Eyes

What a decade of online eyewear orders reveals about how America's eyesight is changing

From rising myopia to digital strain, industry data reveals how screen time is reshaping national vision.

A decade of data: America is looking through a new lens.
Doctor examines patient at Hadassah Medical Center.

Jerusalem teacher’s vision improved from 10% to 90% after Hadassah surgery

Ginseng eye patches

Ginseng eye patches to reduce the appearance of fatigue, dark circles, and fine lines

Watching TV

From myth to sign: This is what watching television up close really does to your eyes


Red light exposure during morning hours improves declining eyesight - study

Researchers found that participants' color contrast vision improved by about 17% after their eyes were exposed to red light.

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Toxic DNA buildup in eyes with macular degeneration can cause blindness - study

Macular degeneration affects around 200 million people worldwide. Geographic atrophy is age-related and destroys the light-sensing portion of the eye.

Eyesight (illustrative)

Study suggests lazy eye far more common among Israel's ultra-Orthodox

Researchers from the Hebrew University and doctors from the IDF and Hadassah-University Medical Center tracked the prevalence of lazy eye among 1.5 million Israeli teens.

Eye doctor examines patient 370

Can COVID cause blindness?

Recently, a coronavirus patient was temporarily blinded in one eye. Why did this happen?

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Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine linked to rare cases of eye inflammation - study

Twenty-one people developed anterior uveitis and two developed Multiple Evanescent White Dot Syndrome (MEWDS).

An illustrative photo of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.

Israeli firm EyeYon Medical tech receives expedited approval process

The device is the first ophthalmic device in the world to have received both China's innovative device designation and the US FDA's Breakthrough Device Designation.

EyeYon Medical.

Hadassah ophthalmologist first Israeli to win top ARVO award

Prof. Jacob Peer, head of the Onco-Ophthalmology department at Hadassah, won the Joanne G. Angle award.

Prof. Jacob Peer, head of the Onco-Ophthalmology department at Hadassah.

Israeli firm EyeYon Medical finishes $25m. round of funding

The new capital will let them expand clinical trials for their innovative synthetic corneal implant.

EyeYon Medical.

Israeli doctors restore sight for Azeri soldiers hurt in war with Armenia

The doctors primarily operated in the field of oculoplasty and carried out procedures such as eye socket restoration and eyelid surgery.

Members of the Israeli delegation to help wounded Azeri soldiers regain their sight.

St John Eye Hospital serves all regardless of ethnicity, religion, money

The St John Eye Hospital started in 1882 to provide eye care for people of the Holy Land, and the order is headed by Queen Elizabeth.

St John Eye Hospital in east Jerusalem: Providing eye care to residents of the West Bank, Gaza and Jerusalem.