, you may feel eyestrain or get a headache from reading in the dark, but it will not weaken your eyes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer\">For more health and fitness information, join us on Facebook.com\/FlushingHospital and follow us on Twitter @FHMC_NYC<\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"disclaimer\">All content of this newsletter is intended for general information purposes only and is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.  Please consult a medical professional before adopting any of the suggestions on this page.   You must never disregard professional medical advice or delay seeking medical treatment based upon any content of this newsletter.<strong>  PROMPTLY CONSULT YOUR PHYSICIAN OR CALL 911 IF YOU BELIEVE YOU HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY.<\/strong> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fact or Myth? Reading in poor light or reading too much fine print will eventually harm your vision. Answer: Myth As with sitting too close to the television, you may feel eyestrain or get a headache from reading in the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/fact-or-myth-reading-in-poor-light-or-reading-too-much-fine-print-will-eventually-harm-your-vision\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[52,54,42,53,55],"class_list":["post-623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","tag-eyes","tag-factormyth","tag-fhmc_nyc","tag-myths","tag-oldwivestales"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=623"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5685,"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623\/revisions\/5685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}