Category Archives: Eye Health

Watery eyes can be caused by numerous factors, including allergies, environmental triggers, and infection. Tears are essential for keeping the eyes healthy as they wash away dust and other irritants that can be damaging to the eyes. But if your eyes are excessively watery, this can be irritating in itself. To diagnose watery eyes, your ...click here to read more

One of the complications associated with diabetes is eye disease. Diabetes can wreak havoc on your vision and eye health, in some cases leading to vision loss. If you have diabetes, it’s important that you keep your condition well managed. If you don’t, you should take the necessary preventative measures to reduce your risk and ...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

Vision loss can be brought on by stroke, and nearly one-third of patients will develop vision loss after a brain attack. The likelihood of experiencing vision loss after stroke depends on what part of the brain is affected. Although a complete vision restoration after stroke may not be possible, some level of vision may be ...click here to read more

Presbyopia – farsightedness – can be corrected with glasses, contacts, or surgery, but eye exercises can also help improve the condition. The trick is, you need to practice eye exercises regularly to start noticing positive changes in your vision. Light enters the eye through the cornea and passes through the pupil. The colored portion of ...click here to read more

Presbyopia – or farsightedness – is an age-related vision problem that affects the ability to quickly focus on any objects up close. To understand what this means, it’s important to know how the eyes work. Light enters the eye through the cornea and passes through the pupil. The colored portion of your eye – or ...click here to read more

Aging affects all parts of our body in one way or another – including our vision and eye health. One common condition many seniors experience is known as dry eye, and it can result from allergies, air pollution, weather conditions, and of course, aging. Most common among women during menopause, dry eye is an irritating ...click here to read more

Ocular hypertension means the pressure in your eyes (intraocular pressure) is higher than it should be – if left untreated it could cause glaucoma and vision loss. This is why having your eye pressure measured during regular eye exams is so important. According to one ocular hypertension study, between 4.5 and 9.4 Americans aged 40 ...click here to read more

Reading difficulties in glaucoma patients may inspire the development of e-reader apps. Research has shown that glaucoma patients read slower when reading silently for longer periods of time. Their reading speed is more likely to decrease over time due to reading fatigue. Author of the study Pradeep Ramulu suggests that specific apps for e-readers may ...click here to read more

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) patients are at an increased risk for brain hemorrhage. Study researcher Renske G. Wieberdink, M.D., said, “Other studies have found there are more strokes in older individuals with late AMD, but ours is the first to look at the specific types of strokes. We found the association is with brain hemorrhage, ...click here to read more

New guidelines have been laid out to treat diabetic retinal degeneration, along with age-related macular degeneration. The study compared the efficiency of various drugs in treating diabetic macular degeneration. Ursula Schmidt-Erfurth, director of the University Hospital of Ophthalmology and Optometry at MedUni, Vienna, explained, “The Vienna Reading Center is one of the leading centers in ...click here to read more

Age-related macular degeneration and coronary artery disease in older adults have been found to be linked. In the study, published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology, the researchers reviewed medical records from over 1,600 people. They found that the more severe a person’s coronary artery disease was, the more likely they were to experience age-related ...click here to read more

In glaucoma, rapid eye movements (REMs) are significantly delayed, even in its early stages. REMs are involved in many everyday activities, such as reading or scanning the surroundings. Dr. Neeru Gupta found that people with glaucoma showed a delay in eye movement reaction times by at least 15 percent, even in the early stages of ...click here to read more

Cataract surgery in dementia patients may improve vision and slow mental decline. The researchers suggest that quality of life also improved after cataract surgery. Researcher Dr. Alan Lerner said, “These preliminary results indicate that improved vision can have a variety of benefits for people with dementia and their loved ones, both visual and non-visual.” Cataract ...click here to read more