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 ...

Age-related macular degeneration affects your central vision but leaves your peripheral vision unchanged. It's a leading ...

Moegamat Keeyan Omar, a resilient four-year-old, refuses to let his rare disease define him as he conquers a challenging time ...

Objectives: Optic neuritis is (ON) is believed to be an immune-mediated disease; however, the association between optic neuritis and autoimmune diseases remains unclear. This study aimed to identify ...

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

However, these tests can be invasive, associated with radiation exposure, contraindicated, or not readily available. Ultrasonography measurement of the optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) is proposed ...

Boost eye health this autumn with carrots, tangerines, almonds, leafy greens, fatty fish, and eggs for hydration and ...

Vision problems can affect your life in many ways ... This area includes your retina, nearby blood vessels, and optic nerve. It's called the fundus. A slit lamp is a type of microscope.

The retina is a layer of tissue at the back of the eyeball. It is made up of nerve cells, also known as photoreceptor cells, which transmit visual information to the optic nerve. There are two types ...

Ironically, a breast cancer diagnosis may have saved Angela Duncan’s life — but in a manner neither she nor her doctors could have anticipated. “Otherwise, the tumor likely would have gone undetected, ...

Elon Musk gave a 30-minute lecture on @Neuralink last month at the 2024 Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS). The roadmap ...