Eye patients sometimes assume that their vision screenings required for obtaining a driver’s license or certain ...

Conclusion: Macular hole surgery is associated with an increase in visual quality of life despite good visual acuity of the fellow eye. Preoperative visual acuity, VFQ-25 value and partly OCT may help ...

A 69-year-old woman was referred to the retina service for abnormal posterior segment findings.The patient’s medical history ...

Canadian study reveals diabetic patients taking GLP-1 medications face twice the risk of eye problems, with longer exposure increasing danger of macular degeneration.

83-year-old James Noonan, legally blind due to macular degeneration, scored a hole-in-one at Atlantic Country Club. This is Noonan's second hole-in-one, the first occurring 12 years prior at Waverly ...

Traumatic macular holes (MH) can occur in both younger children and adolescents. The mechanism behind the formation of a traumatic macular hole has been suggested to result from blunt trauma, which ...

While sifting out signatures of supernova remnants, a high-schooler stumbled upon the afterglow of a dormant black hole. It may be one of the largest ever seen.

Age-related vision loss is one of the most common forms of vision loss in people around the world. It gets worse over time, ...

Macular holes are especially tricky to treat, too, because only 90 percent of the cases are treatable with surgery, allowing doctors to restore vision within that central retina.

KOBE, Japan — In a groundbreaking procedure, scientists have successfully used stem cells to treat a difficult-to-repair eye condition that could cause serious vision problems. The research, conducted ...

In a new study, stem cell therapy showed promise at treating small gaps in the macula, the central part of the eye's retina, which can cause distorted or blurred vision.

These macular holes can cause distorted or blurred vision, making it hard to see fine details, read or drive a car. "Our results suggest that this method could become a practical, safe and effective ...