Millions of people in the UK are putting their sight at risk by continuing to smoke, warn specialists.

The United Nations has estimated that about 39 million people are blind globally, while another 1.3 billion people live with some form of near vision impairment.

Blindness in Liberia is increasing by the thousands ever year, according to Dr. Edward B. Gizzie, head of the Liberia Eye Center at the John F.

Children in national Capital are suffering more than the adults from eye cancer.

INSPIRED by tiny structures on transparent butterfly wings, scientists have developed a light-manipulating surface for more effective and longer-lasting eye implants for glaucoma patients.

MUMBAI: Dengue, in rare instances, has been known to cause blindness.

Mumbai: Retinoblastoma, a rare form of eye cancer affecting only about 2,000 people in India per year, is the most common among children under the age of five.

Rwanda has become the first low-income country to provide universal eye care for its 12 million population.

The number of blind people across the world is set to triple within the next four decades, researchers suggest.