Glaucoma, a leading cause of blindness, silently damages the optic nerve, often progressing unnoticed until irreversible ...

A novel treatment for Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON), a rare genetic disease that can lead to sudden loss of ...

It primarily affects the cells that make up the optic nerve, which carries visual information from the eye to the brain. LHON is typically painless but can progress to severe vision ... visual loss ...

A new clinical trial suggests stem cell therapy may restore vision in people with advanced dry age-related macular degeneration, a disease that currently has no cure.

In celebration of Ophthalmology Times ' 50th anniversary, we asked leading experts in the field, in a perfect world, if they ...

A novel treatment for Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON), a rare genetic disease that can lead to sudden loss of ...

The post How Injected Gold Could One Day Restore The Vision Of Millions Of Americans first on TwistedSifter. According to the charity Prevent Blindness, almost 20 million Americans suffer from a kind ...

Amid the near-total Israeli blockade, those in Gaza are facing a new threat to their lives — paralytic diseases. According to Nasser Hospital’s head of pediatrics, Dr. Ahmed Al-Farra, “Before the war, ...

Age-related macular degeneration affects your central vision but leaves your peripheral vision unchanged. It's a leading cause of vision problems, including vision loss, in people over 50, per the ...

For people with macular telangiectasia type 2 (MacTel), an orphan retinal disorder that gradually destroys central vision, there have long been no approved treatment options. But now, a new study ...