While it has been said that the eyes are a window to the soul, a new study shows they could be a means for understanding diseases of the brain. According to new research by scientists at the UCSF ...

A new study has proposed that a simple retina scan could indicate whether a person is at risk of early death. The research found the greater the gap between a person’s chronological age and retinal ...

Researchers have identified novel retinal vascular signatures that are significantly associated with the risk for a first stroke. When combined with age and sex, these retinal “fingerprints” predicted ...

Using an algorithm developed by Duke researchers, scientists were able to correctly identify retinal scans of people with mild cognitive impairment about 79% of the time. File photo Researchers have ...

BOSTON - Looking deep into someone's eyes may reveal they have Parkinson's disease years before they develop the telltale symptoms. You may have heard that the eye is a "window" to the rest of the ...

Eye scans looking at retinal texture might be able to predict risk of vision loss among people with type 2 diabetes Lab rats with diabetes experienced specific changes in the texture of their retinas ...

Researchers have known for several years that this part of the eyeball can be used to detect bigger neurological problems in the brain. The retina, a layer of nerves at the back of the eyeball, is ...