The prevalence of myopia and high myopia is on the rise across the world. Recent work from the Brien Holden...

Artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare is the use of complex algorithms and software to emulate human cognition in the analysis...

– Ed The latest outbreak of a new coronavirus in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, has caused huge concern worldwide....

Adama was five months pregnant when the world around her started to flicker and fade. Because of clouded, disc-like cataracts...

Mercy Ships is an international faith-based organization, bringing hope and healing to the world’s forgotten poor. Since 1978, Mercy Ships...

The watery component of tears is produced in the lacrimal glands near the eye and is essential for healthy eyes,...

The young Ray began to lose his sight from the age of five and went completely blind at the age...

Introduction It is not uncommon to find children who have low vision attending mainstream schools. These children have the mental...

Situated in the rural Eastern Cape at Zithulele Hospital near Coffee Bay, is a group of people who have devoted...

It is worth noting the following obligation that all sellers of ready readers have in terms of the Health Professions...

You have a throbbing headache which you can’t shake. You pop your symptoms into Dr. Google. A myriad of diagnoses...

How a child looks depends on the genetic material each parent contributes to the child, but the parents’ genes can...

South Africa’s Constitutional Court has passed down a judgment that makes it legal for adults to cultivate and smoke cannabis...

Your eyebrow ridges, eyelashes, eyelids, and tears are part of a safety system designed to protect your eyes from injury....

Here is an opportunity to be of great assistance to the visually impaired by signing up as a volunteer. Be...

Monocular infers that the individual has the use of one eye only. Although many individuals are truly monocular due to...

Dr Vanessa Moodley along with co-founders Mr Tate Madlala and Mr Laurent Schneitter, launched the Keratoconus Foundation of South Africa,...

The brain controls everything we say, do, think and feel. A brain injury can result from birth trauma or a...

Avoid “turtling” – sitting with your back rounded, chin jutting forward and head tilted back – to get closer to...

– Ed Regardless of your age or physical health, a comprehensive eye examination every year will help rule out any...

There will undoubtedly be many questions that arise when you have a baby, especially concerning their vision such as, when...

Recently, a patient who was prescribed an eye medication to be used four times a day, returned a day later...

When getting an eye prosthesis for the first time, it can be a very nerve-wracking experience for patients, as they...

A visit to the optometrist has several facets to it. Venturing into the unknown can be a daunting prospect, so...

I want to share with you, in non-scientific terms, the concerns I have, about the risk our future generations face,...

Diseases, among other things, are caused by viruses and bacteria. Every year, thousands upon thousands of people get flu, which...

When light travels from one medium to another medium of different density (refractive index), it changes its path. When light...

Night driving comes with its own set of challenges. There is no doubt that it is more dangerous than day...

There are lots of very technical issues worth knowing about binoculars. These can relate to the user’s visual status, physical...