When you hear the word 'syphilis,' many people may have the image of a past infectious disease that appears in history textbooks. However, in reality, it has been on a re-increasing trend both ...

Dear Doctors: I was recently diagnosed with "floaters" in my right eye. I am told it just happens and is not my diabetes or high blood pressure. The floaters are constant and only get better with ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 46-year-old woman with hypothyroidism and prior substance use disorder presented to the emergency department ...

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Those tiny specks, squiggles and cobweb-like shapes drifting across your vision have a way of appearing at the worst possible moments—while you're reading a recipe, driving home from the store or ...

“When I look at things, it feels like ink is spreading in front of my eyes, and I can’t see clearly,” Wang Meng-chi, a member of the American Society for Cataract and Refractive Surgery and director ...

Those squiggly transparent lines that drift across your eyesight, appearing like amoebas under a microscope, look harmless enough. They even seem like they might have cute soft voices if they were to ...

Patients who present to their primary care providers experiencing new-onset or multiple floaters in their vision could be at risk for retinal tears or detachment and should be referred promptly to an ...

Floaters, which are small dark spots or squiggly lines that move across your line of sight, become increasingly common with age. They may be especially noticeable when you look at a high-contrast area ...