Retinal vascular occlusion affects the eye, specifically the retina. The retina is the light-sensitive layer of tissue that lines the back of your eye. It’s covered with special cells called rods and ...

Dear Doctor: A friend of our family suddenly lost the vision in his left eye because of something called retinal artery occlusion. What is that? How do you protect against it? Dear Reader: To answer ...

This interview is a translation of a video blog posted on Medscape France. It has been edited for clarity. Philippe Gabriel Steg, MD: Hello. Today, I would like to address a subject that many ...

We agree with Mahroo’s 1 helpful suggestions on the utility of electroretinography (ERG) in suspected transient retinal artery occlusion (TRAO) cases. However, if there is perimetric or OCT evidence ...

Dear Doctor: I read that a girl went blind in one eye after playing video games on her phone for an entire day. Is this even possible? Should I be worried about my kids, who are video game addicts?

Central retinal artery occlusion is not a direct cause of neovascular glaucoma, according to a study. "It is the chronically hypoxic retina that is thought to liberate vasoproliferative factor to ...

Central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) is a medical emergency, and systems of care need to evolve to enable prompt recognition, triage, and management in a manner similar to that of cerebral ischemic ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The study included 418,965 patients (81.1% women) with two migraine diagnoses within 1 year of each other and at ...

Women filling a prescription for female hormone therapy (FHT), and presumably taking FHT, are not at increased risk of retinal artery or retinal vein occlusions. FHT, including oral contraceptive ...

COVID-19 infection may be boosting the numbers of a rare ocular condition in which vision is threatened when veins in the retina are blocked, eye specialists in Southern California report. Risk of ...

Central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) is a sight‐threatening condition characterised by the abrupt interruption of blood flow to the retina. The resultant ischaemia precipitates sudden, painless ...