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A frequent visual defect: strabismus

Strabismus is an ocular condition in which the visual axes are not aligned towards the same point in space. It can affect all age groups, although there is an incidence......

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Having good visual function is a prerequisite for those practising a competitive sport, as some errors during sporting performance can be......

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Antibiotic resistance in eye infections

Eye infections of bacterial aetiology, from the most common -blepharitis, conjunctivitis- to the most complex -keratitis, endophthalmitis- have a major impact on the quality of vision and life. For this reason,......

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Ocular discomfort

To safeguard the health of our eyes, all national and international scientific ophthalmology societies recommend regular thorough eye examinations, especially in the presence of symptoms from......

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Pregnancy and eye health

A woman's eyes undergo changes during pregnancy, and it is necessary to know how to recognise physiological eye changes and differentiate them from the main pathologies that may arise in the pregnant woman. La......

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Diabetic macular oedema

EMD is a chronic, progressive complication of diabetic retinopathy in whose pathogenesis VEGF and inflammatory phenomena play a key role. As the disease progresses, the role of inflammation......

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Juvenile diabetes

An all-Italian study, published in September in the well-known journalPLoS ONE, and conducted by the team of Dr. Giuseppe Maulucci, researcher at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Department of......

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Three years after the Ebola epidemic hit West Africa, researchers have begun to understand how the virus remains viable for up to a year after infection in the eyes......

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