Vision and Eyes
Nuffield Health stories on vision and eyes.
Cataracts, glaucoma and age-related macular degeneration are the conditions most likely to affect your vision. Here's how we treat, prevent and manage the three thieves of sight.
Updated: Friday 8 November 2024
Published: Wednesday 21 June 2017
Working from home has quickly become normal life for many of us. A large percentage of the population works with a computer or laptop every day, often with suboptimal home office set-ups that can be harmful to our eyes.
Updated: Thursday 24 October 2024
Published: Monday 1 June 2020
If you're visiting hospital, there's a few basics you'll need to take with you. Our video guide shows you what to pack whether you're only coming in for the day, overnight, or staying a little longer.
Updated: Monday 8 July 2024
Published: Tuesday 19 July 2016
Cataracts affect many of us as we get older, but acting early can reduce the impact they'll have on your life. Thankfully, spotting the early signs of a cataract developing is fairly straight forward.
Updated: Thursday 4 July 2024
Published: Friday 19 February 2016
It's true, cataracts are common. Thankfully, there are precautions you can take to minimise your risk and prevent damage to your eyes and vision. Mr David Anderson, Consultant Ophthalmologist at Nuffield Health Wessex Hospital has four tips to protect your eyes.
Updated: Thursday 4 July 2024
Published: Thursday 18 February 2016
Open events are a great opportunity to tap into medical experts for free. Medical Executive Director, Dr Davina Deniszczyc explains how to get the most out of them in five easy steps.
Updated: Wednesday 17 January 2024
Published: Tuesday 17 January 2017
After two years of almost total sight loss from dense cataracts in both eyes, Suzanne Roberts had a nasty fall in February 2022, resulting in permanent damage to her elbow. Following cataract care for one eye from Mr Dan Morris of Nuffield Health Cardiff and Vale Hospitals in late November 2022, Suzanne returned soon in December 2022, for the other eye to be successfully treated.
Updated: Thursday 25 May 2023
Published: Wednesday 24 May 2023
Cataracts are the leading cause of visual impairment worldwide, but they can also be reversed with surgery, as long as you act early. Here are the 3 most common types of cataracts, their symptoms and what causes them, so you can both prevent and identify them.
Updated: Friday 28 May 2021
Published: Friday 28 May 2021
As the leading cause of vision loss in the UK, age-related macular degeneration is something we should see coming, but many of us fail to read the signs. Here’s what you need to know.
Updated: Thursday 19 November 2020
Published: Tuesday 10 May 2016
After losing his wife to cancer, Bruce contemplated giving up his lifelong passion of bird watching. Determined, he gathered the courage to return to the fields, but cruelly his eyesight began to fail soon after. This is his story of love, loss and redemption.
Updated: Tuesday 7 January 2020
Published: Friday 12 May 2017
At just 51 years old, Graeme Chisholm was surprised to learn cataracts were responsible for his deteriorating eyesight. Here's how multi-focal lens implants brought his life back into focus.
Updated: Tuesday 7 January 2020
Published: Friday 12 February 2016