Eye Health

Vision is a vital sense that significantly impacts the quality of life. This hub features numerous well-researched articles on the anatomy, physiology, and function of the human eye, as well as in-depth discussions on common and rare eye diseases, their diagnosis and treatment, and recent developments in ophthalmology. You can find information here based on evidence on a wide range of topics, from eye care and vision screening for children to more complex conditions such as glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, and eye cancers. The collection also examines how genetics and the environment impact eye health, the effects of systemic diseases on the eyes, and the application of new technologies such as optogenetics and artificial intelligence in clinical ophthalmology.

Air Pollution and Eye Health

The eye is a delicate organ with a large and moist area exposed to the environment that makes it more susceptible to air pollution than other parts of the body.

Managing and Treating Eye Allergies

Looking After Your Eyes During Old Age

Otitis Media Treatments

Diagnosis of eye cancer

What is Visceral Larva Migrans?

Retinal Break

Should You Seek Help for Eye Floaters?

Optogenetics Applications

Conjunctiva microbiota

Blepharitis Types and Causes

What are Cataracts?

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Diabetic Retinopathy Diagnosis

Otitis Media Symptoms

Growing an eye for transplantation: potentials and pitfalls

Diabetic eye disease / diabetic retinopathy stages

Retinoblastoma - Malignant Tumor of the Retina

What is Refractory Cancer?

Diabetic Retinopathy Treatments

Glaucoma Management

Types of Glaucoma

Current and Future Applications of Optogenetics

How Does the Eye Work?

Diabetic Retinopathy Symptoms

Retinitis Pigmentosa Genetics

What Causes Retinoblastoma?

Retinoblastoma Screening

Using the Coralberry to Treat Eye Cancer

What is Diabetic Retinopathy?

Amblyopia Types

Iris Nevus vs Melanoma

What is Choroideremia?

What is Glaucoma?

Optic Nerve Cupping in Glaucoma

Signs and Risk Factors for Eye Disease

Growing an eye for transplantation: potentials and pitfalls

What is Diabetic Retinopathy?

Ocular Hypertension: Diagnosis and Treatment

Retinitis Pigmentosa Cause

What Causes Ocular Hypertension?

Retinitis Pigmentosa Symptoms

Eyelid Cancer

Diabetic Retinopathy Risk Factors

Ophthalmology Around the World

What is Wavefront Aberrometry?

Importance of Regular Eye Checks and the Check-up Procedure

Glaucoma Symptoms

Retinitis Pigmentosa Diagnosis

What is eye cancer?

Eye Health and Diet

Ophthalmology

Ocular Larva Migrans

Ocular Larva Migrans Symptoms and Causes

Detecting Brain Disease Using the Eye

Diagnosing and Treating Retinoblastoma

Risks Associated with Eye Make-Up

Otitis Media Diagnosis

What is Normal-Tension Glaucoma?

Smoking and Eye Health: What You Need to Know

What Causes Retinal Detachment?

What is LASIK?

Choroidal Melanoma

Eye cancer treatment

What is Retinitis Pigmentosa?

Glaucoma Pathophysiology

Oculoplastic Surgery Overview

What Does an Optometrist Do?

Health Risks and Benefits of Eye Drops

What Causes Eye Floaters?

History of Ophthalmology

Anatomy of the Human Eye

Eye Care for Children

Ocular Larva Migrans Diagnosis and Treatment

Types of Refractive Disorder

What is Otitis Media?

Genetics of Eye Color

Retinal Breaks and Retinal Detachment

Iris Melanoma

Treating Retinal Detachment

Neuropathy, Ataxia and Retinitis Pigmentosa (NARP Syndrome)

Symptoms of eye cancer

Ophthalmologist Education and Training

Central Retinal Vein Occlusion (CRVO)

Types of visual impairment

Types of Eye Allergy

Retinal Detachment Prognosis

Small Incision Lenticule Extraction (SMILE) Surgery

What is Open-Angle Glaucoma?

Signs and Symptoms of Retinoblastoma

What are Aberrations of the Eye?

Glaucoma Causes

Glaucoma Classifications

Subspecialties of Ophthalmology

Strategies to Improve Cataract Surgery Outcomes

Eyelid Cancer Surgery

What is Traumatic Glaucoma?

