Worldwide, as many as 285 million people suffer from serious eye diseases or blindness. Unfortunately, most of them do not have access to modern methods of treatment, so help often comes too late.
Optical coherence tomography is well established in ophthalmology clinics as a route to cross-sectional images of the retina. The same technology is valuable in the cardiac health sector, where ...
A 16-year-old white girl was referred to the retina clinic by her pediatric ophthalmologist for evaluation of a worsening unilateral central scotoma with colorful edges in the setting of new ...
Regular eye exams are important in detecting early signs of diabetic retinopathy to prevent vision loss. Since diabetic retinopathy doesn’t cause symptoms in its early stages, diagnostic testing can ...
A routine eye exam led to Cork woman Elaine O’Callaghan being diagnosed with a rare cancer, ocular melanoma, within days ...
If you are an adult without risk factors for eye disease, The American Academy of Ophthalmology recommends that you have an eye examination at least once between the ages 20 and 39, every two to four ...