The Eye Care Blog

Over 375,600 Latin Americans and Caribbeans benefited from Operation Milagros presently.

A new locally applied treatment for the eye cancer retinoblastoma has been developed by scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and demonstrated in a mouse model to cause a remarkable reduction in the size of the tumor, without causing the side effects common with standard chemotherapy. A report on this work appears in the [...]

A new study finds that the antibiotic doxycycline can treat a certain type of lymphoma that starts in the eye. The discovery could simplify treatment for patients and help researchers understand what causes this cancer. The study, by researchers from Italy’s San Raffaele H Scientific Institute, appears in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

People usually do not realise the importance of looking after the eyes properly.