HealthDay News — Socioeconomic factors are linked to an increased risk for age-related macular degeneration (AMD), according to a study published online July 1 in Health Data Science.

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have identified a process in the eye that may explain why biologic drugs for treating ...

New data presented at the American Society of Retina Specialists 2024 examine the benefits and adverse event profiles of two ...

A new study explains not only why some patients with wet age-related macular degeneration (or 'wet' AMD) fail to have vision improvement with treatment, but also how an experimental drug could be used ...

The Food and Drug Administration will allow a new device to be marketed as a treatment for dry age-related macular degeneration.

Iris freckles and other iris features should be routinely evaluated in screenings as it could be a biomarker of AMD.

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) causes your central vision to get worse as you get older. An estimated 19.6 million people over 40 live with AMD, and nearly 1.5 million of them have their ...

While there's no cure for wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD), there are ways to slow the disease and help you see better for longer. But early detection and timely treatment hold the key ...

Macular edema is swelling or fluid retention in a specialized part of the retina called the macula. The macula is located in the back of the eye and provides us with clear, central vision. It is the ...

The study was published Thursday in JAMA Ophthalmology. Advertisement Macular degeneration is the most frequent cause of irreversible vision loss in the developed world. It affects the macula ...

Woodward wrote, quoting a guest of the event hosted by Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott, "It was 'like your 87-year-old senile grandfather', wandering around the room, saying to women guests, 'your eyes are ...