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Women are at greater risk than men of suffering from degenerative eye diseases or blindness in their lifetime. In fact, 66 percent of blindness and visual impairment in ...

Chemical compounds found in plants could hold the answer to treating an array of blindness-causing ocular disorders, a collaborative study by Indiana University School of Medicine and the University of ...

One small change during an essential part of a common surgical procedure could decrease the number of narcotic painkillers female patients use following an operation, a study conducted by Indiana University School of Medicine researchers revealed.   By ...

April Jones, OD, has always felt a calling to help people see. It’s what led her to be an optometrist in the first place and ...

With a red envelope in his hand and a big grin on his face, Shane Dorsey greeted friends and family members with hugs and high-fives. ...

Throughout her time in medical school, Rana Torabi’s siblings have been her support system.   The three Torabis, who hail from Chesterton, Indiana, have stood shoulder to shoulder, sharing ...

It starts with the peripheral vision, so some people don’t notice its effects at first. Slowly, gradually, it creeps through the rest of the eye—but by then ...

Millions of people across the globe live with a condition known simply as low vision, which is caused by an eye ailment and characterized by a decline in sight so severe that ...