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The investigators discovered that calcifications in the retina -- the thin layer of tissue that lines the back of the eye -- raise the risk of advanced age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

A scientist believes that Leonardo da Vinci had strabismus, a misalignment of the eyes, which may have forced the artist to rely on only one eye, a perspective that may have been a creative boon.

The Mediterranean diet’s combination of fruits, legumes, whole grains, olive oil and fish seems to reduce the risk of late-stage age-related macular degeneration, a new study finds.

Cases of an eye infection called Acanthamoeba keratitis have tripled in southeast England since 2011, a new study found. For one in every four of people infected, the disease results in a loss of most of their vision or blindness, the research team said. It’s typically caused by poor contact lens hygiene.

Doctors determined she had a cyst. When they removed it, the cyst broke open and revealed a hard contact lens, according to a paper published recently in the journal BMJ Case Reports.

Around 9.5 million Americans have had LASIK surgery since it was first approved by the FDA in 1999. Around 600,000 LASIK surgeries are done each year, but that’s down from a peak of 1.4 million in 2000. It remains one of the most popular elective surgeries in the country, and its satisfaction rating among patients who’ve had the procedure is remarkably high.

Fireworks were involved in an estimated 12,900 injuries treated in U.S. emergency rooms in 2017, and about 8,700 of those occurred during the weeks before and after the Fourth of July, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

Vision in the 9-year-old boy's injured left eye is 20/100 and doctors who treated him said it's not possible to restore normal vision to that eye. The boy's right eye has 20/20 vision.

The surgically implanted device can be used on adults and children whose iris is missing, has been damaged by a congenital condition called aniridia, or has been injured, the agency said in a news release.

The observed change in vision was small, but significant. However, the study authors stressed that it's too early for ophthalmologists to recommend chocolate as medicine for the eyes.

A special additive automatically darkens the lenses when exposed to bright light, while they become clear again in normal or dark lighting conditions.

A new stem cell transplant might help preserve or even restore vision being lost to the dry form of age-related macular degeneration.

Stem cells from a human embryo were converted into a patch of a specific type of eye cell and grown in the lab.

For days, the woman's left eye felt irritated. It felt like there was a hair or something in her eye.

Add dry eyes to the health woes of winter.

It's the first gene therapy approved in the United States for a disease caused by mutations in a specific gene, and only the third gene therapy ever approved.

The study of U.S. adults found that people who drank hot tea on a daily basis were 74 percent less likely to have glaucoma, compared to those who were not tea fans.

A New York woman suffered severe vision damage after looking at the sun for 21 seconds during the eclipse without protective eyewear.

For each 10-minute increase in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity a week, the risk of glaucoma fell by 25 percent, according to the study.

If you're tempted to buy Halloween-styled contact lenses without a prescription -- don't do it, eye experts warn.

The often-undetected eye condition could lead to school troubles

If approved, it would be only the 2nd gene therapy OK'd in the United States

Procedure could help improve sight for those with a genetic eye disease.

Study finds many patients can manage self-testing, but one doctor questions its value

Experts say cases always arise after these events, and here's how to tell if you were affected