Eye / Vision Problems

Vision problems linked to higher dementia risk

Elderly adults with poor vision, particularly untreated vision problems, may have a higher risk of developing dementia than those with better vision, a new…    

New evidence that green tea may help fight glaucoma and other eye diseases

Scientists have confirmed that the healthful substances found in green tea — renowned for their powerful antioxidant and disease-fighting properties — do penetrate into…    

All Eyes on Retinal Degeneration

Research by Johns Hopkins sensory biologists studying fruit flies, has revealed a critical step in fly vision. Humans with problems in this same step…    

New gene discovery could help to prevent blindness

Scientists have uncovered a new gene that could help save the sight of patients with a type of inherited blindness.

The international…    

Study Shows UV-Blocking Contact Lenses Can Protect Eyes from Sun Damage

A new study reported in Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science found that UV-blocking contact lenses can reduce or eliminate the effects of the…    

Artificial muscles restore ability to blink, save eyesight

Surgeons from UC Davis Medical Center have demonstrated that artificial muscles can restore the ability of patients with facial paralysis to blink, a development…    

Researchers find new insights into inherited retinal disease

An international team of scientists, led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have discovered new links between a…    

Refinement of Glaucoma Testing, Treatment Expected from US, UK Study

An Indiana University School of Optometry researcher’s ongoing work to improve testing for and treatment of one of the world’s leading causes of blindness…    

Ancient Egyptian cosmetics: ‘Magical’ makeup may have been medicine for eye disease

There’s more to the eye makeup that gave Queen Nefertiti and other ancient Egyptian royals those stupendous gazes and legendary beauty than meets the…    

It’s Never Too Late to Quit Smoking and Save Your Vision, Finds Study of AMD in Elderly Women

Need a little extra incentive to kick the habit?

Just in time for New Year’s resolutions, a UCLA study finds that…    

Steroid Injections May Slow Diabetes-Related Eye Disease

Researchers led by specialists at the Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute have found that injecting a corticosteroid, triamcinolone, directly into the eye may slow…    

Eat Fruits and Vegetable for Better Vision

Carotenoids, found in green leafy vegetables and colored fruits, have been found to increase visual performance and may prevent age-related eye diseases, according to…    

New inherited eye disease discovered

University of Iowa researchers have found the existence of a new, rare inherited retinal disease. Now the search is on to find the genetic…    

Does cataract surgery make eye disease worse?

Cataract surgery does not appear to worsen the course of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a progressive loss of vision due to deterioration of…    

Role of dietary fat in eye disease complex

How much fat you eat—and what kind—may affect your risk of age-related vision loss, new research shows.

The researchers studied the role…    

Cataract surgery helps AMD patients; steroid improves DME; online eye health forum

This month’s Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (Academy) reports on a national study that finds cataract surgery is likely to…    

Gene therapy experiment restores sight in a few

Nine-year-old Corey Haas can ride his bike alone now, thanks to an experimental gene therapy that has boosted his fading vision with a single…    

Just 10 Minutes of Exercise Could Help Prevent Vision Loss from Glaucoma

There may be a new ray of hope for glaucoma patients striving to preserve their vision. According to a recent study that appears in…    

Could vision problems be linked to earlier death?

Poor vision is enough a hardship for the elderly. But such vision problems, when they can’t be corrected, also appear to be tied to…    

Men nearly 3 times as likely to develop noise-induced hearing loss

A comprehensive study of the prevalence and risk factors for noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) show that men, especially those who are white and…    

Toronto researchers discover novel circulation in human eye, new glaucoma treatment target

Researchers at the University of Toronto, St. Michael’s Hospital and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre have discovered a previously unidentified form of circulation within the…    

Positive trend for diabetic eye health; AMD may predict heart disease; vision impacts life success

Highlights of October’s Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, include good news on preserving vision in people with type 1 diabetes,…    

Researchers Identify Gene Variant Linked to Glaucoma

An international team, led by researchers from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and the National Eye Institute, has discovered gene…    

Study Predicts 40 Percent Increase in Blindness in Nigeria by 2020

By 2020, 1.4 million Nigerians over age 40 will lose their sight, and the vast majority of the causes are either preventable or treatable,…    

Glaucoma? That’s no excuse to skip your work out

People who suffer from vision-impairing glaucoma can exercise without fear of making the condition worse, according to a new study.

Glaucoma arises…