Vision Works, Inc. mission is to help protect and save vision by guiding people along the alternative medicine path with strategies and recommendations based on peer review studies and Dr. Grossman's over 25 years of patient experiences. As part of holistic medicine, we have expanded the website to include natural approaches for helping many other conditions since we consider vision problems to be related to the health of the whole body.

Any suggestions we make are not meant to replace conventional medicine, but instead to offer healing approaches supporting and using the body's own natural ability to heal itself. In this website we offer suggestions for over 35 eye conditions, and are available to discuss your personal experiences and concerns.

We at Vision Works, Inc. are guided by the following principles:

• Combining the best in traditional and complementary eye care creates the greatest opportunity for individuals to protect and improve vision.
• Health of the eye depends on the well-being of the one's entire body. Therefore in healing and preservation of vision we provide lifestyle, diet, prevention and nutritional recommendations.
• How nutrients are absorbed by the body is essential in considering any healing approach. We recommend nutrients when available that can be delivered in liquid form to help ensure the best absorption.
• We carefully select the products we recommend from many different sources based on the bioavailability of the nutrients, quality of production, reasonability of cost, and effectiveness in helping protect vision for the specific problem being focused on.
• Your feedback, personal experiences and needs are integral to making this site a shared and effective resource for everyone. We welcome you to click on our e-mail address below and send us your comments and questions. Please include your telephone number if you would like a personal call back.

For information on specific eye diseases or conditions click on "Eye Diseases" here or on the upper left corner of the screen, then simply select the specific eye condition for more information.

For other related information such as Helpful Books (our bookstore), Food Sources for Nutrients, Drugs Harmful to the Eyes, Research Studies, Product Information, or Why Anti-oxidants, select from the options on the homepage or go to the sitemap.

Vision Works, Inc. was co-founded by Marc Grossman, OD, L.Ac., clinician for over 20 years, national lecturer and author of Natural Eye Care - Encyclopedia, published by Keats in April, 1999, and Michael Edson, M.S., L.Ac, New York State Licensed acupuncturist, co-author of "Natural Eye Care - A Comprehensive Manual for Practitioners of Oriental Medicine", practitioner of martial arts for over 15 years and student of Qi Gong. Click here for more information on Dr. Grossman.

Thank you for visiting our website. We hope that the information we have made available will assist you and your loved ones in protecting against vision loss.

Any suggestions, comments or questions are welcomed. You can contact us as at our e-mail address visionworksusa@earthlink.net, (please include your telephone number if you would like a personal call back), call us at 845-255-8222, fax us at 845-818-3514, or write us at Vision Works, Inc., 3 Paradise Lane, New Paltz, N.Y. 12561.

All funding for the site comes from Dr. Grossman and Vision Works, Inc. This site receives no advertising revenue.

Confidentiality of data relating to individual patients and visitors to this website, including your identity, is respected and protected by this Web site. We undertake to honour or exceed the legal requirements of medical/health information privacy that apply in the United States and in New York State where this Web site and its mirror sites are located.