A refraction test is usually given as part of a routine eye examination. It may also be called a vision test. This test tells your eye doctor exactly what prescription you need in your glasses or ...

SAVANNAH, GA (WTOC) - New technology means people with certain eye conditions may no longer have to go under the knife. One Savannah doctor says the new procedures for Glaucoma have many more benefits ...

CHERRY HILL, N.J. (WPVI) -- A new procedure is helping to preserve vision for some people with glaucoma. Glaucoma is a silent thief, affecting 3 million Americans, slowly robbing them of their sight.

Patients with glaucoma have a new treatment option known as the Trabectome. The minimally invasive procedure, which is available at Mayo Clinic and takes about 20 minutes, is designed to decrease ...

Doctors are using a new procedure to treat glaucoma that could have more permanent results than previous methods. The operation, known as a canaloplasty, involves placing a microcatheter in the eye’s ...

A first of its kind, a new refractory glaucoma treatment was performed by ophthalmologist Frank A. Bucci Jr., MD., recently. The XEN gel stent, recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration, ...

In a new article, scientists explain how tears ejected from the eye during a procedure that tests for glaucoma can theoretically transmit disease. A common eye test could expel tear droplets up to a ...

The standard 24-2 visual field (VF) test for glaucoma missed early glaucomatous damage in the central macula that was detectable via a 10-2 VF test, according to research published online January 9 in ...

A common eye test could expel tear droplets up to a meter away from the patient, potentially spreading viruses that cause COVID-19 and other pathogens. In Physics of Fluids, by AIP Publishing, ...

Glaucoma is a group of diseases that damage the eye's optic nerve and can result in vision loss and even blindness. About 3 million Americans have glaucoma, and it's the second leading cause of ...