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 ...

We have developed a fast, reliable and easily reproducible semiautomated quantitative damage grading scheme to assess axonal loss in the optic nerve after inducing ocular hypertension using a laser ...

Acquired optic neuropathies are a common cause of blindness in adults, and are associated with characteristic morphological changes at the optic nerve head. Accurate and prompt clinical diagnosis, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ischaemic optic neuropathy (ION) is a rare but vision-threatening complication recently linked to GLP-1 receptor agonists, particularly semaglutide. Using over 30 million reports from the FDA Adverse ...

Don't let glaucoma disease steal your sight. Read our guide to identify symptoms early, understand risks, and explore the ...

Pediatric Eye Specialists, a leading provider of pediatric ophthalmology services in North Texas, has published a new educational resource titled Pediatric Optic Nerve Hypoplasia (ONH) to help parents ...