More than 700,000 Americans undergo LASIK each year, accepting a permanent trade: a laser vaporizes a thin layer of corneal ...

Researchers are developing a futuristic alternative to LASIK that reshapes the eye without lasers or incisions. Using mild electrical pulses and platinum contact lenses, they temporarily soften the ...

This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece is part of a series dedicated to the eye and improvements in restoring vision. In 1999, I defined ...

Multiple patients at a laser eye clinic in New York City have been blinded in a fungal outbreak, the CDC has warned in a ...

Scratched cornea and pink eye can cause red, teary eyes and blurry vision. While some symptoms overlap, scratched cornea and pink eye are distinct eye conditions with distinct causes. Both scratched ...

Dry eye disease significantly impacts the reliability of corneal curvature measurements, affecting clinical decisions in refractive surgery and contact lens fitting. The study tested five devices, ...

Studying mice, researchers have found that proteins made by stem cells to help regenerate the cornea may become new targets for treating and preventing injuries to the cornea related to dry eye ...

Our eyes are delicate muscles, and many things can cause them to not work properly. If you’ve recently had eye surgery, your doctor may have warned you about bullous keratopathy. Bullous keratopathy ...

Corneal infections can be caused by many things. Sometimes the cornea is damaged after a foreign object has penetrated the tissue, maybe from a poke in the eye. Bacteria or fungi from a contaminated ...

Some over-the-counter and at-home remedies can help reduce eye irritation that causes rubbing. But if those don’t bring ...

Itchy and irritated eyes are some of the most common reasons that patients visit eye doctors. We have experience in treating ...