Protecting children from concussions and ensuring no child is being put back into a game with a concussion continues to be an important issue for parents and schools alike.
Although eye floaters are very common and usually are not cause for alarm, there are some situations in which they may be a medical emergency.
A group researchers from Georgia Tech have found that eyelashes of mammals grow to just the right length in order to funnel debris and dust from the eye without drying them out.
The Food and Drug Administration recently approved the drug Lucentis (ranibizumab) for treatment of diabetic retinopathy in patients with diabetic macular edema.
Rho kinase inhibitors are a new class of glaucoma drugs currently in clinical trials. Rho kinase (dubbed “ROCK”) inhibitors promise to act specifically on the eye’s drainage canals (called the trabecular meshwork) a main outflow and blockage site in glaucoma.
New research at ophthalmology practices has prompted a team of biomedical engineers to focus on relief for a common condition known as “dry eye.”