I called to check on one of my patients recently after a preventive screening test showed that he had the beginnings of ...

Learn how scleral lenses manage severe dry eye disease by creating a hydrating tear reservoir, and about the fitting process, ...

If you have dry eye, you know how uncomfortable it can be. Dry eye disease happens when your eyes do not make enough quality tears or when your tears dry out too quickly. This can lead to eye ...

Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with any advertisers on this site. In life, few things are certain. But one is: It becomes harder to see well as you age. “There are three things we ...

Thyroid eye disease is a chronic autoimmune disorder that inflames tissues behind the eye. Swelling can cause dry, irritated eyes, bulging, light sensitivity, and double vision. Thyroid eye disease ...

A study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences details the role of the protein Pentraxin 3 (PTX3) in diabetic retinopathy, a leading cause of blindness and visual impairment. The ...

Researchers have harnessed one of nature’s most spectacular power conversions–photosynthesis, in which light is used to generate crucial cellular molecules–to create an incredible new treatment for ...

Dry eye disease is no laughing matter — or is it? More than 360 million people around the world suffer from chronically red, scratchy or irritated eyes, a condition that can worsen with stress.

Dry eyes and dull skin may seem like two separate beauty concerns, but science (and savvy self-care) tells us otherwise. As more people battle screen fatigue, environmental stressors, and inflammatory ...

This is the first demonstration that a microbe that lives on the ocular surface could be engineered to deliver a therapeutic ...

Multiple myeloma, a blood cancer, can lead to various eye problems due to complications such as hyperviscosity syndrome (thickened blood) or extramedullary disease (tumor growth outside the bone ...