A new study published in the journal of Contact Lens & Anterior Eye showed that the risk of keratoconus and corneal erosion is considerably higher in individuals with allergic ...

Congenital aniridia is a rare disease caused, in most cases, by mutations in the PAX6 gene, which is essential for the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Neuropathy and inflammation work together to drive common manifestations of corneal disease. Early intervention ...

Fungal keratitis and other infectious corneal diseases remain a significant threat to vision worldwide. These conditions, caused by a variety of pathogens including fungi, bacteria, viruses and ...

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — A Dutch and a Swedish scientist are sharing a €1 million ($1 million) eyesight prize from a Portuguese foundation for their innovative work on corneal diseases. Gerrit Melles, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Glaukos Corporation’s Epioxa, offering patients living with a rare corneal ...

Long-term, low-dose antiviral treatment reduces the risk for potentially vision-damaging bouts of inflammation and infection, as well as pain, which occur when shingles affects the eye, according to ...

FDA Says No to Lifitegrast for Dry Eye, Requests More Data In a complete response letter, the FDA asked for another study on the experimental ophthalmic solution for dry eye and further information ...

Her five-year, $1.8 million R01 grant titled “Corneal Endothelium – Extracellular Matrix Interactions” is from the National Eye Institute. The cornea is a clear dome on the front of the eye that helps ...

This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece is part of a series dedicated to the eye and improvements in restoring vision. In 1999, I defined ...

If you can see by simply slipping on a pair of glasses, or if you don’t need glasses or contact lenses at all, the gift of sight is something we can easily take for granted. For millions of people ...