Do surgeons feel comfortable offering vitrectomy as a treatment for floaters? What is their attitude toward patients who are affected to the point of seeking surgery despite the risks involved? Two ...

Treatment that's required for a retinal tear is laser surgery, though Dr Polya noted the importance of getting our eyes check ...

Waking the morning after the birthday party, with a slightly foggy curtain effect over my upper right eye, I just presumed ...

It could be caused by something as harmless as retinal migraines or as serious as a retinal tear or detachment. These often happen as the gel in your eye changes with age and tugs on the retina. If ...

Night blindness is caused by vitamin A deficiency, congenital mutations, and other eye diseases. Learn about symptoms, causes ...

DOI: 10.1126/science.adu2987 Eduardo Fernández, Nanowires replace lost retinal cells, Science (2025). DOI: 10.1126/science.ady4439 ...

Summer’s the time for floating in a pool, but not for having floaters in the eyes. Recently, I developed a few tiny floaters ...

Tears are emerging as a powerful diagnostic tool, capable of detecting a range of conditions from rheumatoid arthritis and Alzheimer's to cancer and myopia. Researchers in India are developing ...

A new study demonstrates that handheld nanopore sequencers can rapidly identify eye infection pathogens using only a patient’s tears.