The most common of these syndromes include hearing loss or obesity, as well as retinal degeneration and/or optic atrophy, and some not only severely affect the overall quality of life of patients ...

What is Friedreich's ataxia? Friedreich's ataxia is a rare, inherited disease. It damages the spinal cord, peripheral nerves, and the cerebellum part of the brain. It also leads to heart problems.

John J. Chen, M.D., Ph.D., a neuro-ophthalmologist at the Mayo Clinic, said the belief that optic neuritis tends to get better on its own stemmed from a landmark study published in the New England ...

This found the highest associations are cataract and anxiety and schizophrenia; congenital optic nerve disease and anxiety and schizophrenia; and strabismus (crossing of eyes) and anxiety and ...