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You have scheduled a visit of neuro-ophthalmology but has not yet come and wondered how you are going to be the visit and prior information or current situation we may need. If you have a family member or known to have passed through our department, you probably already know that the first visit of neuro-ophthalmology is […]

People younger than 60 years watch an average of 8 hours a day electronic devices within a short distance. So many hours front screen can affect vision and end up becoming a problem that can cause vision problems like eyestrain, itching, dry eyes, blurred vision, redness or even headache and pain in the eyelids. According to […]

The Doctor Ignasi Jürgens, director medical of the Institut Català de Retina (ICR) and head of the Department of Retina and Vitreous, has designed a new surgical technique to the patients operated of cataracts that have a permanent or intermittent entrapment of the lens with the iris (pupillary capture). Cataract surgery currently consists of phacoemulsification […]

Nutrition, lifestyle and environment (climate and environmental factors) play a major role in health. The Mediterranean diet reduces cholesterol levels, blood pressure and the risk of diabetes.
In addition, foods rich in vitamin C and E, Zinc, Lutein and Omega 3 have been shown to reduce the risk of age-related macular degeneration, cataracts and dry eye.

All children should be a review of ophthalmology in infant age, although the parents have not noticed anything abnormal. Children are not able to say if they see well or not, and the revision can prevent vision loss, that if detected in adulthood would be irreversible. The first ophthalmological examination in a child who has […]

The color in which ones and others see the world most famous dress has a scientific explanation. Dr. Ignasi Jürgens, medical director of the Institut Català de Retina and head of the Department of Retina of the Center, says that “it is an issue related to visual perception.  It is not a problem of the eye […]