Eye Diseases

This disease is common in children. Expert clarifies: Antibiotics are not the solution

Eye infections are relatively common in children. An expert explains why diagnosis is so important, why antibiotics are not always the solution, and what must never be put in a child’s eye.

In most cases, it is not dangerous
Kaplan Medical Center

A new hope for thousands: Kaplan Medical Center performs first donor-free artificial cornea implant

 Treating retinal diseases

Continuing in any situation: Treating retinal diseases

 Naegleria fowleri, also known as the "brain-eating" amoeba

10-year-old in critical condition due to brain-eating amoeba from water park


Are your eyes constantly dry? This may help

Sometimes it feels like a grain of sand stuck in the eye, sometimes the eye feels like a squeaky windshield, and sometimes it's just unbearable dryness.

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Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine linked to rare cases of eye inflammation - study

Twenty-one people developed anterior uveitis and two developed Multiple Evanescent White Dot Syndrome (MEWDS).

An illustrative photo of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.

Israeli firm EyeYon Medical tech receives expedited approval process

The device is the first ophthalmic device in the world to have received both China's innovative device designation and the US FDA's Breakthrough Device Designation.

EyeYon Medical.

The eyes have it: Learning to live with glaucoma

The ability to see well is obviously crucial to everybody, but what about those whose talents lay in conveying what they see so that others may also see it?

‘The Boulevard Montmartre at Night’ by Camille Pissarro, on display at the National Gallery, London.

HIV drugs could prevent leading cause of vision loss, study finds

Dry macular degeneration affects millions worldwide, is the fourth leading cause of blindness, and is the leading cause of vision loss in Americans age 50 and up.

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Israeli woman sues hospital after doctors blind her, lie about it

Following the surgery, doctors called the patient back to come in for several visits in which they presented her with a false impression that her vision might still improve.

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Sight returns to the blind with first-ever artificial cornea transplant

The CorNeat KPro implant is designed to replace deformed, scarred, or opacified corneas.

Prof. Irit Bahar and Dr. Gilad Litvin with first-in-human KPro patient and his daughter

US-Israeli AI retinal scanner named finalist at global health competition

During the competition, AEYE Health’s CEO will have three minutes to present his company’s latest technology and how it sets to transform the way healthcare systems diagnose retinal conditions.

A patient receives a retinal scan using AEYE technology.