Whether it’s her frizzy hair, pear-shaped figure or freaky toe, there’s no escaping it, some things in life you inherit from your mother. But the inheritance runs much deeper than we think. “We not only look like our mothers, but how we age and the health conditions we’re most susceptible to can be passed down through generations just like an heirloom,” explains Dr Marilyn Glenville PhD, author of The Natural Health Bible for Women.

However, the good news is that by asking your mum some key questions, and making some simple lifestyle choices, you can start combating these issues now. So get the kettle on, and get your mum ready for a grilling.

A BIONIC eye that enables blind people to see has been cleared for implantation in patients after it was granted approval by European regulators.

The artificial retina is the first device of its kind to move from the laboratory to the clinic, after a trial of 30 patients, ten of whom were treated in Britain, has shown that it can safely restore some vision to people who have lost their sight to a genetic disease.

Western New South Wales has been chosen for a new initiative to improve the eye health of indigenous and remote Australians.

What we feed our bodies feeds our eyes as well.

There are grizzled heroes and sleek assassins in movies who don't have metaphorical blind spots. They do have literal ones, though. Because of the way the eye is constructed, every human being does.

IF A child is falling off play equipment or knocking into furniture, clumsiness may not be to blame; it may be because of poor vision.

Age triples the incidence of astigmatism, records show. However, a new multifocal lens for cataract surgery corrects up to 3 degrees of refraction error. Not only the eyelids are drooping with age. The refractive errors also change. Myopia, difficulty seeing far down. The opposite is also true. What is the connection between ageing and astigmatism?

When Kern and Harbach wrote "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" nearly 80 years ago, they were playing bards, not doctors. But a new study shows that smokers are at substantially increased risk for developing age-related blindness.

Age, race and maternal smoking are associated with the development of myopia and hyperopia in preschool children, according to a poster presentation here.

People can consider themselves the safest and most alert driver in the world but this means nothing if their field of vision is restricted, one expert has noted.