Glaucoma is a group of eye diseases that cause slow, progressive damage to the optic nerve in the back of the eye, says Schultz. This growing damage is due to unsafe fluid buildup that causes pressure ...

Traumatic optic neuropathy is visual loss caused by trauma to the optic nerve. Injuries, classified as direct or indirect, are also characterized by location. Intracanalicular optic nerve injury ...

The hypothesis that it disrupts the function of retinal ganglion cell axons by increasing mechanical forces on the lamina cribrosa of the optic nerve head has received considerable experimental ...

Ask ophthalmologist Dr. Lauren Kaplan if eye exams are important and she will give a resounding “yes.” A medical doctor ...

The drug works by essentially forcing our cells to "spit out" dangerous protein clumps involved in Alzheimer's.

It primarily affects the optic nerve, which is essential for vision, and is particularly insidious because it often progresses unnoticed until substantial vision loss has occurred. Glaucoma is the ...

When you think of vision trouble, you might look at the issue head-on—literally. Determining how well you can see right in ...

Doctors are raising awareness of a type of eating disorder after seeing a case of a 17-year-old left with permanent 'blind ...