NEW YORK — The value of imaging the optic disc in glaucomatous patients is undisputed; which type of instrument to use is still up for debate. Robert N. Weinreb, MD, spoke about optic disc imaging in ...

Ophthalmology trainees and comprehensive ophthalmologists who participated in an Internet-based multinational study to assess optic discs were about twice as likely to underestimate as to overestimate ...

Researchers put overdiagnosis of idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) down to inaccurate ophthalmoscopic examination in headache patients and wrongly suspecting the condition in young obese ...

One of the most pernicious aspects of multiple sclerosis -- its sheer unpredictability -- may finally be starting to yield to advanced medical imaging techniques. One of the most pernicious aspects of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Glaucoma is an optic neuropathy characterized by progressive injury to the retinal ganglion cells and their ...

Catching glaucoma as early as possible-before it destroys the optic nerve-is vital to preventing vision loss. Now a research team has shown that a test that measures the functionality of the eye's ...

Most individuals do show some optic nerve cupping, but those with glaucoma suffer from much more severe cupping because of the disease. Treatment of Optic Nerve Cupping in Glaucoma A standard ...

A novel treatment for Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON), a rare genetic disease that can lead to sudden loss of vision, has been approved for NHS patients following a successful clinical ...

(Dr. Rita Dash) Glaucoma has a reputation as the "silent thief of sight," and for good reason. It is one of the leading ...

Research Division, Altitude Research Center, University of Colorado Denver Health Sciences Center, Mail Stop F-524, PO Box 6508, Aurora, Colorado, USA Dr A Sutherland, Wellcome Research Training ...