Share on Pinterest Illustration by Sophia Smith Retinal detachment is a medical emergency. There are risk factors to keep mindful of, especially if you have a family history of retinal detachment ...

Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment is the most common type. It happens slowly over time. With it, you get a hole, tear, or break in the retina. That lets the vitreous gel -- the fluid from the ...

Retinal detachment is a serious eye condition in which the layer of tissue in the back of your eye stops receiving oxygen. You might see floaters or squiggly lines, a gray veil may move across ...

Hamza Mussa, lead optometrist at Specsavers Banbury, and patient, Emma Williams, on a referral for a retinal tear ...

It’s a good thing you came in now,” a nurse told me before preparing my right eye for numbing drops, an injection and the ...

If, while gazing at a bright white wall or the clear blue sky, you ... on your retina, and these are what people see as floaters. Often, floaters happen with posterior vitreous detachment ...

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A new study reveals that this “invisibility” happens because the speed of our saccades sets a natural speed limit for what we ...