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 ...

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

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

The 12-year-old American boy ate only French fries, hamburgers, ranch dressing, glazed donuts and fruit juice for days, until ...

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

Canter suffered multiple injuries, including fractures to her left orbital bone, optic nerve canal and anterior skull base as ...

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 had an eye removed after a routine pre-school test found a brain tumour the size of a golf ball - but now he ...

A five-year-old lost an eye after a routine test found a "golf ball-sized" tumor. Riley Thompson was diagnosed with an optic ...

The Southampton team developed a "nervous system" for drones using optical fibers to continuously monitor strains and stresses, similar to how nerves relay information in the ...

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, ...

Dr. Cory Brown, O.D., moved to Cleburne with his family at the age of 11. In 2004 he had the opportunity to practice at the ...