While the tumours caused by NF2 are benign, where they are located and their size can lead to debilitating effects. Read more ...

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 ...

New research links two widely used diabetes drugs, semaglutide or tirzepatide, to a rare but potentially vision-threatening eye condition, raising questions about drug-specific risks and the need for ...

Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the dosimetric outcomes for the target and organs at risk (OARs) in patients with optic nerve sheath meningiomas (ONSMs), comparing HyperArc (HA), a novel ...

Background: Meningiomas compressing the optic nerve can lead to progressive visual loss due to the nerve’s complex intraorbital, intracanalicular, and intracranial anatomy. Although observation, ...

PHOENIX — Historically, optic nerve involvement has been excluded from multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnostic criteria, but its inclusion in the upcoming 2024 McDonald Diagnostic Criteria is expected to ...

A new study has found the non-invasive application of in-ear electrical stimulation to the vagus nerve to be safe and effective in reducing osteoarthritis-related knee pain. It opens the door to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . One physician said intravenous corticosteroids are useful for treating optic neuritis. Another argued ...

A group of Texas-based researchers has developed an effective way to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that involves zapping the vagus nerve around the neck, using a device the size of a ...

Erin Bremmer was working on her graduate degree in clinical mental health counseling at Southern Oregon University in Ashland, Oregon, when the double vision she’d been experiencing now and then ...

Researchers have found a new receptor for nerve growth factor that plays an important role in pain signaling, even though it does not signal on its own, according to a new study. The findings hold ...