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OUR MISSION Raising Awareness About Eye Disorders

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is happy to present videoclips on this website to create awareness make people understand.

Below are some short video more to be added in the near future.

Entered on 4/6/2018 the above short film, "The Vision foundation first in a serie", to be considered for the AT&T Film Awards.

One of your most precious senses is your eyesight. It's easy to take the gift of sight for granted, until it starts to fail.

Your eye is an incredibly complex and miraculous organ, allowing you to see sharply and engage fully in life.

Healthy vision may seem like a distant concern when you’re young.
But if you spend a lot of time staring at a computer, you may already need additional support for your eye health. The increased use of computers and video display terminals at home & work has led to an increased need for vision-supporting supplements.

When it comes to your eyes, you absolutely want to do everything you can to help support your visual health.
Isn’t your vision worth it? please Click On the Donate Tab and see the different ways to help support the foundation.

******* Light Plays an Important Role in Your Life *******
Our eyes need light for color perception, clarity, and sharpness of vision. But some wavelengths of BLUE LIGHT can be harmful to your eye health and vision.
BENEFICIAL BLUE LIGHT Blue turquoise light allows the right functioning of the sleep/wake cycle, memory, and cognitive performance. It is part of the visible light spectrum and helps preserve color.
HARMFUL BLUE LIGHT Blue violet light presents a risk factor for onset of age related macular degeneration (AMD) a leading cause of severe vision loss and blindness in adults over the age of 60. {Wavelengths between 415-455 nm on the light spectrum}.

72% Percentage of Adults unaware of dangers of BLUE LIGHT. When making a donation to Marfan Vision Foundation
above 30$ you can e-mail to request a Report how to set your digital devices: computer, smart phone, tablet, e-reader, LED tv, all flat screens devices are covered windows, mac, iphone, android. plus other ways to shield your eyes from harmful BLUE LIGHT. (Please request by e -mail)
BLUE LIGHT is everywhere in today's digital world

WHEN U TXT, UR EYES R EXPOSED TO BLUE LIGHT

Today's modern digital devices can greatly increase this exposure. 100+ average times per day adults look at their mobile devices. 9+ hours Amount of time 33% of adults spend on digital devices per day. 69% Percentage of American adults who use a smartphone on a daily basis.
WWW , MARFAN . FOUNDATION is all about your vision, can you please help me continue my work on this blue light project your donation keep the light on to power the website and related expenses, it is to educate and inform and as a 100% non profit, your help goes a long way in supporting a good cause.

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I appreciate there not being a paywall: it is available for all and not a commodity to be purchased by a few. I’m happy to make a contribution so others with less means still have access to information. A. Lafasanella.If everyone who reads our report, who likes it, helps fund it, our future would be much more secure. For as little as $10, you can support the BLUE LIGHT PROJECT website – and it only takes a minute. Thank you.

SINCE ITS DISCOVERY in 1896 over 120 + years ago in Paris, France at the University of Paris by a member of the Academie de Medicine named Antoine Bernard-Jean Marfan.

Marfan Syndrome is not a disease at all. Marfan Syndrome is primarily a disorder of the connective tissue in the human body – connective tissue being the cement that holds the body in place. Every organ in the body possesses connective tissue. In fact, even blood is a connective tissue. The basic job of it is to bind parts of an organ, blood vessel or a joint together. What goes for a toss in people suffering from Marfan’s is Fibrillin, one of the constituent fibres of connective tissue. Owing to the Fibrillin being defective people with Marfan Syndrome tend to grow taller than the rest, have longer arms, legs and flat feet and joints that are more flexible than normal. Although seemingly an advantage, as such people grow old complications in the form of medical problems tend to arise and affects joints, the heart and lungs, eyes, etc.

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HISTORY of MARFAN in FAMOUS PEOPLES
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History has quite a collection of people who were victims of this particular disorder. As the following list will reveal, presence of this disorder did not, in any way, deter them in their path to success.

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A genius in the field of music, Sergei Rachmaninov was a composer and pianist. He had an extraordinarily long reach on the piano which was attributed to his long and flexible fingers; and this in turn was attributed to Marfan Syndrome. He was tall and had a slender and long nose. Along with being a pianist and composer, he was also an orchestra conductor. However, later in life, complications in the form of arthritis and back pain proved to be a great hindrance in his career. However, what was a bane to him late in life had gifted him to become one of the most recognized composers of the 19th-20th century.

