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.

What Causes Eye Floaters?

How Does the Eye Work?

Retinitis Pigmentosa Symptoms

Retinal Breaks and Retinal Detachment

What is Otitis Media?

Central Retinal Vein Occlusion (CRVO)

Growing an eye for transplantation: potentials and pitfalls

Treating Retinal Detachment

Types of Refractive Disorder

Types of visual impairment

Symptoms of eye cancer

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Glaucoma Management

Eye Care for Children

Iris Nevus vs Melanoma

Diagnosing and Treating Retinoblastoma

Ocular Larva Migrans Symptoms and Causes

Otitis Media Treatments

Glaucoma Classifications

Small Incision Lenticule Extraction (SMILE) Surgery

Eyelid Cancer

What are Aberrations of the Eye?

What is Visceral Larva Migrans?

What Causes Retinoblastoma?

What Causes Ocular Hypertension?

Diagnosis of eye cancer

Introduction to Optogenetics

Retinal Break

Anatomy of the Human Eye

Managing and Treating Eye Allergies

Eyelid Cancer Non-Surgical Treatments

Choroidal Melanoma

Ocular Hypertension: Diagnosis and Treatment

Health Risks and Benefits of Eye Drops

Glaucoma Symptoms

Subspecialties of Ophthalmology

Amblyopia Types

Risks Associated with Eye Make-Up

Ophthalmology

Preventing Retinal Detachment

What is Refractory Cancer?

Diabetic Retinopathy Treatments

Retinoblastoma Screening

Retinitis Pigmentosa Genetics

What is Diabetic Retinopathy?

Otitis Media Symptoms

Types of Eye Allergy

What are Cataracts?

Neuropathy, Ataxia and Retinitis Pigmentosa (NARP Syndrome)

Strategies to Improve Cataract Surgery Outcomes

Ocular Larva Migrans Diagnosis and Treatment

Glaucoma Pathophysiology

What is Normal-Tension Glaucoma?

What is Glaucoma?

What is Retinitis Pigmentosa?

Diabetic Retinopathy Symptoms

Detecting Brain Disease Using the Eye

Eyelid Cancer Surgery

What is Traumatic Glaucoma?

Otitis Media Diagnosis

Signs and Risk Factors for Eye Disease

What is Choroideremia?

Importance of Regular Eye Checks and the Check-up Procedure

Preventing Ocular Hypertension

What is LASIK?

Retinal Detachment Prognosis

What Does an Optometrist Do?

What is Open-Angle Glaucoma?

Looking After Your Eyes During Old Age

Optogenetics Applications

Diabetic Retinopathy Risk Factors

Symptoms and Diagnosis of Eye Allergies

Eye Health and Diet

Signs and Symptoms of Retinoblastoma

How Will AI Impact Ophthalmology?

Growing an eye for transplantation: potentials and pitfalls

Glaucoma Diagnosis

Genetics of Eye Color

Blepharitis Types and Causes

Using the Coralberry to Treat Eye Cancer

Ocular Larva Migrans

Causes of eye cancer

Conjunctiva microbiota

Otitis Media Causes

Optic Nerve Cupping in Glaucoma

Types of Glaucoma

Diabetic Retinopathy Diagnosis

Retinoblastoma - Malignant Tumor of the Retina

LASIK Complications

History of Ophthalmology

Iris Melanoma

Eye cancer treatment

Current and Future Applications of Optogenetics

Glaucoma Causes

What is Diabetic Retinopathy?

Retinitis Pigmentosa Diagnosis

Should You Seek Help for Eye Floaters?

What Causes Eye Floaters?

Oculoplastic Surgery Overview

Retinitis Pigmentosa Cause

Ophthalmology Around the World

What Causes Retinal Detachment?

Diabetic eye disease / diabetic retinopathy stages

What is Wavefront Aberrometry?

What is eye cancer?

