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Smoking is already the leading preventable cause of death in the world and, although society is aware of the consequences of tobacco smoke on the body, many people do not know that it can also affect the eyes and cause vision loss.

El pasado noviembre se celebró el 51º Congreso de la Societat Catalana d’Oftalmologia (SCOFT), que contó con la participación del Dr. José Manuel Navero y el Dr. Xavier Maseras, miembros del Departamento de Glaucoma y del Departamento de Retina y Vítreo de ICR.

Dr. Juan Francisco Santamaria, member of the ICR’s Department of Retina and Vitreous has published, together with Dr. Ignasi Jürgens, Medical Director of the Institut Català de Retina, the article titled Vitreous hemorrhage due to optic disc macroaneurysm, which describes the clinical case of a patient with a spontaneous vitreous hemorrhage without apparent reason.

Our eyes grow throughout our lives, especially in the first two years of life and during puberty.
In this article we show you the temporal evolution of the eyes and the most common pathologies in each stage of life.

Have you ever wondered what daily activities can impair your vision? The American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) has selected the 20 most harmful actions for our eye health.

The next 30th and 31st of October will take place the XVIII course of Refractive Surgery, Cataract and Cornea ARI of Alicante, which on this occasion will be taught telematically. The course, directed by the lecturer from Alicante Jorge L. Alió, will have the participation of prestigious international and national ophthalmologists, among them, Dr. Francesc Duch, head of the Department of Refractive Surgery at ICR.