For generations, adults with amblyopia were told their vision loss was permanent, a childhood problem that medicine could not meaningfully reverse later in life. A new wave of research from MIT and ...

Often described in non-clinical terms as lazy eye, amblyopia affects about 2 to 3 in every 100 children. In fact, it's the most common cause of visual impairment among kids, according to the National ...

Lazy eye is often mistaken for eyes that cross or wander, but some patients with the disorder don’t show these symptoms. Dr. Lisa Abrams, a pediatric ophthalmologist at Katzen Eye Group, talks about ...

Kids with lazy eye — or amblyopia, the medical term for the condition — may improve their vision by playing a specially designed iPad game, a new study finds. What's more, kids in the study who played ...

VALENCIA, SANTA CLARITA (KABC) -- When 8-year-old Josh Murphy was in kindergarten, a vision test revealed his left eye was weaker than his right. More tests revealed he had amblyopia, or lazy eye, a ...

I have a lazy eye, and kids used to call me names. I've learned to put a positive spin on it, and I highlight features that I like. But as an adult, I still feel insecure sometimes. "Are you looking ...

The addictive puzzle game "Tetris" may be able to help treat adult amblyopia, a condition known as lazy eye. Amblyopia occurs when the nerves that connect one of the eyes to the brain do not develop ...

When one eye is deprived of vision early in life, it can lead to amblyopia, a condition more commonly known as lazy eye. This happens because a lack of input disrupts synapse formation in the brain's ...

Lazy eye, or amblyopia, is a reasonably common disorder affecting around two or three percent of children that can lead to serious loss of vision in the long term. The two most common methods of early ...

Dear Abby advises a woman who has noticed that her grandchild has a lazy eye, but hasn't brought it up to her daughter because of postpartum depression. DEAR ABBY: I’m blessed at 38 to have my first ...

This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece is part of a series dedicated to the eye and improvements in restoring vision. In 1999, I defined ...