Retinal vascular occlusion affects the eye, specifically the retina. The retina is the light-sensitive layer of tissue that lines the back of your eye. It’s covered with special cells called rods and ...

Dear Doctor: A friend of our family suddenly lost the vision in his left eye because of something called retinal artery occlusion. What is that? How do you protect against it? Dear Reader: To answer ...

This interview is a translation of a video blog posted on Medscape France. It has been edited for clarity. Philippe Gabriel Steg, MD: Hello. Today, I would like to address a subject that many ...

We agree with Mahroo’s 1 helpful suggestions on the utility of electroretinography (ERG) in suspected transient retinal artery occlusion (TRAO) cases. However, if there is perimetric or OCT evidence ...

Dear Doctor: I read that a girl went blind in one eye after playing video games on her phone for an entire day. Is this even possible? Should I be worried about my kids, who are video game addicts?

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The study included 418,965 patients (81.1% women) with two migraine diagnoses within 1 year of each other and at ...

Retinal artery occlusion of all types is associated with significantly increased risk of stroke, which is higher in the period immediately adjacent to the event, according to two studies based on data ...

Retinal artery occlusion was associated with a 1.56-fold increased risk for acute coronary syndrome (relative risk [RR], 1.56; 95% CI, 1.22-1.99) and a twofold increased risk for all-cause mortality ...

Women filling a prescription for female hormone therapy (FHT), and presumably taking FHT, are not at increased risk of retinal artery or retinal vein occlusions. FHT, including oral contraceptive ...

COVID-19 infection may be boosting the numbers of a rare ocular condition in which vision is threatened when veins in the retina are blocked, eye specialists in Southern California report. Risk of ...

Central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) is a sight‐threatening condition characterised by the abrupt interruption of blood flow to the retina. The resultant ischaemia precipitates sudden, painless ...