From cataracts to glaucoma and diabetic eye disease, many serious vision problems in older adults show no early symptoms.

The back of your eye has a layer called the retina that converts light into signals. Your brain interprets those signals as images. The middle of the retina has a small area called the macula. It's in ...

Many genetic variants linked to inherited eye disorders rarely lead to disease, meaning up to 2% of people could carry these variants without ever developing vision problems, according to a new s tudy ...

The human eye may literally become a window revealing the earliest signals of Alzheimer's disease, thanks to a new federally funded research initiative at Oregon Health & Science University. The new ...

Some parasites can infect human eyes. Without treatment, these infections can lead to eye pain, vision problems, and in some cases, blindness. Parasites are organisms that live in, or on, another ...

Medically reviewed by Christine L. Larsen, MD Key Takeaways Pain behind the eyes can be caused by eye strain, which occurs ...

Visual changes can often be a symptom of a neurological condition, such as stroke, migraine, or an infection. In some cases, changes may be permanent or progressive, but in many cases, prompt ...

Binocular vision dysfunction (BVD) is a condition that affects vision. It can cause a range of symptoms, such as double vision, light sensitivity, pain with eye movement, and more. BVD makes it ...

Experts have warned that cases of this disease will rise to 1.6m in the UK by 2060 amid 'demographic timebomb' ...