Have you ever gone to the optometrist for an eye test and been told your eye was shaped like a football? Or perhaps you’ve noticed your vision is becoming increasingly blurry or hard to focus? You ...

Astigmatism is a term that refers to an imperfection in the shape of the cornea. Rather than being a clear, round dome to cover the iris and the pupil of the eye in ...

The eye acts like a camera, capturing light through the front surface (the cornea) and focusing it onto the "film" at the back of the eye (retina). To get a clear picture, the eyeball and all of its ...

Astigmatism is a type of refractive inaccuracy in which the shape of the normally curved surface of the cornea is curved to different degrees in different areas. As a result of this abnormality, the ...

The aim of the study is to explore the distribution patterns and internal correlations of the morphological parameters of the cornea in patients with age-related cataract. The Pentacam HR was used to ...

If you've recently been told you have astigmatism, you're far from alone. The condition is one of the most common refractive errors around, and many people are simply born with it. The good news is ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SMILE provided predictable correction for against-the-rule and oblique astigmatism. Eyes with against-the-rule ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...

In this population-based cross-sectional study 897,811 medical records of Israeli adolescents and young adults without keratoconus were reviewed. The prevalence of low-to-moderate (3.00 > D ≥ 0.75) ...