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.

Retinitis Pigmentosa Diagnosis

Iris Melanoma

Eyelid Cancer

What is Normal-Tension Glaucoma?

Eye Health and Diet

Optic Nerve Cupping in Glaucoma

Detecting Brain Disease Using the Eye

Amblyopia Types

Managing and Treating Eye Allergies

What is Choroideremia?

What Causes Retinal Detachment?

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Ophthalmologist Education and Training

Types of Eye Allergy

Types of Glaucoma

Ophthalmology

Iris Nevus vs Melanoma

What are Aberrations of the Eye?

What is Retinitis Pigmentosa?

How Does the Eye Work?

Types of Eye Allergy

What is Diabetic Retinopathy?

Eyelid Cancer Non-Surgical Treatments

Genetics of Eye Color

Ophthalmology Around the World

Otitis Media Treatments

Diabetic Retinopathy Symptoms

Small Incision Lenticule Extraction (SMILE) Surgery

Eye Care for Children

Retinoblastoma Screening

Retinitis Pigmentosa Symptoms

Glaucoma Classifications

Glaucoma Causes

Retinitis Pigmentosa Genetics

Diagnosing and Treating Retinoblastoma

Current and Future Applications of Optogenetics

How Will AI Impact Ophthalmology?

Ocular Hypertension: Diagnosis and Treatment

Retinal Break

What Does an Optometrist Do?

What Causes Ocular Hypertension?

What is Traumatic Glaucoma?

Central Retinal Vein Occlusion (CRVO)

Growing an eye for transplantation: potentials and pitfalls

Retinal Breaks and Retinal Detachment

Glaucoma Management

History of Ophthalmology

What is LASIK?

Diabetic Retinopathy Risk Factors

What is eye cancer?

Using the Coralberry to Treat Eye Cancer

Looking After Your Eyes During Old Age

Causes of eye cancer

What is Visceral Larva Migrans?

Introduction to Optogenetics

Retinitis Pigmentosa Cause

Preventing Ocular Hypertension

Symptoms of eye cancer

Ocular Larva Migrans Symptoms and Causes

Signs and Symptoms of Retinoblastoma

What is Diabetic Retinopathy?

Anatomy of the Human Eye

What is Glaucoma?

Diagnosis of eye cancer

What Causes Eye Floaters?

Choroidal Melanoma

Signs and Risk Factors for Eye Disease

Subspecialties of Ophthalmology

What Causes Retinoblastoma?

Otitis Media Causes

Neuropathy, Ataxia and Retinitis Pigmentosa (NARP Syndrome)

What are Cataracts?

Optogenetics Applications

Glaucoma Pathophysiology

Diabetic Retinopathy Diagnosis

Glaucoma Diagnosis

Glaucoma Symptoms

What is Open-Angle Glaucoma?

Diabetic eye disease / diabetic retinopathy stages

Strategies to Improve Cataract Surgery Outcomes

Types of visual impairment

Eye cancer treatment

Otitis Media Symptoms

What Causes Eye Floaters?

Blepharitis Types and Causes

Preventing Retinal Detachment

Symptoms and Diagnosis of Eye Allergies

Importance of Regular Eye Checks and the Check-up Procedure

Should You Seek Help for Eye Floaters?

What is Otitis Media?

Types of Refractive Disorder

What is Wavefront Aberrometry?

Diabetic Retinopathy Treatments

LASIK Complications

Retinal Detachment Prognosis

Otitis Media Diagnosis

Ocular Larva Migrans

Oculoplastic Surgery Overview

Treating Retinal Detachment

Eyelid Cancer Surgery

Smoking and Eye Health: What You Need to Know

Retinoblastoma - Malignant Tumor of the Retina

Health Risks and Benefits of Eye Drops

What is Refractory Cancer?

Risks Associated with Eye Make-Up

Conjunctiva microbiota

Ocular Larva Migrans Diagnosis and Treatment

Growing an eye for transplantation: potentials and pitfalls

Latest Eye Health News and Research

Ancient Egyptian pigment inspires new bright brain imaging tool

For medical imaging, innovative contrast agents are in high demand. Materials scientist Robert Nissler has therefore developed an ultra-bright near-infrared nano-pigment designed to provide high-resolution images of intricate brain structures.

29 Oct 2026

Circadian desynchronization: The hidden cost of daylight saving time transitions

Turning the clocks back an hour each fall can feel like a gift: an extra hour of sleep. But the tradeoff is less daylight in the evening, and the annual switch continues to earn mixed reviews.

