Eye Health

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.

Central Retinal Vein Occlusion (CRVO)

Detecting Brain Disease Using the Eye

Diabetic eye disease / diabetic retinopathy stages

Diabetic Retinopathy Diagnosis

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Diabetic Retinopathy Risk Factors

Diabetic Retinopathy Treatments

Diagnosing and Treating Retinoblastoma

Growing an eye for transplantation: potentials and pitfalls

Health Risks and Benefits of Eye Drops

How Will AI Impact Ophthalmology?

Importance of Regular Eye Checks and the Check-up Procedure

Looking After Your Eyes During Old Age

Managing and Treating Eye Allergies

Neuropathy, Ataxia and Retinitis Pigmentosa (NARP Syndrome)

Ocular Hypertension: Diagnosis and Treatment

Ocular Larva Migrans Diagnosis and Treatment

Smoking and Eye Health: What You Need to Know

Signs and Risk Factors for Eye Disease

Ocular Larva Migrans Symptoms and Causes

Ophthalmologist Education and Training

Ophthalmology Around the World

Optic Nerve Cupping in Glaucoma

Preventing Ocular Hypertension

Retinal Breaks and Retinal Detachment

Retinitis Pigmentosa Diagnosis

Retinoblastoma - Malignant Tumor of the Retina

Risks Associated with Eye Make-Up

Should You Seek Help for Eye Floaters?

Signs and Symptoms of Retinoblastoma

Small Incision Lenticule Extraction (SMILE) Surgery

Strategies to Improve Cataract Surgery Outcomes

Subspecialties of Ophthalmology

Symptoms and Diagnosis of Eye Allergies

Using the Coralberry to Treat Eye Cancer

What are Aberrations of the Eye?

What Causes Ocular Hypertension?

What is Normal-Tension Glaucoma?

What is Visceral Larva Migrans?

What is Wavefront Aberrometry?

Current and Future Applications of Optogenetics

Growing an eye for transplantation: potentials and pitfalls

Eyelid Cancer Non-Surgical Treatments

What Causes Retinal Detachment?

Latest Eye Health News and Research

Study: Millions still lack access to basic eye care worldwide

Millions of people across the world still lack access to basic eye care such as glasses according to a new study led by Professor Rupert Bourne of Anglia Ruskin University (ARU).

23 May 2025

UTA researcher receives NIH grant to advance predictive disease models

Suvra Pal, an associate professor of statistics in The University of Texas at Arlington's Department of Mathematics, has been awarded a $1.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop advanced predictive models designed to improve disease treatment and potential cures.

23 May 2025

NIH scientists pioneer new retinal grafting technique for dry age-related macular degeneration

National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists have developed a new surgical technique for implanting multiple tissue grafts in the eye's retina.

23 May 2025

Detecting balance impairments early could prevent life-threatening falls

As we get older, our bodies stop performing as they once did. We aren't as strong as we once were, we don't see as well as we used to and we start becoming less mobile.

23 May 2025

Powerful new toolkit targets vision loss in advanced retinal degeneration

Inherited retinal degenerations (IRDs) are a group of genetic disorders that lead to progressive vision loss as the light-sensing cells of the eye-the photoreceptors-die due to mutations in genes needed for their function and survival.

23 May 2025

Exercise and diet advice misses the mark in improving heart health around the globe

A leading cardiovascular disease researcher from Simon Fraser University is ringing the alarm on universal recommendations intended to improve heart health around the globe.

22 May 2025

REM sleep suppression linked to longer survival in ALS patients

During REM sleep, the body enters a state of paralysis. This can pose a danger for patients with weakened diaphragms due to neuromuscular diseases.

21 May 2025

New framework modernizes traumatic brain injury diagnosis after 50 years

Trauma centers nationwide will begin to test a new approach for assessing traumatic brain injury (TBI) that is expected to lead to more accurate diagnoses and more appropriate treatment and follow-up for patients.

21 May 2025

New blood test detects HPV-linked head and neck cancer with unmatched accuracy

A new liquid biopsy blood test could help detect cases of human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated head and neck cancers with significantly higher accuracy than currently used methods, including before patients develop symptoms, according to new Mass General Brigham research.

20 May 2025

Inhaled microplastics suppress pulmonary macrophages critical to the immune system

Microplastics are ubiquitous in the environment, and we all routinely inhale these tiny pollutants. Now new research published at the ATS 2025 International Conference has found that inhaled microplastics suppress pulmonary macrophages, a type of white blood cell found in the lungs that are critical to the immune system.

19 May 2025

New auditory brainstem implant shows promise for patients with Neurofibromatosis type 2

A new study co-led by Mass General Brigham researchers points to a promising new type of auditory brainstem implant (ABI) that could benefit people who are deaf due to Neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) and other severe inner ear abnormalities that prevent them from receiving cochlear implants.

16 May 2025

New stem cell model replicates human amniotic sac development

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have developed a new stem cell model of the mature human amniotic sac, which replicates development of the tissues supporting the embryo from two to four weeks after fertilization.

15 May 2025

Innovative technology offers non-invasive way to observe blood clotting

Researchers from the University of Tokyo have found a way to observe clotting activity in blood as it happens - without needing invasive procedures.

15 May 2025

Trump’s fast-tracked deal for a copper mine heightens existential fight for Apache

Carrying eagle feathers and chanting prayers, Western Apache runners hit the road on a roughly 80-mile journey this month to try to save their sacred land from being fast-tracked by President Donald Trump into a copper mine.

14 May 2025

New insights into how the brain creates a unified visual experience

People have a lot of misconceptions about what the brain's left and right hemispheres do, but one well-known aspect of this division may be even more true than people realize: The brain not only splits up visual spatial perception-processing what's on our left in the right hemisphere and what's on our right in the left hemisphere-it takes cognitive advantage of that.

13 May 2025

NIH grant supports Wayne State University research on protecting vision in people with diabetes

A four-year, $2.33 million grant from the National Eye Institute of the National Institutes of Health to Wayne State University is supporting research focused on improving and preserving vision and eye health in those with diabetes.

13 May 2025

Radiomics reveals breast texture patterns associated with cancer risk

In one of the larger studies of its kind, researchers have identified six breast texture patterns that may be associated with increased cancer risk, according to a new study published today in Radiology, a journal of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

13 May 2025