The eye acts like a camera, capturing light through the front surface (the cornea) and focusing it onto the "film" at the back of the eye (retina). To get a clear picture, the eyeball and all of its ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Welcome to another edition of CEDARS/ASPENS Debates. CEDARS/ASPENS is a joint society of cornea, cataract and ...

Have your eyes been playing tricks on you? You might want to sit down for this. The Twitter account Unusual Facts has gone certified viral — with more than 70,000 reactions — after posting ...

Astigmatism, derived from Greek meaning "without spot," refers to a common refractive condition that decreases acuity. Astigmatism has both a magnitude and a direction, or axis, unlike spherical ...

Astigmatism is a common condition that affects how your cornea directs light to your retina. It’s a refractive error that occurs due to an abnormal or uneven ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . At the time of cataract surgery, many patients elect to undergo refractive surgical procedures in order to ...

The prevalence and severity of refractive and corneal astigmatisms increased among children after the COVID-19 pandemic. Previous research has linked the pandemic to increases in myopia progression ...

Imagine trying to drive while someone shines a flashlight in your face. That’s the effect blinding LED headlights have on someone with an astigmatism. TikToker Tahoma (@realtahoma), who has an ...

A viral tweet about astigmatism has Twitter users taking a second look at the quality of their eyesight. A recent tweet from user @UnusualFacts6 used two images to highlight what people see when they ...

So it turns out that my right eye has a pretty nasty astigmatism and today I picked up my very first pair of glasses.<BR><BR>With the glasses off, my right eye cannot focus on much without squinting ...