The eye chart you’ve known for your whole life is a lie. Because the letters you read off of it don’t actually make up a whole alphabet. While you’ve probably never noticed it from the optometrist’s ...

The chart priced at $2,200 has a metal lamp visor and a linen scroll with letters of different sizes. There doesn’t seem to be any type of antique that isn’t sold at auctions, flea markets or shops.

Using glasses could be a thing of the past as scientists have developed special eye drops that could help people with long-sightedness. A new study presented at the European Society of Cataract and ...

Impaired vision and blindness are common. About 3.4 million people in the US are blind or visually impaired. Vision is usually measured by visual acuity charts, and normal vision is expressed as 20/20 ...

This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece is part of a series dedicated to the eye and improvements in restoring vision. In 1999, I defined ...