Astigmatism (uh-STIG-muh-tiz-um) is a type of refractive error where one or more of the eye’s surfaces are not smooth and/or round. It is broadly classified into two types: regular and irregular.

Climate change is increasing risk to eye health in multiple ways. First, it is making the planet hotter—Earth’s average surface temperature in 2024 was the warmest on record.

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Climate change and eye maladies Date: November 16, 2024 Source: University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Summary: Clinical visits by patients suffering ocular surface eye conditions more ...

In an opinion piece published in the open-access journal PLOS Climate, Jeremy Jacobs of Vanderbilt University and Shazia Khan ...

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New preliminary research suggests that a combination of higher atmospheric CO2 and hotter temperatures contribute to a ...

In an opinion piece published July 16 in the open-access journal PLOS Climate, Jeremy Jacobs of Vanderbilt University and Shazia Khan of Yale School of Medicine draw attention to the rollback of ...