“Ischemia” is the term doctors use when a part of the body stops getting enough oxygen as a result of restricted blood flow. This is because blood carries oxygen in the body. In the case of NAION, ...

PHOENIX — Historically, optic nerve involvement has been excluded from multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnostic criteria, but its inclusion in the upcoming 2024 McDonald Diagnostic Criteria is expected to ...

Damage to the optic nerve can lead to irreversible blindness. A newly investigated regeneration factor could change that, UConn researchers report in the May 2024 issue of Experimental Neurology.

Pituitary tumors can compress the optic nerve, leading to visual symptoms. Pituitary tumors are mostly benign (noncancerous), but due to their location, they can have significant effects on ...

Patients who took the frequently prescribed diabetes and weight-loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy faced a greater risk of a stroke of the optic nerve, which can lead to blindness, according to a new study ...

The vision of mice with damaged optic nerves has been partly restored by generating new nerve cells in the eye to replace ones that died. The hope is this approach could help treat people with ...

A deep-learning model trained on optical coherence tomography scans of the optic nerve head reliably distinguished among various types of optic nerve damage, such as glaucoma, non-arteritic anterior ...

NEW ORLEANS — Research presented at Academy ’23 showed that axial length can affect measurements of retinal nerve fiber layer thickness and optic nerve disc and rim areas in glaucoma suspects and ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (WKRC) — A child went permanently blind due to an unhealthy diet. According to iHeart, an eight-year-old Malaysian boy went blind due to a poor diet since he was an infant. The ...

A retrospective cohort study suggested that users of GLP-1 receptor agonists had a 7% higher incidence of new-onset diabetic retinopathy. In patients with existing diabetic retinopathy, use of GLP-1 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Optic nerve fiber thickness improved among nearly all patients after SLT and resveratrol. The combination lowers ...