Category: News – Ophthalmology

New studies find exercise makes for better eye health, less chronic pain, stronger bones and can even help prevent some cancer…

Find out which gender is more likely to become blind, which is the leading cause of blindness, how often are adults and children visually impaired or blind …

Spinach, which nutritionists promote as a rich source of iron, it could eliminate the risk of occurrence of one of the frequent causes of blindness…

While using a computer won’t cause serious damage to your eyes or vision, computer users often complain of symptoms such as eyestrain, headaches, fatigue, dry eyes, and focusing problems…

Dream lens, dream vision and ortho-k, these terms are used to delineate orthokeratology, which is firm gas-permeable contact lenses, usually worn during the night to enhance or improve eyesight or vision by reshaping one’s cornea…

Dry-eye sufferers and glaucoma patients may soon be able to trade their messy eye drops for a contact lens that delivers medication gradually over time…

A drug which could repair the vision of people with vitreomacular adhesion, eliminating the need for surgery, is being trialled by experts at Southampton General Hospital…

What if lasik isn’t right for you? You may want to consider one of these vision correctionalternatives…

 A MAN who was blind for 12 years has seen his wife for the first time after specialists implanted part of one of his teeth into his eye socket…

 Perhaps much to your son or daughter’s dismay, LASIK surgery is not recommended for children or teenagers. The FDA strictly prohibits LASIK surgery for those who are not yet 18 years of age. Most reputable eye surgeons will not perform LASIK on a young person until at least the age of 20…