The annoying but relatively harmless eye floaters many people experience can now be a thing of the past thanks to a new laser procedure being performed in Southern Utah. The Dixie Ophthalmic ...

Patients reported improvement in symptoms of eye floaters after treatment with a laser, according to a new study. Patients reported improvement in symptoms of eye floaters after treatment with a laser ...

Floaters aren’t indicative of having a disease, said Singh. They are clumps of collagen fibers floating around the eye. There is a negative charge around these fibers, allowing them to remain apart ...

Some people call them floaters. Eye doctors call them "vitreous opacities." Emily Flynn called hers "a little fuzzball," and she flew halfway around the world to have it removed. After more than 100 ...

Gael Gordon has received funding from The College of Optometrists. Alice McTrusty does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from ...

Following as many as four Nd:YAG-laser vitreolysis procedures, mean IOP actually increased slightly from 14.2 to 15.3 mm Hg and the logMAR (minimum angle of resolution) declined from 0.14 at baseline ...

FALLS CHURCH, Va. — Some people call them floaters. Eye doctors call them "vitreous opacities." Emily Flynn called hers "a little fuzzball," and she flew halfway around the world to have it removed.

Welcome to another edition of CEDARS/ASPENS Debates. CEDARS/ASPENS is a joint society of cornea, cataract and refractive surgery specialists, here to discuss some of the latest hot topics in ...

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Nd:YAG laser treatment for symptomatic vitreous floaters was efficacious in a retrospective study done here. “Laser treatment in my hands was efficacious at a rate of about 85%.

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I’ve noticed several dark spots and cobweb-like strings in my vision. Is this something to be concerned about? ANSWER: Dark spots such as those you describe may be floaters. These ...

As many as 76 percent of us experience eye floaters, according to findings in the journal Survey of Ophthalmology. And while some of us are barely bothered by the dots, squiggles and specks that drift ...