A healthy person has an 18 per cent chance of developing Alzheimer's Disease at some point in there life.

One of the nutrition industry’s biggest sellers – vitamin C – may help nerve cells in the eye to function properly, says a new study that suggests the vitamin may also be important for brain function, too.

Babies have far less ability to recognize rapidly changing images than adults, according to research from the UC Davis Center for Mind and Brain. The results show that while infants can perceive flicker or movement, they may not be able to identify the individual elements within a moving or changing scene as well as an adult.

To effectively reverse lazy eye, it is best to identify and treat it before a child is 4 or 5 years old. Now a new device allows doctors to detect this potentially serious eye problem in children as young as age 2 years.

Eggs are one of those ubiquitous foods. You always have some in the refrigerator. They're inexpensive and easy to crack open and use to whip up something for dinner. And, although they used to have a bad rap because of the fat and cholesterol in the yolk, that's no longer the case. Even Dr. Mehmet Oz has said: "They do not increase your cholesterol."

Most of us grow up listening to our parents telling us not to watch television for a long time or it would affect our eyes. Most eye doctors say that it's unlikely that watching too much television, reading too many books or staring at a computer screen will permanently damage your eyes. However, all of these activities can cause eyestrain, which isn't something you should ignore. Eyestrain is when your eyes get overtired from too much use.

Diabetes Australia and Vision 2020 Australia have joined forces for a new campaign for National Diabetes Week 10–16 July 2011 around diabetes and eye health.

Do you rarely think twice about washing off your makeup at night or sharing mascara with a friend? Local eye doctors and beauty consultants can give you reasons to start thinking twice.

Diabetic retinopathy seems to be a major cause of vision loss among diabetic patients. A team of scientists at the University of British Columbia has put forth a device that can be fixed behind the eye for a regulated and on-demand release of drugs to treat diabetic retinopathy.

Inexpensive hand-held device developed at MIT could detect cataracts even at the earliest stages.