Consider the cornea as the equivalent of a watch crystal in the eye. It is a clear, dome-shaped structure sitting on top of the iris. Its tissue is like wet, clear skin and is just as pliable. The cornea handles most of the eye's corrective power. 

Age-related macular degeneration is a leading cause of permanent vision loss for people over the age of fifty. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the slow loss of central vision due to the deterioration of the macula, the part of the retina with the highest concentration of photoreceptor c...

As we get older, the lenses in our eyes become less flexible. This is presbyopia, and it affects the majority of people older than 40. It’s why most people end up needing reading glasses even if they never needed glasses before. For those who already wear glasses or contacts, presbyopia makes t...

An underrated ingredient of a good quality of life is healthy eyesight. As many as one in six adults struggle with sight-threatening eye conditions and far more than that live with some level of vision loss as they get older. Age is a risk factor for many of the major causes of blindness, includi...

Clear eyesight requires all of the intricate parts and systems of the eye to work together. If one thing goes wrong inside the eye, it is often enough to seriously impact eyesight and the health of the eye. For example, we don’t often think much about the fluid inside the eye, but that fluid ha...

The eyes are one of the most important organs of the body. We use them to gather information about the world and help us navigate it. We take in the beauty of nature and share those experiences with our loved ones. But while they are so important, they are also very vulnerable. 

The shorter days of winter inevitably lead to more night driving than in the other seasons. Those of us without perfect eyesight may find it a stressful adjustment each year. It can even be a dangerous one if we don’t take the dangers of night driving into consideration. We can make a big diffe...

Babies aren’t born with visual skills; they actually have to learn how to see! We’re so used to our sense of sight that it seems automatic, but everything we do with our eyes is something we had to learn and develop in early life. Babies need to develop a number of visual skills to use their ...

Even if there are fewer hours of daylight in the winter, sunglasses are still important! UV rays can do just as much harm on a snowy mountain slope as they can at the beach. While our skin is protected by layers and layers of snow gear, our eyes are still vulnerable if we aren’t being careful a...

Many autoimmune diseases can interfere with the health and function of the eyes. An autoimmune disease is a disorder that causes the immune system to attack healthy cells. If you or someone you love has an autoimmune disease, it’s important to be aware of these possible effects, so let’s take...