Eye Health

Vision is a vital sense that significantly impacts the quality of life. This hub features numerous well-researched articles on the anatomy, physiology, and function of the human eye, as well as in-depth discussions on common and rare eye diseases, their diagnosis and treatment, and recent developments in ophthalmology. You can find information here based on evidence on a wide range of topics, from eye care and vision screening for children to more complex conditions such as glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, and eye cancers. The collection also examines how genetics and the environment impact eye health, the effects of systemic diseases on the eyes, and the application of new technologies such as optogenetics and artificial intelligence in clinical ophthalmology.

Air Pollution and Eye Health

The eye is a delicate organ with a large and moist area exposed to the environment that makes it more susceptible to air pollution than other parts of the body.

Symptoms and Diagnosis of Eye Allergies

Detecting Brain Disease Using the Eye

Iris Melanoma

Anatomy of the Human Eye

What is Visceral Larva Migrans?

Should You Seek Help for Eye Floaters?

What is Traumatic Glaucoma?

Retinal Detachment Prognosis

Diabetic Retinopathy Diagnosis

Diabetic Retinopathy Symptoms

What is Diabetic Retinopathy?

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Ocular Larva Migrans Diagnosis and Treatment

Small Incision Lenticule Extraction (SMILE) Surgery

Ocular Hypertension: Diagnosis and Treatment

Causes of eye cancer

Otitis Media Causes

Otitis Media Symptoms

Retinal Breaks and Retinal Detachment

Ophthalmology

Eyelid Cancer Surgery

Treating Retinal Detachment

What are Aberrations of the Eye?

What is Glaucoma?

History of Ophthalmology

Risks Associated with Eye Make-Up

Types of Glaucoma

Retinitis Pigmentosa Symptoms

Preventing Ocular Hypertension

Blepharitis Types and Causes

Managing and Treating Eye Allergies

Diagnosing and Treating Retinoblastoma

Signs and Risk Factors for Eye Disease

Glaucoma Causes

Subspecialties of Ophthalmology

Retinoblastoma - Malignant Tumor of the Retina

LASIK Complications

Growing an eye for transplantation: potentials and pitfalls

Diabetic eye disease / diabetic retinopathy stages

Using the Coralberry to Treat Eye Cancer

What are Cataracts?

Central Retinal Vein Occlusion (CRVO)

What Causes Eye Floaters?

Importance of Regular Eye Checks and the Check-up Procedure

What Causes Retinoblastoma?

Diabetic Retinopathy Treatments

Eye Health and Diet

Iris Nevus vs Melanoma

What is Retinitis Pigmentosa?

Types of Eye Allergy

Retinitis Pigmentosa Diagnosis

Types of Eye Allergy

What Causes Ocular Hypertension?

Symptoms of eye cancer

Retinitis Pigmentosa Cause

What is Open-Angle Glaucoma?

What is Wavefront Aberrometry?

Glaucoma Pathophysiology

Current and Future Applications of Optogenetics

Introduction to Optogenetics

Otitis Media Treatments

Smoking and Eye Health: What You Need to Know

Eye Care for Children

Preventing Retinal Detachment

Otitis Media Diagnosis

Optic Nerve Cupping in Glaucoma

Types of visual impairment

Retinal Break

Glaucoma Classifications

Ophthalmology Around the World

Conjunctiva microbiota

Ocular Larva Migrans

Retinoblastoma Screening

How Does the Eye Work?

Eye cancer treatment

What is Diabetic Retinopathy?

Strategies to Improve Cataract Surgery Outcomes

Eyelid Cancer Non-Surgical Treatments

Glaucoma Diagnosis

Ocular Larva Migrans Symptoms and Causes

Types of Refractive Disorder

Health Risks and Benefits of Eye Drops

Glaucoma Symptoms

What is eye cancer?

Amblyopia Types

Growing an eye for transplantation: potentials and pitfalls

Genetics of Eye Color

What Does an Optometrist Do?

Oculoplastic Surgery Overview

Choroidal Melanoma

What Causes Eye Floaters?

What Causes Retinal Detachment?

What is Refractory Cancer?

Diagnosis of eye cancer

Optogenetics Applications

Glaucoma Management

Neuropathy, Ataxia and Retinitis Pigmentosa (NARP Syndrome)

Retinitis Pigmentosa Genetics

What is Otitis Media?

How Will AI Impact Ophthalmology?

What is Normal-Tension Glaucoma?

What is LASIK?

Diabetic Retinopathy Risk Factors

Signs and Symptoms of Retinoblastoma

Eyelid Cancer

Looking After Your Eyes During Old Age

Ophthalmologist Education and Training

What is Choroideremia?

Latest Eye Health News and Research

Engineered vessels boost retinal organoid function, enabling advanced disease modeling

Until now, it has been difficult to maintain retinal ganglion cells deep inside organoids over extended periods. The supply of nutrients and oxygen in the densely packed tissues is limited, leading to cell death.

14 Jan 2026

Silent thief of sight: Rutgers Health experts highlight glaucoma risks, early detection

January is Glaucoma Awareness Month, prompting Rutgers Health experts to underscore the importance of early detection and public awareness.

14 Jan 2026

Axol Bioscience raises $2.8 M to advance US expansion and product development

Axol Bioscience Ltd. (Axol), a leading provider of induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technologies for drug discovery and disease research, today announced that it has secured $2.8 million (£2.1 million) in funding.

13 Jan 2026

Postoperative complications of medical tourism place growing financial burden on the NHS

The postoperative complications of medical tourism may be costing the NHS up to £20,000 per patient, suggest the findings of a rapid review of the available data, published in the open access journal BMJ Open.

13 Jan 2026

Petrolatum ointments cause microshunt swelling, rupture in glaucoma patients

Widely-used eye ointments can cause glaucoma implants to swell and potentially rupture, according to new research from Nagoya University in Japan.

13 Jan 2026

Trial finds no benefit of anti-inflammatory therapy in trachomatous trichiasis surgery

John Kempen, MD, MPH, PhD, MHS, Director of Epidemiology for Ophthalmology at Mass Eye and Ear and Harvard Medical School, is the lead author of a paper published in The Lancet Global Health, "Evaluation of fluorometholone as adjunctive medical therapy for trachomatous trichiasis surgery (FLAME): a parallel, double-blind, randomised controlled field trial in the Jimma Zone, Ethiopia."

12 Jan 2026

New eye injection restores sight in untreatable hypotony

A new study demonstrates the effectiveness of a widely-used eye injection to manage the previously untreatable rare condition, hypotony, in a project by clinical researchers at University College London (UCL) and Moorfields Eye Hospital.

12 Jan 2026

AI automates sister chromatid exchange counting, improving diagnosis of Bloom syndrome

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a suite of algorithms to automate the counting of sister chromatid exchanges (SCE) in chromosomes under the microscope.

10 Jan 2026

RNA gene mutations identified as cause of inherited blindness

Researchers from Radboud university medical center and University of Basel have discovered new genetic causes of inherited blindness.

9 Jan 2026

Single-cell analysis illuminates myeloma immune landscape

Scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, in partnership with the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF) and in collaboration with leading institutions across the country, have helped generate the largest single-cell immune cell atlas of the bone marrow in patients with multiple myeloma, a blood cancer that, while treatable, remains incurable.

9 Jan 2026

Non-coding RNA mutations unveiled as new cause of retinitis pigmentosa

Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a genetic eye disorder affecting around one in 5,000 people worldwide. It typically begins with night blindness in youth and progresses to tunnel vision as daylight-sensing photoreceptor cells in the retina gradually die, potentially leading to blindness over time.

9 Jan 2026