Eye Health

Vision is a vital sense that significantly impacts the quality of life. This hub features numerous well-researched articles on the anatomy, physiology, and function of the human eye, as well as in-depth discussions on common and rare eye diseases, their diagnosis and treatment, and recent developments in ophthalmology. You can find information here based on evidence on a wide range of topics, from eye care and vision screening for children to more complex conditions such as glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, and eye cancers. The collection also examines how genetics and the environment impact eye health, the effects of systemic diseases on the eyes, and the application of new technologies such as optogenetics and artificial intelligence in clinical ophthalmology.

Air Pollution and Eye Health

The eye is a delicate organ with a large and moist area exposed to the environment that makes it more susceptible to air pollution than other parts of the body.

Eyelid Cancer Surgery

Risks Associated with Eye Make-Up

Glaucoma Symptoms

How Will AI Impact Ophthalmology?

Eye Care for Children

What is Retinitis Pigmentosa?

Retinitis Pigmentosa Diagnosis

Otitis Media Diagnosis

Diagnosis of eye cancer

Types of Refractive Disorder

Diagnosing and Treating Retinoblastoma

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Retinitis Pigmentosa Symptoms

Subspecialties of Ophthalmology

Detecting Brain Disease Using the Eye

Causes of eye cancer

Oculoplastic Surgery Overview

Eyelid Cancer

Diabetic Retinopathy Diagnosis

Importance of Regular Eye Checks and the Check-up Procedure

Optic Nerve Cupping in Glaucoma

Neuropathy, Ataxia and Retinitis Pigmentosa (NARP Syndrome)

Eye Health and Diet

What is Visceral Larva Migrans?

What is Refractory Cancer?

What is Diabetic Retinopathy?

Small Incision Lenticule Extraction (SMILE) Surgery

What is Diabetic Retinopathy?

Retinal Detachment Prognosis

Choroidal Melanoma

Blepharitis Types and Causes

What is eye cancer?

Ocular Larva Migrans Symptoms and Causes

Glaucoma Classifications

Iris Nevus vs Melanoma

Diabetic Retinopathy Risk Factors

Retinal Breaks and Retinal Detachment

Retinoblastoma Screening

Retinal Break

How Does the Eye Work?

Glaucoma Pathophysiology

Genetics of Eye Color

Otitis Media Causes

Retinitis Pigmentosa Cause

What Does an Optometrist Do?

Signs and Risk Factors for Eye Disease

Current and Future Applications of Optogenetics

Iris Melanoma

Ophthalmologist Education and Training

Looking After Your Eyes During Old Age

Ocular Hypertension: Diagnosis and Treatment

Health Risks and Benefits of Eye Drops

History of Ophthalmology

Ophthalmology

Ophthalmology Around the World

Diabetic eye disease / diabetic retinopathy stages

Conjunctiva microbiota

Diabetic Retinopathy Treatments

Otitis Media Treatments

Should You Seek Help for Eye Floaters?

LASIK Complications

What are Cataracts?

Ocular Larva Migrans

Smoking and Eye Health: What You Need to Know

Eyelid Cancer Non-Surgical Treatments

Symptoms of eye cancer

What is Glaucoma?

What are Aberrations of the Eye?

Signs and Symptoms of Retinoblastoma

Glaucoma Management

Types of Glaucoma

Growing an eye for transplantation: potentials and pitfalls

What is Wavefront Aberrometry?

What is LASIK?

Growing an eye for transplantation: potentials and pitfalls

Central Retinal Vein Occlusion (CRVO)

What is Choroideremia?

Optogenetics Applications

What Causes Eye Floaters?

Treating Retinal Detachment

What is Traumatic Glaucoma?

Types of Eye Allergy

Managing and Treating Eye Allergies

Using the Coralberry to Treat Eye Cancer

What Causes Eye Floaters?

Preventing Ocular Hypertension

Retinitis Pigmentosa Genetics

What is Normal-Tension Glaucoma?

Diabetic Retinopathy Symptoms

Retinoblastoma - Malignant Tumor of the Retina

Strategies to Improve Cataract Surgery Outcomes

Introduction to Optogenetics

Anatomy of the Human Eye

What is Otitis Media?

Eye cancer treatment

What Causes Retinal Detachment?

