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The crystalline lens is the natural lens of the eye that enables light rays to be focused on the retina. In particular, the crystalline lens changes its shape to vary the distance......

Ocular syphilis is an inflammatory disease of the eye that develops as a result of infection with Treponema pallidum. This microorganism is the aetiological agent of syphilis, an infectious sexually transmitted disease that......

A European study just published in the well-known journal Diabetes claims that adopting a calorie-controlled regimen can affect the onset of diabetic retinopathy (DR). DR is a complication of the disease......

Contact lenses (LAC) are widely used in daily life by most people with refractive disorders. However, prolonged and often inappropriate use of LACs can lead......

Australian study proves the usefulness of citrus fruit bioflavonoids.

Oranges appear to have an important protective role against ocular degenerative diseases, according to the results of a large study by a team of researchers from the Centre for......

Prevention involves correct information, but also shocking images that induce people to stop smoking.

Cigarette smoking has harmful effects on the entire organism, and the eye is certainly no exception. The eye district that suffers the most damage is certainly the retina, in fact there are......

Hemianopsia is a visual disorder that causes the loss of half of the visual field. We speak of lateral (vertical) hemianopsia if the loss affects the right or left half of the eye;......

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a disease involving the central area of the retina, the macula, which is responsible for central vision (https://www.oculistaitaliano.it/articoli/ruolo-dellinfiammazione-nelle-patogenesi-della-degenerazione-maculare-legata-alleta/). This eye condition is degenerative......