This story first appeared in Healthy You - July 2025, The Gazette’s quarterly health publication. Infections — both viral and bacterial — are common, especially in your eyes. Iowa Eye Center’s Dr.

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Menopause causes a significant decrease in hormone production, which can affect your eyes’ surface tissues and oil glands, leading to dry eye disease. Treatment options for menopause-related dry eye ...

Whether you’re been experiencing a dull ache, chronic dryness or eye pain that just won’t go away with standard over-the-counter remedies, we have you covered. Keep reading for a few surprising causes ...

Refractive errors are common eye issues that can cause blurry or distorted vision. Treatment usually involves wearing glasses or contact lenses or getting procedures ...

Opticians to treat common eye problems under new government plans - The plans aim to ease pressure on GPs and make treatments ...

Pink eye strikes without warning, transforming a normal day into an uncomfortable ordeal of burning, itching and unsightly redness. While the condition eventually runs its course, waiting days or ...

One doctor is showing nurses, teachers and parents how to spot eye problems, many of which can be easily treated. Surgery, and even just glasses, can be life-changing, and keep kids in school. Muanema ...

Eye problems are not noticed until people start to struggle with reading or find the nighttime darker. Headaches are creeping ...