Patients with untreatable conditions such as sight loss or loss of motor function could be closer to a viable technology for restoring their lost sense within a faster time frame. This is due to the ...

Learn from a neurosurgeon four types of tumours that can cause eye problems, making it important to take vision changes ...

Brain-computer interface (BCI) technologies developed independently for 50 years to restore sight and touch are functionally identical, establishing a unified framework that accelerates ...

In older adults, even mild impairment can affect the brain. But there are simple ways to reduce the harm. By Dana G. Smith Adults over age 65 who experience vision loss have a nearly 50 percent ...

Biomedical engineers use iPSCs to grow specialized retinal endothelial cells, successfully regenerating damaged eye blood ...

Transient vision loss is temporary vision loss lasting from seconds to less than 24 hours that can affect one or both eyes. It can indicate vascular health conditions, including an impending stroke.

Visual changes can often be a symptom of a neurological condition, such as stroke, migraine, or an infection. In some cases, changes may be permanent or progressive, but in many cases, prompt ...

In 2019, 57 million people worldwide were living with dementia, a figure expected to soar to 153 million by 2050. A recent Lancet Commission report suggests that nearly half of dementia cases could be ...

Incoming information from the retina is channeled into two pathways in the brain's visual system: one that's responsible for processing color and fine spatial detail, and another that's involved in ...

A new study from Taichung Veterans General Hospital in Taiwan has found that people with a particular type of eye disease may ...

A mini-stroke, known medically as a Transient Ischemic Attack or TIA, is a brief interruption of blood flow to part of the ...

We've long understood that taking care of our bodies is key to remaining vibrant and healthy in our later years. Thanks to ...