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  Acanthamoeba, free-living amoebae found in air, dust, soil and water, are the main aetiological agents of a corneal infection known as keratitis by......

Face to face with an opinion leader in the eye-care sector in Mexico. Hasta la vista!

  Can you tell us about your professional background? How long have you been working in ophthalmology and why did you choose this speciality? I completed my specialisation in ophthalmology in 1997 and immediately......

Those suffering from EMD know that among the most common symptoms and discomforts are distorted vision and impaired perception of colour vision, which......

Conjunctivitis in the newborn, also called ophthalmia neonatorum (ON), occurs within the first month of life and can have a chemical, viral or bacterial aetiology. It is the most common eye disease......

Children with congenital microcephaly caused by Zika virus, a viral infection that can be transmitted to the unborn child during the gestational period, may present with cerebral visual dysfunction regardless of the presence......

Results of an Italian study just published in the journal Acta Diabetologica show a correlation between glycaemic variability (GV) and early retinal neurodegeneration in subjects with......

The red eye is caused by dilated blood vessels in the eye and is one of the most common eye problems. The conjunctivitis is among the main causes of red eye and is also one of the most common eye diseases that leads to frequent medical consultations, around 70%, by the patient.

Conjunctivitis is characterised by inflammation of the superficial conjunctival blood vessels that cover the ocular surface, as well as cellular infiltration and exudation. The aetiology of conjunctivitis may be infectious or non-infectious; virus......

A team of Italian researchers developed and validated a fully organic retinal prosthesis, which was implanted in an in vivo mouse model. Electrophysiological and behavioural analyses have......