Research is underway at Rochester Institute of Technology that will give scientists a better understanding of the vitreous humor, or gel, that fills the eye and could lead to advances in the treatment ...

John A. Moran Eye Center surgeon-scientist Eileen Hwang, MD, PhD, investigates an under-researched part of the eye known as the vitreous, the transparent gel that fills the eye. A recent award from ...

A bout 76 percent of all non-visually impaired people experience something known as "floaters". These appear as moving ...

Gel-like fluids inside the eye help it maintain its shape, which plays an important role in overall eye health. These substances are called the vitreous humor and aqueous humor. Vitreous is a ...

Eye floaters are a fact of life for millions of Americans, especially as they get older. But the dots, squiggly lines and tiny cobwebs floating across the field of vision can turn from minor annoyance ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - If you've ever noticed tiny spots, threads, or cobweb-like shapes drifting across your vision, you're not ...

St. Louis, Jan. 7, 2004 -- Ophthalmology researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a key risk factor for the development of cataracts. For the first time, ...

improving vision in patients experiencing complications from diabetes removing foreign bodies from the eye in cases of trauma taking a biopsy to diagnose infections or diseases as part of other ...