Eye / Vision Problems

Certain laboratory technique allows rapid detection of eye pathogens

A laboratory technique using real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) that copies DNA segments may allow clinicians to accurately identify pathogens infecting the cornea more…    

Caffeine may help prevent cataract formation

Caffeine may be effective in protecting the lens against damage that could lead to the formation of cataracts, according to a study presented on…    

Glaucoma’s unique protein expression could enhance diagnosis and treatment

An eye under pressure appears to express a unique set of proteins that physicians hope will one day help them better diagnose and treat…    

Understanding Night Blindness and Calcium

The discovery, published in the Feb. 18 issue of Nature, could have implications for several other conditions, including neurodegenerative diseases such as schizophrenia and…    

Gene therapy sets stage for new treatments for inherited blindness, Penn veterinary researchers say

Veterinary vision scientists at the University of Pennsylvania have safely and successfully used a viral vector in targeting a class of photoreceptors of the…    

New Treatment Option for Major Cause of Blindness in Adults

A drug may be more effective against the leading cause of adult blindness than laser treatments, a new study has shown.

Researchers…    

Most kids with form of ‘cross-eyes’ become nearsighted

Children with a particular variation of strabismus—commonly referred to as “cross-eyes”—appear highly likely to develop nearsightedness by adulthood, according to a new study.

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Contact lenses loaded with vitamin E may treat glaucoma

The popular dietary supplement vitamin E, loaded into special medicated contact lenses, can keep glaucoma medicine near the eye — where it can treat…    

Eye Exercise to Improve Vision

We have a lot of methods and processes which you can apply to aid to improve your vision naturally. Poor eye vision is a…    

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…