In some cases, these symptoms are merely pesky. But other times, they can signal that something is off—either with your eyes ...

When astronauts began spending six months and more aboard the International Space Station, they started to notice changes in ...

A new educational article from Modern Vision Solutions reveals a growing body of evidence that underscores the critical role routine eye exams play in identifying major health conditions—often before ...

Read NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, assisted by JAXA astronaut Takuya Onishi, performs an eye ultrasound on the International ...

The retina’s job is to take in light and transfer signals to your brain via a nerve at the rear of your eye called the optic nerve. Small blood vessels connected to your retina leak fluid or ...

A 77-year-old man was referred to the neuro-ophthalmology clinic at Tufts/New England Eye Center for bilateral optic nerve swelling.Six months prior, the patient had reportedly sought evaluation ...

Papilledema refers to swelling of the optic disc (portion of the optic nerve) due to increased intracranial pressure. Optic disc edema or swelling is concerning because an elevation of ...

Figure 3. OCT shows swelling of both optic nerves with retinal nerve fiber layer thickness greater in the right eye than the left. On examination, visual acuity with correction was 20/20 bilaterally.