When one eye is deprived of vision early in life, it can lead to amblyopia, a condition more commonly known as lazy eye. This happens because a lack of input disrupts synapse formation in the brain's ...

For generations, adults with amblyopia were told their vision loss was permanent, a childhood problem that medicine could not ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 65-year-old woman. As a child, I had what we called “lazy eye.” My condition was that my right eye was aligned noticeably outward. I believe this is referred to as “exotropia.” ...

Amblyopia, often called lazy eye, develops when the brain fails to receive balanced input from both eyes early in life. One ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 65-year-old woman. As a child, I had what we called "lazy eye." My condition was that my right eye was aligned noticeably outward. I believe this is referred to as "exotropia." ...

A treatment that simulates the loss of an eye may help adults with the vision impairment known as amblyopia or "lazy eye." Studies in mice and cats suggest that the approach allows the brain to rewire ...