Ocular Larva Migrans Diagnosis and Treatment

Amblyopia Types

What Causes Retinoblastoma?

What is Open-Angle Glaucoma?

What Causes Ocular Hypertension?

Otitis Media Symptoms

Symptoms and Diagnosis of Eye Allergies

Glaucoma Causes

Types of visual impairment

Preventing Retinal Detachment

Glaucoma Diagnosis

Latest Eye Health News and Research

New framework aims to improve reliability of tear-based health sensors

Dr. Yangzhi Zhu of the Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation (TIBI), with collaborators at UC San Diego and USC, published a Nature Sensors perspective on what it will take to turn tear-based wearable sensors into reliable, long-term health-tracking tools.

8 Oct 2026

Brief safety reminders help reduce harmful clinical AI decisions

As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly capable of assisting with health care tasks, a new study by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has found that adding a brief safety reminder reduced potentially harmful choices by AI models in clinical scenarios.

8 Oct 2026

Universal germline genetic testing catches missed cancer risks in older patients

Universal germline genetic testing of nearly 40,000 patients with solid tumors detected a substantial proportion of inherited gene variants that would have been missed by the standard germline testing approach that excludes those over age 50.

8 Oct 2026

Optogenetic therapy improves light sensitivity in people with retinitis pigmentosa

An international research team has reported new results from the first clinical cohort of blind people treated with an optogenetic therapy for advanced retinitis pigmentosa.

7 Oct 2026

Study uncovers a protective role for microglia in Parkinson's disease

Researchers at the University of Oxford have uncovered a previously unrecognized protective role for microglia, the brain's resident immune cells, in Parkinson's disease.

7 Oct 2026

Babies use saliva sharing to map out close relationships

Imagine you're an infant. Just a few months in the world, trying to gather your faculties, testing gravity - you're pretty helpless and fully reliant on the people around you.

7 Oct 2026

As femtosecond lasers find new medical uses, Lithuanian manufacturer bets on scale to meet demand

A recent study, published in a peer-reviewed medical journal, found femtosecond laser imaging assesses lung tumor margins six times faster than the current standard, allowing surgeons to make life-saving decisions on how much tissue to remove while the patient is still in surgery.

7 Oct 2026

Statins may lower glaucoma risk and reduce treatment needs

Taking statins is linked to a lower risk of developing glaucoma and a reduced chance of it getting worse, suggest the findings of research published online in the British Journal of Ophthalmology.

6 Oct 2026

Study uncovers link between inherited blindness and a gene causing rare metabolic disease

Researchers at the Greenwood Genetic Center (GGC) led the discovery of an unexpected connection between inherited blindness and a gene known for causing a rare metabolic disorder.

6 Oct 2026

Mount Sinai adopts automated data integration for oncology clinical trials

The Mount Sinai Tisch Cancer Center has transitioned its electronic health record (EHR)-to-clinical trial data integration technology from pilot to routine use across its cancer research program.

6 Oct 2026

Managing misfolded proteins to prevent Parkinson’s disease

The protein alpha-synuclein is abundant in healthy brains and plays an important role in enabling communication between nerve cells. However, under certain conditions, misfolded alpha-synuclein proteins can accumulate into toxic clumps inside neurons

6 Oct 2026

Aston University partners with Globe Biomedical to test smart myopia-monitoring eyewear

Aston University School of Optometry and Globe Biomedical have announced a research collaboration for Blink Frames, Globe Biomedical's smart eyewear platform, which continually monitors a patient's eyes via normal-looking spectacle frames.

5 Oct 2026

Portable paper device rapidly detects scopolamine in beverages

Isabel Poves, researcher at the University of the Basque Country-EHU, has developed a microfluidic paper-based device that provides a rapid, reliable and easy way to detect scopolamine and related compounds.

1 Oct 2026

Study links immune status to herpesvirus retinitis progression

The clinical progression and outcomes of two major herpesvirus retinitis forms are associated with patients' immune status, reveal Institute of Science Tokyo scientists.

1 Oct 2026

Wearable AI forecasts prolonged sitting in women with chronic pelvic pain disorders

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) approach using data from wearable devices that can forecast upcoming periods of prolonged sitting in women with chronic pelvic pain disorders.

