Brian Stafford, 51, has spent most of his life outrunning his family history of disease. “My father is a prostate-cancer survivor, and I’ve had multiple aunts and uncles fight cancer as well,” he says ...
The entire eye exam takes about fifteen minutes and the results are displayed on a tablet and automatically transmitted to an ...
The doctors shared graphic descriptions of objects removed from the eyes of patients. Those stories didn’t make it into the ...
Rachel Fairbank is a freelance science writer based in Texas. When she is not writing, she can be found spending time with her family, or at her local boxing gym. Staying safe during a pandemic means ...
Four in 10 adults in the U.S. may be at high risk for vision loss – but about 40% of that group aren’t keeping up with recommended annual comprehensive eye exams, according to the Centers for Disease ...
For Cork woman Elaine O’Callaghan, a scheduled eye exam on a Thursday in September 2018 was the start of a frantic weekend culminating in a cancer diagnosis on Monday. “I had a routine eye examination ...
Your eyes might feel fine today, but dangerous conditions could be developing without any warning signs. Eye care professionals across the country are raising alarm bells about the rising number of ...
The way social media is changing healthcare is well-established: If users (who are essentially prospective patients) can acquire needed medical attention without the hassle, time constraints, and ...
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 ...