Diseases and disorders
Glaucoma, macular degeneration, cataract, dry eye, conjunctivitis and other eye disorders: how to recognise them and what the studies say.
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Macular degeneration: dry and wet forms, symptoms and diagnosis
Straight lines that bend, a blur right at the centre of what you look at. How age-related macular degeneration presents, how common it is in Europe,…
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Injections into the eye for wet macular degeneration: how they work
An injection into the eye is frightening, but for the wet form of macular degeneration it is the first-choice treatment. How anti-VEGF drugs work, how often…
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Artificial tears: with or without preservatives, what is the difference
They are the first remedy for dry eye and there are dozens of types. What they contain, why preservatives are debated and what reviews say about…
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Can glaucoma be cured? Eye drops, laser and surgery according to the studies
The damage caused by glaucoma cannot be reversed, but it can be slowed. What the major studies found on eye drops, laser and surgery, and why…
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Glaucoma: what you really need to avoid, and what is only a fear
Morning coffee, the gym, the upside-down poses of yoga, cortisone, snoring: what the studies say about the habits that change eye pressure, and which fears find…
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Glaucoma: what it is, and why it is almost always caught late
More than 12 million people in Europe have it, and over half of them do not know. What glaucoma is, who is most at risk and…
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Open-angle and angle-closure glaucoma: the differences
Same name, different stories: one slow and silent, the other sometimes arriving without warning. Who is at risk of angle closure, what the warning signs are…
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Heterochromia: eyes of different colours, when it is harmless and when it is not
One blue eye and one brown, or a ring of another colour around the pupil. Where heterochromia comes from, which causes doctors have studied and when…
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Retinal detachment: the symptoms to recognise at once
Flashes of light, a shower of dots, a shadow covering part of your vision: retinal detachment gives recognisable signs and time matters. Who is most at…
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Colour blindness: types, tests and why it mostly affects men
In Europe about 8 men in 100 confuse some colours, against fewer than one woman in 100. What colour blindness is, how it is inherited, how…
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Viral, bacterial or allergic conjunctivitis: how to tell them apart
Red eye, watering, stuck lashes or itching: the clues that help work out where a conjunctivitis comes from, and what the Cochrane review says about when…
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Conjunctivitis: is it contagious? For how long, at school and at work
One person rubbing their eyes can be enough to make half the residents of a care home ill. How conjunctivitis is transmitted, how long the virus…