Eyes

From myth to sign: This is what watching television up close really does to your eyes

Parents have long warned that it "ruins the eyes" and leads to glasses. In reality, sitting close to the TV hasn’t been proven to directly cause myopia – here’s what you need to know.

Watching TV
The success rates are very high, especially when starting with the appearance of the need and not postponing the transition

Why are people afraid to switch to multifocal lenses – and what are they missing?

Dry eye syndrome

The annoying phenomenon occurring among many Israelis in the past two weeks

The foods that protect the eyes from light and age damage

Not just carrots: The foods that protect the eyes from light and age damage


Can COVID cause blindness?

Recently, a coronavirus patient was temporarily blinded in one eye. Why did this happen?

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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.

Hadassah ophthalmologist first Israeli to win top ARVO award

Prof. Jacob Peer, head of the Onco-Ophthalmology department at Hadassah, won the Joanne G. Angle award.

Prof. Jacob Peer, head of the Onco-Ophthalmology department at Hadassah.

Israeli firm EyeYon Medical finishes $25m. round of funding

The new capital will let them expand clinical trials for their innovative synthetic corneal implant.

EyeYon Medical.

Israeli doctors restore sight for Azeri soldiers hurt in war with Armenia

The doctors primarily operated in the field of oculoplasty and carried out procedures such as eye socket restoration and eyelid surgery.

Members of the Israeli delegation to help wounded Azeri soldiers regain their sight.

St John Eye Hospital serves all regardless of ethnicity, religion, money

The St John Eye Hospital started in 1882 to provide eye care for people of the Holy Land, and the order is headed by Queen Elizabeth.

St John Eye Hospital in east Jerusalem: Providing eye care to residents of the West Bank, Gaza and Jerusalem.

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.

Hillel's Tech Corner: CorNeat Vision: Helping blind people see again

They are successful in their technology validation, and their work is already recognized globally.

CorNeat Vision.

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.

Eyesight (illustrative)