COVID-19 infection may be boosting the numbers of a rare ocular condition in which vision is threatened when veins in the retina are blocked, eye specialists in Southern California report. Risk of ...

Retinal vascular occlusion (RVO) occurs when small veins in the back of the eye become blocked, and blood cannot flow through them. The condition can affect vision but does not cause total blindness.

CRVO occurs when blood can no longer travel through the main blood vessel that brings blood to the back of the eye. This can cause swelling, and it may lead to vision loss. The retina is a layer of ...

Women filling a prescription for female hormone therapy (FHT), and presumably taking FHT, are not at increased risk of retinal artery or retinal vein occlusions. FHT, including oral contraceptive ...

A population-based cohort study found that patients with retinal vein occlusion (RVO) 40 years and older had increased risk of cardiovascular disease CVD compared with patients who did not have RVO.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A group of women exposed to female hormone therapy did not experience an increased rate of retinal vein ...

NEW YORK — There were no significant differences in response to bevacizumab injections in patients across different races who had macular edema caused by retinal vein occlusion, according to a study. ...

COVID is tied to a greater prevalence of some neuro-ophthalmic complications than is influenza, but COVID vaccines are linked ...

Arteries carry oxygenated blood away from your heart. They have thick walls and a muscular layer that keeps your blood moving. Arteries can be as wide as a nickel (about two centimeters). They are the ...

‌Arteries and veins (also called blood vessels) are tubes of muscle that your blood flows through. Arteries carry blood away from the heart to the rest of the body. Veins push blood back to your heart ...