29 Oct 2026

Sleep expert shares tips for adjusting to daylight saving time

The switch to standard time from daylight saving time will take place at 2 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 1. That's right - the day after Halloween.

28 Oct 2026

High-fat diets in mouse parents alter offspring brain development

Researchers fed breeding pairs of mice five diets with different fat and sugar contents to examine how parental nutrition affects offspring brain development. High-fat diets, alone or combined with high sugar, delayed early motor development and altered brain structure in young adult offspring, while the high-sugar-only diet produced no significant changes in individual brain regions after correction for multiple comparisons.

28 Oct 2026

Ketones may change sleep patterns, but not always for the better

Researchers reviewed animal and human studies and found that ketone bodies may affect sleep stages through energy metabolism and cellular signaling, with the clearest direct evidence involving acetoacetate in mice. They reported mixed human findings and called for controlled studies to separate ketone-specific effects from changes linked to diet, disease, circadian timing, and physiological stress.

28 Oct 2026

Mindfulness-based behavioral therapy changes brain responses to reduce opioid cravings

Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE), a behavioral therapy used alongside medication treatment, may help people with opioid use disorder respond differently to drug-related cues and natural rewards, according to a randomized clinical trial led by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

28 Oct 2026

Prolific announces major new investments and partnerships with NantWorks and Zylidac Bio CDMO

On the heels of our exciting major investment and Nantworks partnership announcement last week, Prolific Machines is pleased to announce a great new partnership with Zylidac Bio, a fully integrated biologics CDMO located next door to us in San Francisco Bay Area, to scale up the production of Prolific's Optogentics-enabled cell lines for clinical and GMP manufacturing!

From Prolific Machines, Inc. 28 Oct 2026

Mount Sinai wins $4 million NIH grant to improve prediction of postoperative acute kidney injury

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have received a five-year National Institutes of Health grant of approximately $4 million to improve prediction and prevention of postoperative acute kidney injury (AKI), a potentially serious complication after surgery.

27 Oct 2026

Evolutionary history reveals why brains connect to opposite bodies

Dr Martin Wessendorf is a neuroscientist and an associate professor emeritus at the University of Minnesota. His work focuses on how the brainstem controls the function of neurons in the spinal cord.

27 Oct 2026

New report urges unified lifecycle approach to women's heart health

A new approach to women's heart health may offer them a lifetime of opportunities. A trio of scientific papers, published today in the journal Circulation, spells out how fluctuating hormones, mental health and well-being, the heart and the brain are linked and how those connections need to be a routine part of care from a young age.

26 Oct 2026

Scientists discover a deep brain structure crucial for holding thoughts

Reading a sentence, following a conversation, solving a problem or deciding what to do next: all of these rely on working memory.

26 Oct 2026

Taking a GLP-1 drug? Here's what the safety evidence really shows

A review on GLP-1 receptor agonists highlights risks like pancreatitis and thyroid cancer, emphasizing individual patient risk over general safety concerns.

26 Oct 2026

Nearly one third of patients with advanced melanoma saw tumors disappear completely after receiving TIL therapy plus pembrolizumab immunotherapy

Results from a clinical trial have revealed nearly one third (29.2 percent) of patients with advanced melanoma saw their tumors disappear completely on scans after receiving lifileucel TIL therapy alongside an immune checkpoint inhibitor, pembrolizumab, as a first-line treatment.

24 Oct 2026

EEG monitoring offers new way to detect cybersickness

For years, developers of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) technologies have worked to address an unwanted side effect many users experience: cybersickness, a type of motion sickness triggered by moving digital content.

23 Oct 2026

Medicare is more broken than we thought

By Oct. 1, at least 2 million seniors will have received alarming notices: Their health plans — which they get through Medicare Advantage, the version of Medicare run by private health insurance companies — will disappear at the end of the year.

23 Oct 2026

Zylidac Bio and Prolific Machines partner to scale Prolific’s next-generation biologics manufacturing platform to GMP production

Zylidac Bio, a fully integrated biologics CDMO within the Zydus Lifesciences Limited (Zydus) group, and Prolific Machines, a biotechnology company advancing biologics development and manufacturing through integrated optogenetics-enabled solutions delivering breakthrough yields, superior on-target quality, and precise process control, today announced a partnership to scale Prolific's platform from early development through GMP production.

From Zylidac Bio LLC 22 Oct 2026