Archive for the ‘Dr. Meenal Agarwal’ Category
The Playground Test: Judging Kids Awareness
Dr. Meenal returns to WBRC FOX6 to explain how exploring playgrounds helps children develop crucial brain processes for understanding and navigating space, and why “mistakes” on the playground are part of healthy growth.… More | Posted: July 23, 2026
Benefits of kids getting a little lost
Dr. Meenal delivers her expert advice on Good Day Alabama, highlighting that important parts of the brain are impacted during development of confidence, resilience, and independence stages of childhood.… More | Posted: July 15, 2026
Hormone Replacement Therapy May Protect Your Vision During Menopause and Reduce Glaucoma Risk
Dr. Meenal Agarwal’s provides expert clarification that while estrogen’s eye-protective effects are strongest when HRT is started early after menopause, women who start later may still gain some benefit, so missing the early window does not rule out HRT entirely.… More | Posted: July 14, 2026
Screen Free Activities for Kids: Author Dr. Meenal Agarwal | Talk of Alabama
Dr. Meenal Agarwal, board-certified optometrist and author of “Stuck in a Flat World”, shares exactly what’s happening in our kids brains when they spend hours staring at screens
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Source: ABC 3340… More | Posted: July 6, 2026
How screen time is rewiring your child’s brain
Dr. Meenal Agarwal discusses what’s happens when kids spend hours staring at screens
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Source: FOX5… More | Posted: June 30, 2026
Doctor warns Southern Nevada parents to protect kids’ eyes from summer sun
Dr. Meenal Agarwal explains why children are vulnerable to UV exposure
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Source: News3 Las Vegas… More | Posted: May 7, 2026
Staring at Your Phone All Day Could Put You at Risk for This Alarming New Disorder
Dr. Meenal Agarwal explains how excessive screentime may lead to Spatial Awareness Processing Disorder (SAPD).
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Source: Men’s Health… More | Posted: December 30, 2025
If 90% of Americans Are Metabolically Unhealthy… What Chance Do the Rest of Us Have?
This week on the Uncover Your Eyes Podcast, Dr. Meenal Argarwal sat down with Registered Dietitian Ashley Koff, Founder of The Better Nutrition Program and Author of Your Best Shot, to reframe weight health in a way you’ve probably never heard before.… More | Posted: December 16, 2025
Is crossing your eyes really bad for you? We asked an optometrist.
In an article about the implications of crossing your eyes, Dr. Meenal Agarwal offered her expert commentary on how different eye muscles work together and how crossing your eyes does not pose a major risk to children.… More | Posted: November 26, 2025