“The term glaucoma refers to a group of diseases that cause permanent damage to the optic nerve, which is the cable that ...

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 ...

Riley Thompson, from Renfrewshire, was diagnosed with an optic nerve glioma in February, after his mum Nicole, 36, noticed a ...

During a routine preschool eye test, Riley Thompson, from Glasgow, was found to have a golf-ball sized cancerous tumour ...

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

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

Glaucoma occurs due to optic nerve damage. A common treatment is prescription eye drops. Although eye drops do not cure or reverse vision loss, they can help prevent optic nerve damage.

Riley Thompson, five, was diagnosed with an optic nerve glioma in February - his mum said that although she was a nurse, she ...

Observations show distinct variations between the changes in optic nerve head (ONH) and the macula.

Glaucoma is a critical area of research within ophthalmology and vision sciences, as it stands as the second leading cause of ...

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