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Paganini’s works were the source of inspiration for Rachmaninov! Having lived more than a 100 years prior to Rachmaninov, Paganini inspired one of the most famous compositions of Rachmaninov called “The Rhapsody”. It goes without saying that Paganini was a musical genius but his condition (Marfan Syndrome) endowed him with certain physical gifts that made him one of the most distinguished violinists of all times. His long slender fingers granted him a reach of 3 octaves on the violin.

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Caesar has been depicted in the flesh. Long and skinny with long fingers, the world’s greatest ruler and dictator was supposedly a victim to this condition. However, as we all know, that did not stop him from becoming the great general that he was and the greater ruler and dictator that he became. Empires were made to bow down and submit to the might of Julius Caesar, the man who suffered from frailties of connective tissue.
Julius Caesar was a roman statesman, a general and a distinguished author of Latin prose. While he was responsible for the fall of Roman Empire, he also initiated a number of reforms. He ordered the creation of a new calendar that was called the Julian calendar.

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The 16th President of the United States of America, Abraham Lincoln’s lean stature coupled with the long head is a figure that is hard not to notice. Add to that the thin, long nose with a not-so-wide chest possibly Marfans Syndrome, although the aforementioned symptoms are those of classical Marfans and even though his descendants have been rumoured to be suffering from the same disorder.

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He was the 11th pharaoh of the Egypt's 18th dynasty and should not be missed among the list of most famous people with Marfan syndrome. He was the successor of Akhenaten and inherited the throne when he was only eight years old. He never let his disorder come in his way and showed great courage to restore the old traditions of Egypt and moved his capital back to Memphis. He died when he was 19 years old. The series of CT scans and DNA tests confirm he was a victim of Marfan syndrome.

This genetic disorder had been continuing in his family since generations. Tutankhamen died at a tender age of 17 years because he had a curved spine. His father had unique physical characterist. Also his mother had several traits of this syndrome. Though Tutankhamen’s death has been a mystery for a long time but scientists suspect this might be the reason since this was a family trait and many females in the family had long limbs and fingers. He was 1.65m tall.

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Mary Queen of Scots did lead an eventful life that ended in a scaffold. She was executed at the age of 44 after 19 years of captivity. This took a toll on her health and she suffered constantly from fever and joint pains, and chronic rheumatoid arthritis was diagnosed in her. Swollen and painful limbs prevented her from walking and she grew unable to walk without assistance. Later in 2001, studies revealed that the arthritis that tormented her might have been a result of Marfan syndrome. Again, the Queen’s bodily features assert this conclusion. It is said that she had long hands.
She also had an unusual height of 5 feet 11 inches and was exceptionally beautiful. She ruled for almost 25 years despite being affected by this disorder. A significant figure in history and also popular for her physical appearance she had to spend several years of her life in captivity. At the tender age of six days she inherited the throne because she was the only survivor from her family. A figure of utter bravery and confidence.

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Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell, alias Edith Sitwell was the eldest of the three literary Sitwells.

She was a British poet and critic, renowned for her work influenced by French symbolists. Life was full of turbulence for this one of the most famous people with Marfan syndrome. Her father used to lock her with an iron frame so as to cure her spinal deformation. Feeling unattached to her parents all the time, she had a very gloomy childhood. To add to her woes, she was also the target of personal attacks from personalities like Geoffrey Grigson and F. R. Leavis regarding her unusual appearance. Who would have known that time that she will be forever regarded as one of the most famous people with Marfan syndrome?

She was one who bore all the assaults and harassments and yet could make her own way into glory. Her words, “I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it” and “I am one of those unhappy persons who inspire bores to the greatest flights of art”, still reverberates in the minds of literary folks. This lady has set an example for others to follow.

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Persons with a disorder that is supposed to slow one down, make one weak, make one prone to fatigue and tire one out in the slightest of tasks- how such persons can make it to the pinnacle of success as these persons have? Notwithstanding their ailment, if ailment it can be called, they pursued their dreams. And what’s more, they turned their ailment (an apparent impediment) into their forte and excelled at what they did.

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So now, you have seen enough of famous people with Marfan syndrome who have set a benchmark for achievers for all spheres of life. We need to learn from the will-power of the most famous people with Marfan syndrome.

.They could do it regardless of their physical disorder and become the most famous people with Marfan syndrome.

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This list gives us an example of such people who have learnt to live with their disabilities and yet excelled in life. The way we look at things in life also makes a big difference since human life is full of complexities, be it physical or mental. Life has several good things in store for all of us. If these people mentioned above had given up in the very beginning, do you think they would have been famous in whatever they did? Of course not. Thus we should learn to develop a positive attitude to deal with adversities in life.

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