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 ...

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 ...

If you’ve ever gone to the optometrist and been told that your eyes aren’t perfectly round, you’re not alone. According to a report published in Science Direct, approximately 40% of people worldwide ...

So it turns out that my right eye has a pretty nasty astigmatism and today I picked up my very first pair of glasses.<BR><BR>With the glasses off, my right eye cannot focus on much without squinting ...

Astigmatism prevalence in children increased post-pandemic, with refractive astigmatism rising from 23.4% pre-pandemic to 34.7% in 2022-2023. Corneal astigmatism prevalence rose from 59.7% ...

While health is often at the top of our New Year’s resolutions, our vision is ironically often overlooked. We rely on our ...