The study looked at the potential benefits of cataract surgery in patients with a prior diagnosis of optic neuropathy. Patients with and without optic neuropathies showed significant improvement in ...

A 71-year-old man was referred by his usual ophthalmologist to the neuro-ophthalmology clinic at Tufts Medical Center for bilateral decreased vision associated with bilateral optic disc edema. His ...

A nationwide cohort study of more than 4 million adults showed that people with allergic diseases were nearly one third more likely to develop optic neuritis than those without such conditions, with ...

"Our decision to treat typically needs to be made on the balance of likelihood, before the diagnosis of an associated disease process can be fully established, with definitive tests for multiple ...

Your ability to see the world around you hinges on how well different structures in your eye perform their designated jobs. The optic nerve — actually a bundle of more than one million nerve fibers — ...