The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued warning letters to eight companies for manufacturing or selling unapproved eye products, which the agency says is “in violation of federal law.” The warning letters cited concerns about eye products manufactured by the firms which are “illegally marketed” to treat multiple conditions like conjunctivitis or “pink eye,” […]
Salman Rushdie lost sight in one eye and the use of one hand following an attack on stage at a literary event in western New York in August, his agent said. Andrew Wylie, who represents literary giants such as Saul Bellow and Roberto Bolano, described the extent of the injuries Rushdie suffered in the “brutal” […]
A coroner has urged people to use metal drinking straws with caution after a retired British jockey died when she fell onto the item, impaling her eye and causing fatal brain injuries.
Taiwanese doctors found four small sweat bees living inside a woman’s eye who were surviving off of her tears, according to BBC. Measuring only three to four millimeters in length, the tiny bees flew into the 28-year-old woman’s eye when she was pulling weeds at a relative’s grave site. The woman, identified by her family name of He, […]
A spectator at the Ryder Cup golf tournament has lost the sight in her eye after a wayward shot from the tee flew into the crowd in Paris. When Brooks Koepka’s mis-fired drive hit Corine Remande in the face on the first day of the tournament, it was initially thought it had caused her no […]
Surgeons say that 27 contact lenses were found in a woman’s eye while they prepared for cataract surgery, according to a report from the British Medical Journal. The operation took place in November 2016, but it was recently detailed by the medical journal. The lenses resembled a “blueish mass” in the 67-year-old woman’s eye. They […]
