If your child complains of blurry vision or visual impairment, go to an ophthalmologist because his vision defect may have changed or worsened. In past studies, outdoor activities had already been shown to play a key role in reducing the progression of myopia. Sunlight stimulates the release of dopamine, an endogenous neurotransmitter of the catecholamine family,

Rome Vision Clinic is the first center in Italy to have the new Navilas laser operating directly from Berlin, which embodies the concept of Therapeutic Telemedicine: more specialists, even from different parts of the world, who connect for the diagnosis and treatment of every single patient. In recent years we have often heard of Telemedicine, the digital evolution born

Index Redness, tearing, feeling of sand in the eyes? It could be conjunctivitis. Conjunctivitis is inflammation or infection of the conjunctiva, a thin transparent membrane that lines a large part of the anterior surface of the eye. Conjunctivitis can affect adult patients, but also the smallest ones and must be dealt with promptly to avoid the onset of complications that can sometimes become difficult to eradicate. Which

Although cataract removal surgery is one of the safest and most performed procedures today, some patients may not achieve the excellent postoperative results expected for developing a complication called cystoid macular edema (CME). CME was first reported by Irvine in 1953 and angiographically demonstrated by Gass and Norton in 1966,

Promising results in the LHON phase three gene therapy study Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) is a maternally transmitted mitochondrial neurodegenerative disease of the optic nerve. It is the most common mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) disease affecting approximately 1 in 30.000 to 1 in 50.000 people, particularly young adult males. The pathophysiology of the

Contents Amblyopia, more commonly known as 'lazy eye', consists of an incorrect development of the vision of one or both eyes during the first 7-8 years of life. The portion of the brain responsible for vision, the occipital cortex, does not develop as well as the contralateral portion, and this causes blurred vision in the little patient. To be considered amblyopia