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Convergence is the ability of our visual system to move the eyes synchronously inwards and is activated when faced with a visual stimulus from close range. The insufficiency of......

The World Health Organisation (WHO) considers exposure to ambient air pollution to be a major contributor to global disease outbreaks. Air pollution has, in fact, been associated with diseases......

Worldwide, an estimated 140 million contact lens wearers have chosen this solution for both refractive and cosmetic purposes. To the numerous advantages of......

New data confirm the retinal damage they are exposed to.

Smoking tobacco from cigarettes, cigars or pipes exposes you to an increased risk of lung and heart disease and the development of tumours, but constitutes......

AMD is an eye disease whose onset is related to a variety of risk factors, first and foremost the physiological ageing process. Among other factors......

Insulin treatment in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DMT2) is closely associated with an increased risk of endophthalmitis, severe post-cataract surgery (PCE)......

Prevention and control: the winning strategies to avoid complications and maintain a good quality of life and vision.

14 November 2019 marks the return of the annual World Diabetes Day, a global diabetes awareness day, which this year has the theme 'Diabetes: protect your family', just to......

Great success of the strategy promoted by the WHO.
There was also a significant drop in the number of people exposed to the risk of contracting this serious eye infection in 2019.

The latest figures, released by the WHO (World Health Organisation) at the 22nd GET2020 (Global Elimination of Trachoma by 2020) meeting, record a great success: the number of people a......