Dr Paul Yoh

It's golden: UC Berkeley's Light the Way campaign raises $7.37 billion One of the largest capital campaigns launched by any public or private U.S. university — UC Berkeley’s Light the Way: The Campaign for Berkeley — has come to an official and impressive end. Its ambitious $6 billion goal not only was reached, but ...

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New Optical Illusion Makes 86% of People Feel Like They're Falling Into a Black Hole Researchers discovered an optical illusion that provides new insights into human vision.

Alcoholism treatment restores vision in mice with macular degeneration Scientists have found that an existing drug, already used in humans to treat alcohol use disorder, could help restore vision lost to conditions like age-related macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa. The discovery also uncovers a new mechanism for how vision degrades, which could lead to a.....

A medical mystery posed by blurred lanes Our cross-country drive last winter from New York to Lake Tahoe was going to be eventful enough, with a pandemic, blizzards and the cancellation of salads at McDonald’s. But by Omaha, Nebraska, when the lanes on Interstate 80 seemed to be bouncing around before my very eyes, we entered unexpected ...

Pandemic stress could be causing your eye problems. Here’s what to know. Here are the basics about stress and eye health — and tips for how to best protect your eyes.

Cataract Surgery May Reduce Your Dementia Risk Surgery to remove cataracts, which cause the eye’s normally clear lens to become cloudy, can restore vision almost instantaneously. New

We're Facing a Myopia 'Epidemic', Scientists Say. Here's Why Scientists are warning of an emerging 'epidemic' of myopia or near-sightedness, having observed sharp increases in the adult onset of myopia among late baby boomers.

Christie Brinkley’s routine eye exam caught condition that could have led to vision loss Christie Brinkley went in for a routine eye exam and ended up discovering that she has a type of glaucoma — one that required surgery to treat. "I just

The Pupil in Your Eye Can Perceive Numerical Information, Not Just Light You might know that the size of the pupils in our eyes changes depending on how well lit our environment is, but there's more to the story: Scientists have now discovered that the pupil also shifts in size depending on how many objects we're observin

Australian Woman Hospitalized After Waking Up to Mouse Eating Her Eyeball A mouse eating an Australian woman’s eyeball is just another incident from a mice plague that has been tormenting the country for several months now.

Pupil size surprisingly linked to differences in intelligence Maybe eyes really are windows into the soul — or at least into the brain, as a new study finds.

Blind Man Regains Sight After Israeli Company Implants Artificial Cornea An elderly man who lost his sight ten years ago suddenly regained his vision in Israel after an artificial cornea developed by an Israeli company was implanted in his eye.

Some Fish Can Regenerate Their Eyes. Turns Out, Mammals Have Those Genes Too Damage to the retina is the leading cause of blindness in humans, affecting millions of people around the world. Unfortunately, the retina is one of the few tissues we humans can't grow back.

Teen 'Blasts Away' Parts of Retina by Staring Into a Pet's Laser Pointer The dangers of staring directly into laser pointers are well documented, but an unfortunate incident involving a teenager from Ohio serves as a sobering reminder of just how little it takes to cause permanent damage to your eyes and vision.

Doctors are preparing to implant the world's first human bionic eye 172 spots of light allow individuals "to navigate indoor and outdoor environments, and recognize the presence of people and objects around them."