The Eye Care Blog

Scientists mimicked the effect of a traumatic brain injury by severing the optical nerve tract in hamsters, causing the animals to lose vision. After injecting the hamsters with a solution containing nanoparticles, the nerves re-grew and sight returned.

Marine scientists in Florida say cataracts first noticed in redfish at the state fish hatchery on Tampa Bay have been discovered in wild fish.

A single mass antibiotic distribution is not an effective way to treat and eliminate trachoma — an eye infection that can cause blindness — in Ethiopian communities with high rates of the disease.

Greater transparency in both public and private hospitals is in the pipeline, in Singapore.

As long as we can see and our eyes give us no trouble, most of us find it hard to believe that things could go wrong. As we age, however, the risk of conditions such as cataracts, and age-related macular degeneration increases. So the sooner you start taking care of your eyes the better.

The “Sight First China Action” program has helped more than 30,000 cataract patients regain eyesight in southwest China’s Guizhou province, and training medical workers at grassroots level, said an official with the “Sight First China Action” program on Monday.

Albinism refers to a group of inherited conditions. People with albinism have little or no pigment in the eyes.

The FDA alerted Medwatch about numerous reports that Avandia, a diabetes drug manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline, has been causing a swelling at the back of the eye known as macular edema.