A recent study shows the use of GLP-1 drugs can increase the risk for optic nerve damage in the first year of treatment, ...

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Nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy, or NAION, is a rare condition that afflicts 2 to 10 out of 100,000 people. Like a brain stroke, the condition occurs from reduced blood flow to the ...

When astronauts began spending six months and more aboard the International Space Station, they started to notice changes in ...

Damage to the optic nerve can lead to irreversible blindness. A newly investigated regeneration factor could change that, UConn researchers report in the May 2024 issue of Experimental Neurology.