Symptoms and Diagnosis of Eye Allergies

Causes of eye cancer

Eyelid Cancer Non-Surgical Treatments

LASIK Complications

Glaucoma Diagnosis

Otitis Media Causes

Introduction to Optogenetics

Preventing Retinal Detachment

How Will AI Impact Ophthalmology?

What Causes Eye Floaters?

Preventing Ocular Hypertension

Types of Eye Allergy

Latest Eye Health News and Research

MirrorBot encourages social interaction and connection between strangers

Cornell University researchers are using technology, in the form of a mirror-equipped robot, to help bring people together.

2 Apr 2026

Innovative technologies transform ocular drug delivery and therapeutic outcomes

Announcing a new article publication in BIO Integration. Ocular drug delivery systems are essential for treating various eye conditions. Ocular conventional drug delivery techniques, such as eye drops (topical administration), often face challenges, like rapid drainage and low bioavailability.

2 Apr 2026

Researchers settle 60-year debate on the fundamental mechanisms of visual perception

A scientific dispute spanning six decades about fundamental mechanisms of visual perception in mammals has now been settled. Researchers at TUM have succeeded in observing the visual information flow from neuron to neuron.

2 Apr 2026

AI-powered portable eye scanner makes vision screenings more accessible

Imagine being able to assess how healthy the front of our eyes are not only in hospitals, but also in remote eye-screening camps, elderly-care facilities, pharmacies, or even train stations.

2 Apr 2026

New wearable detects fatigue accurately using AI and advanced sensors

Burnout and chronic fatigue carry a substantial economic cost and pose serious risks in professions where alertness is critical.

1 Apr 2026

New optogenetic method precisely controls marmoset brain communication pathways

Understanding how the brain works requires more than studying single regions in isolation. The cerebral cortex depends on long-distance connections that link specialized areas into coordinated networks.

31 Mar 2026

Uncovering the hidden retinal risks of modern dentistry

Dentists are exposed to intense lighting for long hours, but its long-term impact on eye health is often overlooked. This study evaluates whether chronic exposure to dental lighting, especially blue and white LEDs, can damage the retina and disrupt its normal function. By combining human data with advanced imaging and animal models, the research uncovers hidden occupational risks and highlights the need for safer lighting practices to help protect dentists' vision.

31 Mar 2026

Retinal organoid study identifies pathways and compounds to protect cone cells

Scientists led by Botond Roska at the Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel (IOB) and collaborators have identified genetic pathways and compounds capable of protecting cone photoreceptors from the degeneration that underlies conditions like age-related macular degeneration.

30 Mar 2026

Breathing in common disinfectant chemicals may be more harmful than oral ingestion

Breathing in common disinfectant chemicals known as quaternary ammonium compounds, or QACs, may be far more harmful than swallowing them, according to a mouse study led by researchers at the University of California, Davis.

30 Mar 2026

AI eye exams accurately identify heart disease risk during routine visits

A new system that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to assess cardiovascular risk based on images of the eye captured during eye exams demonstrated strong correlation with a standard cardiovascular risk assessment, according to a study presented at the American College of Cardiology's Annual Scientific Session (ACC.26).

30 Mar 2026

Mount Sinai researchers identify a highly prevalent recessive neurodevelopmental disorder

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York have identified and described a previously unknown recessive neurodevelopmental disorder (NDD) that appears to be the most prevalent ever discovered.

30 Mar 2026

She owed her insurer a nickel, so it canceled her coverage

Last summer, Lorena Alvarado Hill received a series of unexpected medical bills.

30 Mar 2026

Inside the high-stakes corporate fight over feeding preterm babies

In 2013, a scientist at Abbott Laboratories saw study results with potentially big implications for the company's profits and the lives of some of the world's most fragile people: preterm infants.

30 Mar 2026

Mount Sinai team wins million dollar prize for the development of Biomni-AD

A team led by Dr. Kuan-lin Huang, PhD, has been named a winner of the $1 million Alzheimer's Insights AI Prize, the Alzheimer's Disease Data Initiative (AD Data Initiative) announced on March 20. Dr. Huang is an Associate Professor of Genetics and Genomic Sciences at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

27 Mar 2026

Timing of acetylcholine release determines if dopamine promotes movement or learning

Scientists have long-studied the role of dopamine, a chemical in the brain that helps control learning and movement, in order to better understand Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, and depression-afflictions caused, in part, by a disruption or alteration of dopamine activity.

