Eye Health

Air Pollution and Eye Health

The eye is a delicate organ with a large and moist area exposed to the environment that makes it more susceptible to air pollution than other parts of the body.

Central Retinal Vein Occlusion (CRVO)

Detecting Brain Disease Using the Eye

Diabetic eye disease / diabetic retinopathy stages

Diabetic Retinopathy Diagnosis

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Diabetic Retinopathy Risk Factors

Diabetic Retinopathy Treatments

Diagnosing and Treating Retinoblastoma

Growing an eye for transplantation: potentials and pitfalls

Health Risks and Benefits of Eye Drops

How Will AI Impact Ophthalmology?

Importance of Regular Eye Checks and the Check-up Procedure

Looking After Your Eyes During Old Age

Managing and Treating Eye Allergies

Neuropathy, Ataxia and Retinitis Pigmentosa (NARP Syndrome)

Ocular Hypertension: Diagnosis and Treatment

Ocular Larva Migrans Diagnosis and Treatment

Smoking and Eye Health: What You Need to Know

Signs and Risk Factors for Eye Disease

Ocular Larva Migrans Symptoms and Causes

Ophthalmologist Education and Training

Ophthalmology Around the World

Optic Nerve Cupping in Glaucoma

Preventing Ocular Hypertension

Retinal Breaks and Retinal Detachment

Retinitis Pigmentosa Diagnosis

Retinoblastoma - Malignant Tumor of the Retina

Risks Associated with Eye Make-Up

Should You Seek Help for Eye Floaters?

Signs and Symptoms of Retinoblastoma

Small Incision Lenticule Extraction (SMILE) Surgery

Strategies to Improve Cataract Surgery Outcomes

Subspecialties of Ophthalmology

Symptoms and Diagnosis of Eye Allergies

Using the Coralberry to Treat Eye Cancer

What are Aberrations of the Eye?

What Causes Ocular Hypertension?

What is Normal-Tension Glaucoma?

What is Visceral Larva Migrans?

What is Wavefront Aberrometry?

Current and Future Applications of Optogenetics

Growing an eye for transplantation: potentials and pitfalls

Eyelid Cancer Non-Surgical Treatments

What Causes Retinal Detachment?

Latest Eye Health News and Research

Phase I trial shows positive results for stem cell treatment in patients with major cornea injuries

A team led by researchers from Mass Eye and Ear, a member of Mass General Brigham, reports the results of a phase I trial of a revolutionary stem cell treatment called cultivated autologous limbal epithelial cell transplantation (CALEC), which was found to be safe and well-tolerated over the short term in four patients with significant chemical burns in one eye.

18 Aug 2023

New insights into how coronaviruses invade cells

Unexpected new insights into how COVID-19 infects cells may help explain why coronaviruses are so good at jumping from species to species and will help scientists better predict how COVID-19 will evolve.

14 Aug 2023

Study examines the relationship between consumption of fatty acids and diabetic retinopathy

Researchers examined the relationship between dietary fatty acid (FA) intake and diabetic retinopathy (DR).

14 Aug 2023

Study identifies 135 genes associated with human skin color

The skin, hair and eye color of more than eight billion humans is determined by the light-absorbing pigment known as melanin.

11 Aug 2023

Personalized exercise testing may be more effective for fat loss

The best heart rate for burning fat differs for each individual and often does not align with the "fat burning zone" on commercial exercise machines, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai researchers report.

11 Aug 2023

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': On abortion rights, Ohio is the new Kansas

Ohio voters — in a rare August election — turned out in unexpectedly high numbers to defeat a ballot measure that would have made it harder to pass an abortion-rights constitutional amendment on the ballot in November.

10 Aug 2023

Novel technology can diagnose immunothrombosis by measuring thrombin activity through breath gas

Immunothrombosis, or the formation of microscopic blood clots during inflammation, is a major cause of morbidity among patients with sepsis or severe COVID-19.

10 Aug 2023

Can social robots and brain-computer interface video games help manage ADHD?

Scientists have discussed the utility of social robots and brain-computer interface video games in treating young people with ADHD.

10 Aug 2023

Ensuring colony counts remain precise and verifiable using a completely automated colony counting system

In this interview, NewsMedical speaks with Richard Edridge, Synbiosis Projects and Sales Manager for Synoptics, about AutoCOL, a completely automated colony counting system for fully traceable colony counts with every use.

From Synoptics Ltd 10 Aug 2023

Sleep deprivation affects cardiovascular health even when caught up on weekends

Whether it's work or play that prevents us from getting enough shut-eye during the week, assuming we can make up for it by sleeping in over the weekend is a mistake.

9 Aug 2023

Review examines visual disturbances among Parkinson’s disease patients

In a recent review published in Brain Sciences, researchers reviewed existing data on visual impairments among Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients.

9 Aug 2023

Machine learning model finds new breast cancer risk indicator in women with dense breasts

A machine learning model found that background parenchymal enhancement (BPE) on breast MRI is an indicator of breast cancer risk in women with extremely dense breasts, according to a study published in Radiology, a journal of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

8 Aug 2023

Wireless EEG headset could enable at-home stroke rehabilitation

The world of at-home stroke rehabilitation is growing near, incredible news for the 795,000 people in the United States who annually suffer a stroke.

