… Caution against too much eye exposure to digital screens …As Natures’ Field recommends EyeCap maintaining, managing eyesight Medical experts have said that more Nigerians are having eye related problems due to neglect of the small but most vital part of the body, especially to frequent exposure to laptops, phones and television screens. They also…

The media and the scientific community have been awash with reports associating heavy consumption of ‘hot’ coffee with glaucoma and colorectal cancer.

Ahead of the World Sight Day (WSD), today, October 8, 2020, scientists have validated more plants for the treatment of ocular (connected with the eye or vision) diseases such as glaucoma, conjunctivitis, cataract, ocular allergies, ocular inflammation among others. WSD focuses global attention on blindness and vision impairment. The theme for this year is “Hope…

Africa Cataract and Eye Foundation in collaboration with Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu (in his private capacity) and the late Alhaji Oga Momodu Yesufu Free Cataract Surgeries for Agbede

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has given reasons why more than one billion people worldwide are living with vision impairment. According to the first World report on vision issued by the (WHO), the reasons are because they do not get the care they need for conditions like short and farsightedness, glaucoma and cataract.

A Professor of Ophthalmology, Adebukola Oshintelu, says regular intake of African native nut, bitter kola, helps to treat and manage glaucoma disease. Oshintelu, who works with Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Friday in Lagos. NAN reports that glaucoma is a condition…

To mark World Glaucoma Week, medical experts have advised Nigerians to go for regular eye test, as early detection is key to reducing the advancement of glaucoma and symptomless glaucoma.

As part of its ongoing efforts and collaborations to raise awareness on glaucoma and improve access to quality care and management of the eye disease in Nigeria, the Eye Foundation Hospital Group organized a 3rd Biennial ....

Dr Progress Oyegbeda, the Chief Medical Director of Clear Vision Eye Clinic, Benin, says glaucoma may lead to blindness, if not treated.

A derivative of the turmeric could be used in eye drops to treat the early stages of glaucoma, finds a new study led by University College London (UCL) and Imperial College London, United Kingdom (UK), researchers. In the new Scientific Reports paper, the researchers report a new method to deliver curcumin, extracted from the yellow…

A derivative of the turmeric could be used in eye drops to treat the early stages of glaucoma, finds a new study led by University College London (UCL) and Imperial College London, United Kingdom (UK), researchers. In the new Scientific Reports paper, the researchers report a new method to deliver curcumin, extracted from the yellow…

The World Health Organisation estimates that over 39 million people are blind and another 246 million people are suffering from low vision. Glaucoma, a group of related eye diseases that damage the optic nerve, is one of the main causes of blindness around the world. In the eye, there is a clear fluid which passes…