I was recently diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. My health care professional shared that I’ll need to have regular eye exams in ...

Early detection of a lesion in the retinal image is becoming very important in order to reduce human misclassification for Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) detection and also helping the ophthalmologists to ...

A 51-year-old woman with a history of contact lens wear presented with 1 week of left eye pain, redness, photophobia and ...

Summer’s the time for floating in a pool, but not for having floaters in the eyes. Recently, I developed a few tiny floaters ...

Do surgeons feel comfortable offering vitrectomy as a treatment for floaters? What is their attitude toward patients who are affected to the point of seeking surgery despite the risks involved? Two ...

Eye symptoms can signal underlying kidney disease. Learn about shared causes, early warning signs, and prevention tips to protect your vision and maintain kidney health.

Smokers are more likely to develop diseases of the eyes that lead to vision loss, including AMD, glaucoma, and cataracts.

“The eyes are the window to the soul—and they’re also the window to the body,” says Douglas Wisner, MD, an ophthalmologist with WillsEye Hospital in Philadelphia. “The eyes are the only place in the ...

It could be caused by something as harmless as retinal migraines or as serious as a retinal tear or detachment. These often happen as the gel in your eye changes with age and tugs on the retina. If ...

Guillardia theta anion-conducting channelrhodopsin 1 (GtACR1) is a light-gated anion channel and is widely used as a representative optogenetic tool for neuronal silencing. However, its gating ...

Background/aims Vitreous haemorrhage (VH) and retinal detachment (RD) cause a precipitous decline in vision in a subset of patients with X-linked retinoschisis (XLRS), an otherwise a slowly ...

A: What types of fruit enzymes should we take to help reduce eye floaters? B: According to a study published in the “Applied Sciences” journal by Taiwanese ophthalmologist Horng Chi-ting, pineapple, ...