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With advancing innovation in medicine, people are living longer and healthier lives. This means that for the first time in human history, the elderly population is the biggest it has ever been. As great as modern medicine can be, it still has its limitations. As people continue to live well into their golden years, researchers ...click here to read more

The eyes are delicate organs and can be prone to injury and damage. Blood clots in the eye often appear as red spots and can occur spontaneously. They are generally considered harmless and disappear on their own. These clots form underneath the outermost layer of the eye, called the conjunctiva, and are the result of ...click here to read more

Eye discharge (eye mucus) is a combination of oil, mucus, skin cells, and other debris accumulating at the corners of your eyes during sleep. Sometimes it can be wet and sticky, and at other times it may be dry and crusty. Although eye discharge may gross you out and be annoying to clean every morning, ...click here to read more

Eye floaters are spots moving through your field of vision. They may appear black or grey, stringy or cobweb-like, they may move, drift, or dart when you move your eyes. Many eye floaters are brought on by age-related changes in the eyes – for example, when the jellylike substance of the eye becomes liquefied. If ...click here to read more

Thyroid eye disease or Grave’s disease is a complication of thyroid disorders. They are autoimmune diseases where the immune system attacks the thyroid which affects the amount of hormones which are released. This can lead to symptoms including causing the tissue around the eyes to become enlarged. Causes of thyroid eye disease There isn’t much ...click here to read more

A corneal ulcer is an open sore on the cornea, which is the clear part of the eye covering the iris and the round pupil. There are many different causes of corneal ulcers. If left unattended, the condition can lead to lasting problems, including loss of vision or complete blindness. Majority of corneal ulcers are ...click here to read more

October is Home Eye Safety Month, so we present our top health stories discussing cataracts, glaucoma, eye floaters, night blindness, and more. Nearly half of eye injuries occur at home, so various health organizations will be raising awareness of the threats you home poses to your vision. The Friends for Sight organization has put together ...click here to read more

We don’t usually think much about our eye color. Many people favor blue eyes, and some of us may try contacts to change our eye color if we aren’t happy with what we’ve got. Regardless, eye color rarely comes across as a possible health indicator. However, there may be more to eye color than simply ...click here to read more

Night blindness (nyctalopia) is impaired vision when the lights are dim or when it is dark. The condition is often caused by poor function of specific vision cells. Normally, our eyes quickly adjust to changes in the lighting, allowing us to still see. When this ability to adjust is impaired, it is known as night ...click here to read more

Eyelid inflammation, known as blepharitis, is a common condition in which the eyelid gets inflamed and coated with oily particles and bacteria. Blepharitis is commonly associated with eyelid swelling, redness, itchiness, and stinging or burning in the eyes. There are four main types of blepharitis: anterior, posterior, mixed, and rosacea blepharitis. Anterior blepharitis is characterized ...click here to read more

Exfoliation syndrome, an eye condition causing glaucoma and cataract development, is influenced by outside temperatures and sun exposure, as well as patient’s age and gender. Coauthor Louis Pasquale said, “Although many studies from around the world have reported on the burden of the disease, some aspects of the basic descriptive epidemiologic features, which may help ...click here to read more

Glaucoma risk and retinal degeneration progression can be reduced with physical fitness and aerobic exercise. The study findings revealed that exercise may have long-term positive impact on low ocular perfusion pressure (OPP), which is a risk factor for glaucoma. The researchers examined the relationship between physical activity and OPP among 5,650 men and women. The ...click here to read more

Contact lenses may alter eye bacteria, making eye microbiome more skin-like. In the study of 58 adults, the researchers found that contact lenses induced changes in the eye microbiome, with higher proportions of the skin bacteria such as Pseudomonas, Acinetobacter, Methylobacterium, and Lactobacillus, and lower proportions of Haemophilus, Streptococcus, Staphylococcus, and Corynebacterium. The researchers are ...click here to read more

You wake up in the morning, roll out of bed, and head to the bathroom to complete your morning routine. When you look up in the mirror, you notice your eye is inflamed and looking pink. What gives? Conjunctivitis, or pink eye, is the inflammation or infection of the conjunctiva, the transparent membrane that lines ...click here to read more