U.S. aid cuts could jeopardize the supply of donated drugs that are hailed for their effectiveness in combating neglected ...

For people diagnosed with macular telangiectasia type 2 (MacTel)—a rare and slowly progressing retinal disease—there have ...

When stimulated by the parasympathetic nervous system (sometimes known as the "rest and digest" system), it contracts to ...

His gaze softens as he draws closer to you. With one hand around your waist and the other cradling your jaw, he pulls you in.

My mother, Iris, is here because she is in the last stages of Alzheimer’s. My sisters and I trade off seeing her as much as ...

At the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting, Jennifer M. Loh, MD, discussed 24-month data investigating TearCare, a localized heat therapy treatment for dry eye disease, ...

This paper shows that the near infra-red cameras used in eye tracking capture eye images that contain iris patterns of the user. Because iris patterns are a gold standard biometric, the current ...

Dry eye disease (DED) is a common disorder affecting hundreds of millions of people around the world. The disease is characterized by eye discomfort, visual impairment, tear film instability, and ...

The posterior pigment epithelium is only an important determinant of eye colour when it is deficient in normal melanosomes in conditions such as albinism. The final adult iris colour is not ...

Inflammatory proteins (cytokines or chemokines), cells (neutrophils, T-cells, and dendritic cells), complement system components, and pathogenic antibodies are present on the ocular surface in chronic ...

Thyroid eye disease (TED) is an autoimmune condition characterized by inflammation, growth, and damage to tissues around and behind the eye. The THRIVE phase 3 clinical trial in active TED ...