You may not need glasses when you’re young, but as you age, you may find yourself reaching for a pair. The urge typically develops one day while looking at a menu, a newspaper, or an exit sign on the freeway. For many, this deterioration takes the form of near-vision loss, known to eye doctors as…

People who received a COVID-19 vaccine have an increased risk of a serious eye problem, according to a new study. The risk of retinal vascular occlusion “increased significantly” after a first or second dose of the messenger RNA (mRNA) COVID-19 vaccines, researchers reported in a study published by Nature. The Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently added a warning to the labeling of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists—also referred to by many as puberty blockers—saying the drugs may cause a series of symptoms in children that include headaches, pressure buildup inside the brain, and vision loss. The warning, announced by the agency on July 1, says…

A study conducted by the University of South Australia has gone against the common literature relating poor eyesight to brain decline, finding that cognitive tests can misdiagnose older people with age-related vision decline with cognitive decline by up to 25 percent. “A mistaken score in cognitive tests could have devastating ramifications, leading to unnecessary changes…