Opticians release tricky puzzle designed to keep your eyes sharp

Is it green or blue? Colour illusion tests users on whether they can correctly identify five different shades

In the baffling new illusion, opticians have placed five strikingly similar shades of green and blue next to each other...

Contact lens users warned of blindness-causing infection

‘Wearers need to be aware of the risks,’ say doctors following worrying rise in rare disease…

Lost contact lens removed from woman's eye after 28 years

The lens was only discovered when the 42 year-old went to her GP when her upper left eyelid became swollen and droopy...

Scientists claim Viagra could new miracle cure for blindness

About 600,000 Brits are understood to have suffered loss of sight as a result of the condition, making it the UK's leading cause of blindness...

Chemists discover how blue light from digital devices speeds blindness

Karunarathne's lab found that blue light exposure causes retinal to trigger reactions that generate poisonous chemical molecules in photoreceptor cells…

How a turmeric compound could treat glaucoma

A common way to treat certain types of glaucoma is using eye drops, which help prevent further loss of vision by regulating eye pressure...

Researchers are one step closer to developing eye drops to treat age-related macular degeneration

Scientists at the University of Birmingham are one step closer to developing an eye drop that could revolutionise treatment for age-related macular degeneration...

Three-year-old girl born without an eye is the first in the UK to have one created from her own STOMACH FAT

Doctors fitted her with a prosthetic when the youngster was just one-year-old, however, the weight of it caused one side of her face to collapse...

Healthy diet may lower eye disease risk

According to Medicalxpress, high consumption of vegetables rich in carotenoids and fatty fish containing omega-3 fatty acids was beneficial for those at risk of AMD...