Category Archives: Eye Health

Neuroscientists have discovered that brain pressure is physiologically connected to eye pressure commonly associated with glaucoma. The theory that brain pressure might play a role in glaucoma has long been questioned by researchers, but until this new study, it had not been confirmed. The groundbreaking study published in the Journal of Physiology found that the amount ...click here to read more

Air pollution may be the reason why people living in urban areas are 50 percent more likely to have glaucoma than those in rural areas. A new UCL-led study in the UK has found that living in a more polluted area is associated with a greater likelihood of having glaucoma, a debilitating eye condition that ...click here to read more

Recent research provides a good look at eye health. And guess what? It doesn’t look that different from heart, metabolic, or brain health. A new piece of research published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology has found a close association between an unhealthy “western” diet and age-related macular degeneration (AMD), one of the leading causes ...click here to read more

If you’ve seen the Terminator movies, you know all about how they see. The second its eyes are set on a person; they know everything there is to know—the stat line runs like a news ticker. A new study is suggesting that “smart” contact lenses could do the same… for your doctor. Preliminary research is ...click here to read more

Blindness caused by age-related macular degeneration affects more than two million people in the United States. The eye disease can lead to progressive loss of central vision and significantly affect quality of life. Unfortunately, there is no known cure for the disease. Macular degeneration is caused by the deterioration of the central portion of the ...click here to read more

As the days continue to get shorter, you may find your vision a little blurrier and the headaches a little more frequent—especially if you curl up with a book or magazine in the afternoon. As the sun lowers and the room becomes darker, your eyes have to work harder to track the words on the ...click here to read more

Many people with macular degeneration find the treatment methods for the eye disorder to be ineffective or cause unwanted side effects. This is why a new treatment method found by Jinglin Huang, a graduate student in medical engineering at Caltech, has caught the attention of many health care providers. Because the disease develops as a ...click here to read more

Many people who take a popular vitamin for lowering cholesterol may be at a higher risk for eye damage. In a first-of-its-kind clinical report, this new study has shown that severe vision loss can occur from over-the-counter niacin and is linked to injury of a specific cell type in a patient’s eye. The report from retina specialists ...click here to read more

About two years ago, I started wearing glasses full time. At the outset, it was a bit of an adjustment. I’ll admit that I hate wearing them, and back when they were first prescribed, I’d be looking for any excuse to take them off my face. One day, my wife’s sister told me that my ...click here to read more

A widely prescribed drug for a bladder condition has now been linked to vision problems, according to a new study. The part of the eye affected appears to be the retina, the light-sensing tissue at the back of the eye that allows vision. More than one million people in the United States are estimated to ...click here to read more

Burning, itchy, and watery eyes are a significant distraction and inconvenience. They might even cause you plenty of stress. Most of the time, however, tired eyes are no big deal. Uncomfortable and irritating, yes, but generally not a signal of more significant problems. In fact, most of the time you can restore comfort in your ...click here to read more

New research shows how your eyes could be the window into seeing your risk for Alzheimer’s disease. Since Alzheimer’s disease begins to alter and damage the brain many years before symptoms appear, early detection is often extremely difficult. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia. It causes a continuous decline in thinking, behavioral, and social ...click here to read more

Some days, I’ve been standing at home working, and it feels like someone’s run by and thrown sand in my eyes. It hits out of nowhere, and it causes quite a bit of pain, tears, and even more frustration. Dry eyes become increasingly common as people age. It happens because you’re not producing enough tears ...click here to read more

It can be a little harder to see how your overall lifestyle affects eye health. The eyes are one of those things people tend to separate from overall health—like they exist independently and are cut off from the rest of you. To maintain eye health, changing this focus is essential. There are three main strategies ...click here to read more