Ophthalmologist Education and Training

Smoking and Eye Health: What You Need to Know

Types of Eye Allergy

Latest Eye Health News and Research

Mice move strategically to gather hidden visual information in VR

Animals don't experience the world passively. A hawk tilts its head to track prey. A person leans forward to read a sign. Scientists call this "active sensing": moving the body to gather better information.

30 Jun 2026

Duke engineers grow retinal blood vessel cells from pluripotent stem cells

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have used induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) to grow specialized blood vessel cells critical to retinal health for the first time.

30 Jun 2026

New brain implant could restore communication for people with speech loss

Many Australians living with neurological disorders, such as motor neurone disease and multiple sclerosis, experience speech difficulties and may lose their ability to speak.

29 Jun 2026

Eye-tracking technology reveals design flaws in intravenous smart pumps

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst are using eye-tracking technology to help understand how nurses interact with intravenous smart pumps, providing a new way to identify design flaws in systems associated with more medication errors than any other route of administration.

29 Jun 2026

Study links cardiovascular risk factors to visual impairment in Latinos

In the U.S., Hispanic/Latino populations are disproportionately at risk for eye diseases like glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy, or vision loss tied to diabetes.

29 Jun 2026

Under-twos should avoid screen time to protect future health

Using screens during the first 1001 days of life can lead to developmental concerns for the next generation, researchers warn.

29 Jun 2026

Simple bedside eye test may predict consciousness recovery after brain injury

A simple bedside eye test may help predict recovery of consciousness in patients with severe brain injuries, according to new research presented at the European Academy of Neurology (EAN) Congress 2026.

28 Jun 2026

Lighting the way towards a new treatment for blindness

Adelaide University researchers have carried out the first in-human trial of a new type of treatment for a leading cause of blindness in working age adults, with promising results.

27 Jun 2026

Cone opsin structures offer insights into vision loss

The retina of the human eye contains six to seven million cone cells. These cells contain light-sensitive proteins known as cone opsins.

25 Jun 2026

Experts urge neglected tropical disease status for ocular toxoplasmosis

One third of the world's population is infected with the Toxoplasma parasite, which can cause ocular toxoplasmosis, an eye infection that can damage the retina and result in permanent vision loss.

25 Jun 2026

Dogs could transform the future of autism drug development

For thirty years the search for autism medicines has hit the same wall, and a new peer-reviewed Perspective in Genomic Psychiatry suggests that the way around it has been sleeping at our feet the entire time.

25 Jun 2026

New eye imaging technology captures clearer details of retina

Modern OCT devices can look inside the eye without a scalpel - but they do not always capture everything that matters. Some critical information is simply lost, blurred by scattered photons.

24 Jun 2026

A window into the body – Occuity harnesses Renishaw encoders in life-changing optical health screening devices

Throughout the world, the diagnosis and treatment of systemic disease present major health challenges.

From Occuity 24 Jun 2026

AI image-based risk scores enable dynamic breast cancer assessment

Using artificial intelligence (AI), researchers found that image-based risk scores for breast cancer derived from screening mammograms evolve over time and differ between women who develop cancer and those who do not, opening the door to a new era of dynamic breast cancer risk assessment.

23 Jun 2026

Zebrafish study shows how visual surroundings reshape the eye's retina

The environment experienced by young zebrafish influences both the shape and electrical activity of the neurons in the eye, which impacts subsequent behavior.

23 Jun 2026

Natural molecule erucamide helps slow progressive retinal degeneration

Many conditions that cause vision loss share a common feature: the gradual breakdown of the retina, the light-sensing tissue at the back of the eye.

22 Jun 2026

Mount Sinai study connects social determinants of health to disease risks

A new study from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai shows that social determinants of health-including environmental conditions, health behaviors, access to resources, and social well-being-can play an equally important or even greater role than genetics in predicting a person's risk of developing common diseases.

