Strokes are serious and life threatening medical emergencies that require immediate attention. They occur when blood supply to a section of the brain is temporarily cut off. This could be due to a ...

A 66-year-old patient first noticed trouble with his right peripheral vision 2 weeks prior to presentation while he was playing golf. He also complained of more trouble with light to dark adaptation ...

A landmarking brain stimulation technique offers faster and accurate rewiring of brain communication networks, enhancing vision recovery in stroke affected people suffering from hemianopia. Over ...

Eye research charity Fight for Sight is partnering with the Stroke Association to test the effectiveness of a treatment for ‘retraining’ the eyes for people who experience a loss of vision after ...

Each year, thousands of stroke survivors are left with hemianopia, a condition that causes loss of half of their visual field (the “vertical midline”). Hemianopia severely affects daily activities ...

Transcript Norman Swan: Stroke is one of the most feared medical conditions after cancer, and while most of us think of paralysis and being unable to speak, one really disabling consequence of a brain ...

About one-third of patients who have suffered a stroke end up with low vision, losing up to half of their visual field. This partial blindness was long considered irreversible, but recent studies have ...

Boston-based study shows majority of hemianopia patients prefer peripheral prism glasses to help them get around. Researchers from the Schepens Eye Research Institute in Boston conducted a study using ...

This can cause issues with daily life going forward - such as disorientation in crowded places and difficulty seeing traffic in the street. By Fiona Callingham, Health Reporter specialising in medical ...

Hemianopia is a vision impairment which is related to stroke, brain injury or neurological problems. Dr Alex Leff from the University College London, Institute of Neurology, has developed ways of ...