ophthalmology

Amblyopia is usually treated in kids by temporarily covering the other eye with a patch. But that doesn't always work. Research shows crucial brain rewiring can happen in adulthood, too.

Amid heavy opposition from physicians, the Senate Health Policy Committee approved a bill that would authorize optometrists to perform some laser surgeries and prescribe opioids.

Ten years ago, there wasn't much doctors could do to keep people with age-related macular degeneration from going blind. A colon cancer drug changed all that. But not everyone's vision has been saved.

Broward County ophthalmologist Alan Mendelsohn has been given back his medical license following his release from prison, the Miami Herald reports.…