25 Mar 2026

New skin atlas maps over one million cells across the human body

Mount Sinai researchers have published the first organ-wide human skin spatial atlas from across the body.

25 Mar 2026

Study identifies early risk factors for progressive supranuclear palsy

Progressive supranuclear palsy, or PSP, is a rare brain disease that causes problems with balance, eye movements and thinking. Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson recently passed away after living with the disease for more than a decade.

24 Mar 2026

Repurposed cancer drug shows promise against drug-resistant herpes infections

UIC researchers have successfully repurposed an FDA-approved cancer drug, doxorubicin, to treat drug-resistant strains of herpes. Their work appears in the journal Drug Resistance Updates.

24 Mar 2026

AI-driven OCT imaging system enables precise wound healing assessment

No matter the size or severity, wounds on human skin are difficult to monitor while they heal. Biopsies disrupt the wound site and are too invasive for routine, repeated monitoring, and most medical imaging devices that could do the job are large, expensive and booked up with more pressing diagnostics.

23 Mar 2026

New pathway explains poor response to bladder cancer immunotherapy

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the Mount Sinai Tisch Cancer Center have discovered a biological pathway that helps explain why some bladder cancers do not respond well to immunotherapy.

18 Mar 2026

Eye Health

Overview

Feature Articles

Diagnosis of eye cancer

What is Visceral Larva Migrans?

Retinal Break

Should You Seek Help for Eye Floaters?

Optogenetics Applications

Conjunctiva microbiota

Blepharitis Types and Causes

What are Cataracts?

Diabetic Retinopathy Diagnosis

Otitis Media Symptoms

Growing an eye for transplantation: potentials and pitfalls

Diabetic eye disease / diabetic retinopathy stages

Retinoblastoma - Malignant Tumor of the Retina

What is Refractory Cancer?

Diabetic Retinopathy Treatments

Glaucoma Management

Types of Glaucoma

Current and Future Applications of Optogenetics

How Does the Eye Work?

Diabetic Retinopathy Symptoms

Retinitis Pigmentosa Genetics

What Causes Retinoblastoma?

Retinoblastoma Screening

Using the Coralberry to Treat Eye Cancer

What is Diabetic Retinopathy?

Amblyopia Types

Iris Nevus vs Melanoma

What is Choroideremia?

What is Glaucoma?

Optic Nerve Cupping in Glaucoma

Signs and Risk Factors for Eye Disease

Growing an eye for transplantation: potentials and pitfalls

What is Diabetic Retinopathy?

Ocular Hypertension: Diagnosis and Treatment

Retinitis Pigmentosa Cause

What Causes Ocular Hypertension?

Retinitis Pigmentosa Symptoms

Eyelid Cancer

Diabetic Retinopathy Risk Factors

Ophthalmology Around the World

What is Wavefront Aberrometry?

Importance of Regular Eye Checks and the Check-up Procedure

Glaucoma Symptoms

Retinitis Pigmentosa Diagnosis

What is eye cancer?

Eye Health and Diet

Ophthalmology

Ocular Larva Migrans

Ocular Larva Migrans Symptoms and Causes

Detecting Brain Disease Using the Eye

Diagnosing and Treating Retinoblastoma

Risks Associated with Eye Make-Up

Otitis Media Diagnosis

What is Normal-Tension Glaucoma?

Smoking and Eye Health: What You Need to Know

What Causes Retinal Detachment?

What is LASIK?

Choroidal Melanoma

Eye cancer treatment

What is Retinitis Pigmentosa?

Glaucoma Pathophysiology

Oculoplastic Surgery Overview

What Does an Optometrist Do?

Health Risks and Benefits of Eye Drops

What Causes Eye Floaters?

History of Ophthalmology

Anatomy of the Human Eye

Eye Care for Children

Ocular Larva Migrans Diagnosis and Treatment

Types of Refractive Disorder

What is Otitis Media?

Genetics of Eye Color

Retinal Breaks and Retinal Detachment

Iris Melanoma

Treating Retinal Detachment

Neuropathy, Ataxia and Retinitis Pigmentosa (NARP Syndrome)

Symptoms of eye cancer

Symptoms and Diagnosis of Eye Allergies