For generations, adults with amblyopia were told their vision loss was permanent, a childhood problem that medicine could not ...

A clinical trial is investigating whether a stem cell-derived patch can replace disease-damaged cells and restore vision. Age-related macular degeneration is a steadily worsening eye disease and the ...

A new study's findings may transform worldwide treatment for the most common childhood visual disease, and the Philadelphia area can now call one of the lead researchers a local. Amblyopia, or lazy ...

Conducting the first large-scale eye study of its kind on the Navajo Nation, John A. Moran Eye Center researchers determined cataracts and the unmet need for eyeglasses are the top causes of blindness ...

Is there a link between blue eyes and the risk of alcoholism? — -- There's a new potential clue in the ongoing effort to understand the genetic links to alcoholism: eye color. People with lighter ...

When humans finally have the chance to explore Mars, the members of those crewed missions will be millions of miles from home with delayed communications. Before they go, scientists want to understand ...

Traditionally, researchers have focused on the way in which photoreceptors use glucose for energy, such as the ACOORD Eye Study that looked at how the intense control of glucose and blood pressure ...

“Discomfort created by the condition causes substantial physical, financial and psychological consequences,” Bai said. “The grant will allow us to use the technology that Dr. Nichols and I created to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . High myopia is a major risk factor for the development of open-angle glaucoma, accounting for a 7.3-fold ...

A study found that regular use of medications such as sildenafil (e.g., Viagra), vardenafil (e.g., Levitra and Staxyn), tadalafil (Cialis), and avanafil (Stendra) was associated with increased risk of ...