22 Jun 2026

Milken Institute and Ann Theodore Foundation fund early-career sarcoidosis research grants

The Milken Institute Science Philanthropy Accelerator for Research and Collaboration (SPARC), in partnership with the Ann Theodore Foundation (ATF), today announced that the Ann Theodore Foundation Learning Opportunities in Medicine and Sarcoidosis (ATF-LOMAS) grant program has committed its first cycle of funding, totaling US$600,000 to early-career faculty conducting biomedical research in sarcoidosis.

19 Jun 2026

Massage gun use around eyes may cause serious retinal injuries

Using a massage gun on or around the eyes risks major tearing and bruising to the retina-the light sensitive tissue at the back of the eye-doctors warn in the online journal BMJ Case Reports after treating a young man who had used one of these devices.

18 Jun 2026

Scientists discover rotating brain waves that coordinate sensory information

Spiraling waves of neural activity appear and travel in the brain. Scientists hope to learn if these rotating waves on-the-move play a global role in sensing and interpreting internal and external stimuli, in laying down memory, and in managing motor performance.

18 Jun 2026

Eye Health

Overview

Feature Articles

Retinal Breaks and Retinal Detachment

What is Otitis Media?

Central Retinal Vein Occlusion (CRVO)

Growing an eye for transplantation: potentials and pitfalls

Treating Retinal Detachment

Types of Refractive Disorder

Types of visual impairment

Symptoms of eye cancer

Glaucoma Management

Eye Care for Children

Iris Nevus vs Melanoma

Diagnosing and Treating Retinoblastoma

Ocular Larva Migrans Symptoms and Causes

Otitis Media Treatments

Glaucoma Classifications

Small Incision Lenticule Extraction (SMILE) Surgery

Eyelid Cancer

What are Aberrations of the Eye?

What is Visceral Larva Migrans?

What Causes Retinoblastoma?

What Causes Ocular Hypertension?

Diagnosis of eye cancer

Introduction to Optogenetics

Retinal Break

Anatomy of the Human Eye

Managing and Treating Eye Allergies

Eyelid Cancer Non-Surgical Treatments

Choroidal Melanoma

Ocular Hypertension: Diagnosis and Treatment

Health Risks and Benefits of Eye Drops

Glaucoma Symptoms

Subspecialties of Ophthalmology

Amblyopia Types

Risks Associated with Eye Make-Up

Ophthalmology

Preventing Retinal Detachment

What is Refractory Cancer?

Diabetic Retinopathy Treatments

Retinoblastoma Screening

Retinitis Pigmentosa Genetics

What is Diabetic Retinopathy?

Otitis Media Symptoms

Types of Eye Allergy

What are Cataracts?

Neuropathy, Ataxia and Retinitis Pigmentosa (NARP Syndrome)

Strategies to Improve Cataract Surgery Outcomes

Ocular Larva Migrans Diagnosis and Treatment

Glaucoma Pathophysiology

What is Normal-Tension Glaucoma?

What is Glaucoma?

What is Retinitis Pigmentosa?

Diabetic Retinopathy Symptoms

Detecting Brain Disease Using the Eye

Eyelid Cancer Surgery

What is Traumatic Glaucoma?

Otitis Media Diagnosis

Signs and Risk Factors for Eye Disease

What is Choroideremia?

Importance of Regular Eye Checks and the Check-up Procedure

Preventing Ocular Hypertension

What is LASIK?

Retinal Detachment Prognosis

What Does an Optometrist Do?

What is Open-Angle Glaucoma?

Looking After Your Eyes During Old Age

Optogenetics Applications

Diabetic Retinopathy Risk Factors

Symptoms and Diagnosis of Eye Allergies­­

Eye Health and Diet

Signs and Symptoms of Retinoblastoma

How Will AI Impact Ophthalmology?

Growing an eye for transplantation: potentials and pitfalls

Glaucoma Diagnosis

Genetics of Eye Color

Blepharitis Types and Causes

Using the Coralberry to Treat Eye Cancer

Ocular Larva Migrans

Symptoms and Diagnosis of Eye Allergies