Participants received retinal implants that restored some of their vision. Zorica Nastasic via Getty Images Today, in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers announced that they restored some ...

An mRNA vaccine developed by researchers from Japan suppressed abnormal blood vessel growth or neovascularization in the retina of mouse models. Neovascularization is a condition that is caused by age ...

The prescription of metformin was associated neither with the development of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in participants without the condition nor with progression to advanced forms of the ...

Scientists have developed a new eyedrop that can ferry protective compounds all the way to the retina, paving the way for a less-invasive injection-free method of managing sight-stealing diseases such ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- As we age, our vision can start to change. The older we get, we can become more at risk for eye diseases, like macular degeneration. "Other than vitamins and antioxidants, we ...

Semaglutide, widely used to treat diabetes and obesity, was associated with more than double the risk of developing neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) in older patients with diabetes, ...

Patients with diabetes using glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) may face more than twice the risk for developing neovascular age-related macular degeneration compared with those not ...

Travelers at Erie International Airport can check their vision before boarding their flight. A new interactive display in the secure passenger waiting room includes a vision chart, an Amsler grid to ...

Currently, there are no medical treatments for early or intermediate age-related macular degeneration (AMD), only evidence that antioxidant vitamin and mineral supplementation can delay progression to ...

Dr. David Maberley, MD, MSc. (Epid), FRCSC, Ophthalmologist, discusses macular degeneration risk factors and routine tests patients can expect. Undersea cables cut in the Red Sea, disrupting internet ...

Once diagnosed, age-related macular degeneration (AMD) needs to be regularly monitored for progression both before treatment or rehabilitation is initiated (to guide the initiation decision) and ...

Many of us are painfully aware of our body's increasing number of shortcomings as we get older. Sagging skin, hearing loss, receding hairlines and tending to use the bathroom more frequently than we ...