Nerve damage can be an unfortunate side effect from an accident, illness or even certain treatments, like chemotherapy. Fortunately, the peripheral nervous system can heal itself to a certain extent, ...

Love a good workout, the feeling of your body getting stronger as you build muscle, the wind whipping through your hair as you run through the park? Well according to researchers at MIT, your exercise ...

A deep-learning model trained on optical coherence tomography scans of the optic nerve head reliably distinguished among various types of optic nerve damage, such as glaucoma, non-arteritic anterior ...

Indiana University School of Medicine researchers have identified a new therapeutic target that could lead to more effective treatment of glaucoma. Glaucoma is a neurodegenerative disease that causes ...

Patients who took the frequently prescribed diabetes and weight-loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy faced a greater risk of a stroke of the optic nerve, which can lead to blindness, according to a new study ...

In a new study, neuroscience researchers at The Ohio State University have discovered a special type of human white blood cell that has the potential to regrow nerve fibers. The study findings, ...

Korean medtech startup Nu Eyne develops eye wearable aimed to heal DES via weak electric stimulation The Korea Herald is publishing a series of articles highlighting South Korea’s promising startups ...

Q: After 14 hours of bypass surgery and three weeks being intubated, my husband was eventually diagnosed with bilateral, ischemic optic neuropathy. Would you please provide information on this ...

INDIANAPOLIS—Indiana University School of Medicine researchers have identified a new therapeutic target that could lead to more effective treatment of glaucoma. Glaucoma is a neurodegenerative disease ...