Highlights of October’s Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, include good news on preserving vision in people with type 1 diabetes, a warning from the Cardiovascular Health Study for macular degeneration patients, and look at vision’s impact on well-being across... 

SAN FRANCISCO — A Veterans Administration probe that found eight veterans suffered potentially preventable vision loss while under the care of optometrists at a Northern California VA facility is prompting medical groups to call for a state investigation. The groups sent a petition Wednesday to the... 

People have the opportunity to have their eyes checked with one-of-a-kind equipment for free, while helping to solve the mystery behind the leading cause of blindness in Australia. Even people with healthy eyes, aged 50 and over, are being encouraged to participate in the Queensland University of Technology... 

Glaucoma is a condition of the eye in which a build-up of pressure inside the eye causes degenerative changes that damage the retina and optic nerve, therefore resulting in blindness. Your eye needs a certain amount of pressure to keep the eyeball in shape so that it can work properly. In some people,... 

Eyes need sustenance to stay healthy and beautiful in the same way that bones need calcium. Proper vitamins and minerals are vital to eye health, particularly as people age. When taken regularly, vitamins for eyes can: Improve your vision by repairing weak or damaged parts of the eye Improve your eye... 

Friday, 8 May 2009 I salute the Government for agreeing to put up funding to help train 45 eye nurses and eight eye doctors to work in the Pacific. Foreign Minister Murray McCully said $5.6 million over three years would go to a transtasman Pacific eye health project. An estimated 80,000 people in the... 

I am 74 years old, married and losing my eye sight. Can I get Social Security disability benefits? If you are unable to work because you are blind or have low vision you may be entitled to certain Social Security benefits. The Social Security Administration (SSA) provides benefits under two of their...