30 Sep 2026

Smartphone retinal imaging could expand global eye care screening

Smartphones could play an important role in the early detection of eye diseases, including in settings where specialized ophthalmic infrastructure is limited.

30 Sep 2026

Cold temperatures may raise eye pressure in glaucoma patients

Lower air temperatures may be associated with an increase in the fluid pressure inside the eye-a cardinal cause of glaucoma-and should be taken into consideration when treating patients with the condition, suggest the findings of research published online in the British Journal of Ophthalmology.

29 Sep 2026

Zebrafish study reveals how albinism gene influences embryonic eye development

Tiny, striped zebrafish are helping scientists trace how a gene linked to albinism influences eye development, work that may ultimately help explain some of the vision problems experienced by people with the condition and guide the search for new treatments.

28 Sep 2026

New automated method maps complex myelin patterns in the brain

Myelin, the insulating sheath around nerve fibers, is essential for fast, healthy signalling in the brain, and its patterns enormously vary across brain tissue regions.

28 Sep 2026

New artificial intelligence tool identifies aging patterns in hematopoietic stem cells

Aging progressively affects the functioning of our body and, among other things, deteriorates the ability of the hematopoietic system- the set of organs and tissues responsible for producing blood cells- to maintain adequate blood cell production.

28 Sep 2026

Eye Health

Overview

Feature Articles

How Will AI Impact Ophthalmology?

Eye Care for Children

What is Retinitis Pigmentosa?

Retinitis Pigmentosa Diagnosis

Otitis Media Diagnosis

Diagnosis of eye cancer

Types of Refractive Disorder

Diagnosing and Treating Retinoblastoma

Retinitis Pigmentosa Symptoms

Subspecialties of Ophthalmology

Detecting Brain Disease Using the Eye

Causes of eye cancer

Oculoplastic Surgery Overview

Eyelid Cancer

Diabetic Retinopathy Diagnosis

Importance of Regular Eye Checks and the Check-up Procedure

Optic Nerve Cupping in Glaucoma

Neuropathy, Ataxia and Retinitis Pigmentosa (NARP Syndrome)

Eye Health and Diet

What is Visceral Larva Migrans?

What is Refractory Cancer?

What is Diabetic Retinopathy?

Small Incision Lenticule Extraction (SMILE) Surgery

What is Diabetic Retinopathy?

Retinal Detachment Prognosis

Choroidal Melanoma

Blepharitis Types and Causes

What is eye cancer?

Ocular Larva Migrans Symptoms and Causes

Glaucoma Classifications

Iris Nevus vs Melanoma

Diabetic Retinopathy Risk Factors

Retinal Breaks and Retinal Detachment

Retinoblastoma Screening

Retinal Break

How Does the Eye Work?

Glaucoma Pathophysiology

Genetics of Eye Color

Otitis Media Causes

Retinitis Pigmentosa Cause

What Does an Optometrist Do?

Signs and Risk Factors for Eye Disease

Current and Future Applications of Optogenetics

Iris Melanoma

Ophthalmologist Education and Training

Looking After Your Eyes During Old Age

Ocular Hypertension: Diagnosis and Treatment

Health Risks and Benefits of Eye Drops

History of Ophthalmology

Ophthalmology

Ophthalmology Around the World

Diabetic eye disease / diabetic retinopathy stages

Conjunctiva microbiota

Diabetic Retinopathy Treatments

Otitis Media Treatments

Should You Seek Help for Eye Floaters?

LASIK Complications

What are Cataracts?

Ocular Larva Migrans

Smoking and Eye Health: What You Need to Know

Eyelid Cancer Non-Surgical Treatments

Symptoms of eye cancer

What is Glaucoma?

What are Aberrations of the Eye?

Signs and Symptoms of Retinoblastoma

Glaucoma Management

Types of Glaucoma

Growing an eye for transplantation: potentials and pitfalls

What is Wavefront Aberrometry?

What is LASIK?

Growing an eye for transplantation: potentials and pitfalls

Central Retinal Vein Occlusion (CRVO)

What is Choroideremia?

Optogenetics Applications

What Causes Eye Floaters?

Treating Retinal Detachment

What is Traumatic Glaucoma?

Symptoms and Diagnosis of Eye Allergies