Do you know what astigmatism is? A succinct post on Twitter sums up the common medical condition in two photos. If this viral tweet from @UnusualFacts is to be believed, there are many people walking ...

Astigmatism is a vision disorder that affects how the eye processes light. aluxum/ Getty Images Astigmatism occurs when the eye is shaped more like an oval than a sphere, which distorts the light that ...

Astigmatism is a common eye condition where the cornea (outermost eye layer) is irregular. The cornea is usually round like a sphere, but people with astigmatism have oval-shaped corneas. This shape ...

A one-step holographic technique is helping researchers in Australia to test for errors in the human eye. The researchers say that holography is a simple, high speed and low cost way to diagnose ...

Researchers developed regression formulas that may be clinically beneficial for estimating visual prognosis after astigmatic correction and determining the surgical indication of astigmatic correction ...

Astigmatism is a refractive error that creates asymmetric blur in the vision due to the irregular corneal curvature/shape (corneal astigmatism) or the lens ...

Using preoperative corneal topography to guide the approach, the cataract surgeon has several options to treat corneal astigmatism at the time of cataract surgery. By measuring the amount and axis of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Residual astigmatism, even at low levels, can degrade visual acuity after intraocular surgery, according to a ...

Toric soft contact lens prescribing increased from 24.4% in 2000 to 46.2% in 2023. Men were more likely to be prescribed toric soft lenses compared with women (32% vs. 28.7%). Toric soft contact lens ...