A South Korean study suggests that the loss of the corneal reflex — the automatic blink when the eye is touched — may signal a 70% likelihood of death within 24 hours in deeply sedated hospice ...

Experts have suggested that palliative care patients who fail to corneal reflex tests are likley to die within 24 hours.

A new study published in the BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care journal suggests that doctors may be able to predict whether ...

A South Korean study suggests that the loss of the corneal reflex — the automatic blink when the eye is touched — can indicate a high likelihood of death within 24 hours in hospice patients.

Like many hospice clinicians, Jung Hun Kang, MD, PhD, had noticed the disappearance of the corneal reflex in his dying patients. But unlike most, he decided to investigate. His new study, published in ...

Scientists may have discovered a new way to test for autism by measuring how children's eyes move when they turn their heads. Scientists at UC San Francisco may have discovered a new way to test for ...

Research shows that the reflexes of the eye are automatic adjustments your eyes make to help you see and keep them from being damaged. They can respond to light and dark, adjusting how much light ...

An abnormal red reflex finding most likely reflects an underlying ocular pathology in infants, but finding a normal red reflex during screening does not altogether exclude ocular disease. The American ...