Just one of many reasons why routine appointments for this body part are so important.

There’s an old saying, attributed to writers from Cicero to Shakespeare, that says the eyes are the windows to the soul. But it may be more accurate to say that your eyes, and in particular your ...

Optimism in ophthalmology. The post Scanning Your Baby’s Eyeballs Will Tell You How Their Brain Will Turn Out, Research ...

Working with mammalian retinal cells, neuroscientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine have shown that unlike most light-sensing cells (photoreceptors) in the retina, one special type uses two different ...

The outer area of the retina, or the peripheral retina, could offer a window into an early detection of Alzheimer's disease long before irreversible brain damage occurs, and a routine eye exam may ...

The brain is one of the most metabolically active organs in the human body. Although it represents only about 2% of the human body's weight, it receives 15 to 20% of the body's total blood supply.

Scientists have known for years that a lattice of blood vessels nourishes cells in the retina that allow us to see – but it’s been a mystery how the intricate structure is created. Now, researchers at ...

Surgery performed at Dublin’s Beaumont Hospital after doctors at Mater hospital noticed patient’s eye being pushed out of her ...