8 Aug 2023

Seeking Medicare coverage for weight loss drugs, pharma giant courts Black influencers

Pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk has turned to influential Black Americans in pursuit of what would be a lucrative victory: having Medicare cover a new class of weight loss drugs, including the company's highly sought Wegovy, which can cost patients more than $1,000 a month.

8 Aug 2023

Can genome editing transform ocular disease treatment?

The discovery and development of gene-editing technologies and their applications in managing ocular diseases.

3 Aug 2023

Cerebellum plays a key role in generalized convulsive seizures, study finds

Recurrent seizures are debilitating and can sometimes, be fatal. The onset and presentation of seizures vary significantly among epilepsy patients. Of more than 25 categories of seizure presentations within epilepsy, those with motor convulsions are perhaps the most disruptive and generally most feared among patients and caregivers.

2 Aug 2023

UCSF Medical Center named to Honor Roll of nation's top hospitals

U.S. News & World Report ranks UCSF Health adult care among nation's top 10 hospitals in 7 specialties, Best in the West for neurology/neurosurgery and rheumatology.

1 Aug 2023

Vision problems linked to increased risk of dementia

Losing the ability to see clearly, and losing the ability to think or remember clearly, are two of the most dreaded, and preventable, health issues associated with getting older.

1 Aug 2023

Low-dose atropine eyedrops not effective in slowing myopia progression in children

A study conducted at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and 11 other hospitals and practices across the United States shows that use of low-dose atropine eyedrops, commonly used in a higher dose to treat lazy eye, was no better than a placebo at slowing myopia (nearsightedness) progression and elongation of the eye among children treated for two years.

1 Aug 2023

Antiviral protein protects against COVID-19 in live mouse models

A mammalian protein previously shown by UT Southwestern microbiologists to inhibit the virus that causes COVID-19 in cell culture also protected live mouse models, significantly limiting infection in the lung cells and diminishing the symptoms.

1 Aug 2023

Eye Health

Overview

Feature Articles

Blepharitis Types and Causes

Causes of eye cancer

Central Retinal Vein Occlusion (CRVO)

Choroidal Melanoma

Conjunctiva microbiota

Detecting Brain Disease Using the Eye

Diabetic eye disease / diabetic retinopathy stages

Diabetic Retinopathy Diagnosis

Diabetic Retinopathy Risk Factors

Diabetic Retinopathy Symptoms

Diabetic Retinopathy Treatments

Diagnosing and Treating Retinoblastoma

Diagnosis of eye cancer

Eye cancer treatment

Eye Care for Children

Eye Health and Diet

Eyelid Cancer

Eyelid Cancer Surgery

Genetics of Eye Color

Glaucoma Causes

Glaucoma Classifications

Glaucoma Diagnosis

Glaucoma Management

Glaucoma Pathophysiology

Glaucoma Symptoms

Growing an eye for transplantation: potentials and pitfalls

Health Risks and Benefits of Eye Drops

History of Ophthalmology

How Does the Eye Work?

How Will AI Impact Ophthalmology?

Importance of Regular Eye Checks and the Check-up Procedure

Iris Melanoma

Iris Nevus vs Melanoma

LASIK Complications

Looking After Your Eyes During Old Age

Managing and Treating Eye Allergies

Neuropathy, Ataxia and Retinitis Pigmentosa (NARP Syndrome)

Ocular Hypertension: Diagnosis and Treatment

Ocular Larva Migrans

Ocular Larva Migrans Diagnosis and Treatment

What is Diabetic Retinopathy?

Smoking and Eye Health: What You Need to Know

Signs and Risk Factors for Eye Disease

Ocular Larva Migrans Symptoms and Causes

Oculoplastic Surgery Overview

Ophthalmologist Education and Training

Ophthalmology Around the World

Optic Nerve Cupping in Glaucoma

Otitis Media Causes

Otitis Media Diagnosis

Otitis Media Symptoms

Otitis Media Treatments

Preventing Ocular Hypertension

Preventing Retinal Detachment

Retinal Break

Retinal Breaks and Retinal Detachment

Retinal Detachment Prognosis

Retinitis Pigmentosa Cause

Retinitis Pigmentosa Diagnosis

Retinitis Pigmentosa Genetics

Retinitis Pigmentosa Symptoms

Retinoblastoma - Malignant Tumor of the Retina

Retinoblastoma Screening

Risks Associated with Eye Make-Up

Should You Seek Help for Eye Floaters?

Signs and Symptoms of Retinoblastoma

Small Incision Lenticule Extraction (SMILE) Surgery

Strategies to Improve Cataract Surgery Outcomes

Subspecialties of Ophthalmology

Symptoms and Diagnosis of Eye Allergies­­

Symptoms of eye cancer

Treating Retinal Detachment

Types of Eye Allergy

Types of Glaucoma

Types of visual impairment

Using the Coralberry to Treat Eye Cancer

What are Aberrations of the Eye?

Symptoms and Diagnosis of Eye Allergies