The Conversation reports cataract surgery is safe and common, with over 90% achieving 20/20 vision, but patients need to ...

In advanced stages of diabetic retinopathy (DR), vitreoretinal surgery (most often vitrectomy with or without intraocular tamponades) can be used to clear blood or scar tissue from the retina or ...

Noticing dark spots or threads in your field of vision becomes more common with age. Seeing a line, spot, or thread drift across your field of vision can be distracting, to say the least. Known as ...

Primary IOL implantation in pediatric open globe injuries with active inflammation showed inferior visual outcomes compared ...

Most older adults - around 70 percent - have experienced squiggly lines and wispy eye “floaters” that obscure that impact ...

FLACS combined with vitrectomy offers shorter surgical duration and better visual recovery than conventional phacoemulsification plus vitrectomy.

Freddy is a big orange cat who came to TC Paw as a stray in Traverse City. At 14 pounds, he’s twice the size of Charley. He ...

Scleral buckle repair for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment yields favorable visual outcomes in young adults, a study shows.

Hello, dear readers! Welcome to the monthly letters column. You have been sending us some very interesting mail, so we will dive right in.

My 11-year-old son was diagnosed with sudden sensorineural hearing loss. He’s been treated with steroids and 10 HBOT sessions, with a small increase in hearing. I’m struggling to ...

Septal myectomy removes part of a thickened septum to treat hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) with left ventricular outflow tract obstruction. It can improve severe symptoms that do not respond to ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...