This spring, a rash of cases of a rare, but often fatal, form of cancer known as ocular melanoma was reported, with 50 individuals in North Carolina and Alabama diagnosed over a relatively short time ...

Medicare currently covers visual acuity screenings for patients at the time of enrollment, but a new study suggests dilated eye examination would be more cost effective, according to findings ...

Diabetic eye disease is the leading cause of blindness among people ages 40 to 60. The longer you have diabetes, the greater your likelihood of developing vision problems increases. Keeping blood ...

David Watson has worn glasses to correct nearsightedness the majority of his life, and had his vision checked regularly to make sure his prescription was up to date. But when his wife convinced him to ...

Felicia Corbray’s cancer battle began in November 2017 after she noticed a small flash of light in the periphery of her eye. “I thought I was hallucinating because I was overtired,” she says. “I’d ...

Ultra-widefield imaging systems have been widely adopted in optometry, and for very good reasons. For starters, it is simply excellent at what it can do. Most of the retina can be seen with high ...

A lack of understanding of insurance benefits was the most common barrier in adherence to dilated eye examinations among patients with diabetes, according to a study in American Health & Drug Benefits ...

An OU Health eye specialist explains who is most at risk, why symptoms are rare, and how early exams can prevent permanent ...

Last month, I attended a conference for physicians presented by Dr. Jesse Berry, an associate professor of ophthalmology at USC and the director of the Ocular Oncology and the Retinoblastoma Programs ...

To the Editor: As students of medicine, we found the video “Examination of the Retina” 1 and accompanying text to be helpful to our understanding of this basic clinical examination. However, we wonder ...