Every morning, millions of people fumble for their reading glasses on their nightstand before checking their phone for a message. Now, new prescription eye drops could change this daily ritual—at least for part of the day, EcoNews reports. The US FDA has approved the drug,…
For many children, getting their first pair of glasses is an inevitable milestone, the beginning of a lifetime of eye doctor visits. But new lenses have emerged that truly help preserve a child's vision and reduce the risk of more serious vision problems in adulthood.
An aceclidine-based solution to improve near vision in adults with presbyopia will be available within three months, New Atlas reports. The drug has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Presbyopia, or farsightedness, affects more than…
Three patients with severe visual impairment who received stem cell transplants experienced significant improvement in their vision. The results lasted for more than a year. A fourth person with severe visual impairment also experienced improvement in their vision, but it did not last as long. These four were the first…
You may have heard the old saying, “The eyes are the window to the soul.” Sometimes the eyes are also a window into your overall health, so it is important to take care of them. Ophthalmologists explained which habits can harm vision, Yahoo reports. Ophthalmologists told us what to do and what not to do,…
A two-year-old girl developed severe myopia after her parents let her play on her smartphone every day for a year. Xiao Man, a girl from China's Jiangsu province, was recently diagnosed with severe myopia after her parents drove her ...
Joe and Karen Bartling from Virginia became foster parents for six blind children, including a girl who was thrown into the trash can by her biological mother immediately after birth. The couple always dreamed of a big family, but they managed to give birth to only one ...
In two weeks, there will be what NASA calls one of nature's "most spectacular events" - a total solar eclipse. Although those in the Miami area will see a 72% eclipse, viewing the partial eclipse can be dangerous to the naked eye, reports...
Researchers at the Retina Foundation in Texas have developed and tested a new treatment for childhood amblyopia, a condition in which one eye is unable to contribute much to vision. To do this, scientists proposed using a special adventure game for the iPad tablet with...