They affect one in 10,000 people, but they are rarely diagnosed correctly. So what exactly is an “eye stroke”? And how would you recognise the onset of one?

We are only just beginning to understand the pivotal role light plays in well-being, and how it can be used in therapy and medical diagnosis.

In an environmental coup, the Dutch town of Nieuwkoop has installed street lights throughout the town to protect its rare species of bats. And the end result is streets bathed in red at night.

In December 2017 the American Federal Drug Adminstration (FDA) licensed the first every therapy to treat a genetic disease causing blindness – Luxturna from Spark Technologies - at a cost of $425,000 per eye.

A Canadian team have discovered a new signal for the presence of Glaucoma which may also serve as an early indication of other diseases.

Have you heard of microbiomes? They’ve been all the rage in research land for the last 10 years – and their discovery has opened a whole new avenue of potential therapies to combat ill health.

Running from 11-27 August, this year’s Edinburgh Book Festival promises to be a cracker.

Following a 15 year study, Australian researchers have observed that those who ate oranges regularly were less likely to develop age related Macular Degeneration (AMD) than their non-orange eating peers.

A recent study by researchers from Nanyang University, Singapore and North-western University in the United States found that dim lighting may influence consumers to purchase products that they feel will give them more pleasure rather than functional bene

Blurry near-field vision is commonly associated with ageing, but recently released research shows young Japanese people are now suffering as much as their adult counterparts – and experts say it is due to staring at small hand-held devices.