Vision and Dental Health - News

A former Boston-area dentist accused of substituting paper clips for stainless steel posts in patient root canals was sentenced...

Before treatment, the 51-year-old graphic artist was legally blind, unable to read a single letter on a standard eye chart....

Eye injuries among female lacrosse players dropped dramatically after US Lacrosse, the governing board for the sport, required...

Eye injuries among female lacrosse players dropped dramatically after US Lacrosse, the governing board for the sport, required...

Eye injuries among female lacrosse players dropped dramatically after US Lacrosse, the governing board for the sport, required...

Radiation and chemotherapy given to young cancer patients don't seem to increase the risk that their own children will have...

British scientists have made the first human embryonic stem cells of a high enough grade to use in patients and deposited...

TearLab Corp said U.S. health regulators granted a waiver that allowed for the wider use of its device to diagnose dry eye,...

TearLab Corp said health regulators allowed home use of its device to diagnose dry eye condition, sending the medical device...

A New York City dentist is being sued by a patient who says he is being fined $100 a day for posting negative reviews of...

Regular visits to the dentist for tooth cleaning may provide more than just a brighter smile. According to data compiled...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has declined to approve an oral contraceptive and a glaucoma treatment being developed...

Adding to the mixed bag of research on bisphenol A and diabetes, a new study suggests that people with higher urinary levels...

Half of Americans now support legalizing marijuana use, a record level, amid growing support for decriminalization that could...

Jake Winebaum is betting on a Web-based solution to take the hassle and price worry out of a health obligation many of us...

Women who eat a better diet leading up to pregnancy are less likely to have babies with birth defects, according to a new...

Seniors who take aspirin daily are twice as likely to have late stage macular degeneration, an age-related loss of vision,...

Alaska Native children in remote villages have rates of tooth decay about four times the national average, a government study...

British drug regulators have granted approval to Advanced Cell Technology to conduct the first trial in Europe of human embryonic...

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs said it has stopped using Roche's Avastin to treat a sight-robbing eye disease as...

Special colored "overlays" for reading materials may not immediately improve reading skills in children with a controversial...

A school-based program aimed at getting more Chinese teenagers with vision problems to buy glasses has failed, according...

Astronauts experience bone and muscle loss in the weightlessness of space, and now the first study of returning space travelers'...

Five patients being treated for eye disease were blinded after being injected with Roche Holding AG's Avastin at the Los...

Repackaged injections of the cancer drug Avastin, also known as bevacizumab, have caused a cluster of serious eye infections...

A new study from South Africa found that more than two-thirds of mothers and other caregivers pre-chew food for their infants...

Hand, foot and mouth disease, a dangerous intestinal virus, has killed 81 children in Vietnam this year, prompting the prime...

More than half of people getting a certain type of glaucoma surgery may suffer from temporary, sometimes severe vision loss...

If you're getting a drug injection for macular degeneration or another eye condition, a new study suggests you might want...

High fevers and other potentially serious symptoms in infants should not be written off as normal signs of teething, according...