A clinical trial is investigating whether a stem cell-derived patch can replace disease-damaged cells and restore vision. Age-related macular degeneration is a steadily worsening eye disease and the ...

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) - Geographic atrophy affects approximately one million people in the United States and is commonly associated with both dry and wet macular degeneration. Now a new treatment is ...

Age-related macular degeneration is the leading cause of vision loss in those who are age 50 or older. In fact, almost 20 million people in the U.S. have some type of age-related macular degeneration, ...

Macular degeneration, particularly age-related macular degeneration, is a leading cause of vision loss worldwide. This condition affects the central part of the retina, known as the macula, which is ...

According to the National Eye Institute, age-related macular degeneration impacts 11 million adults in the U.S. every year. Characterized by a loss of the vision needed to see straight ahead and by ...

Neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) and diabetic macular edema (DME) are the leading causes of vision impairment in elderly patients and people living with diabetes, respectively.

Dear Carol: My dad is 86 and quite healthy other than his eyes. Recently, he developed the wet form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and needs to get regular injections in his eyes to slow ...

Current treatments sometimes fail to help people with "wet" age-related macular degeneration -- and researchers now think they know why. Photo by Adobe Stock/HealthDay News Current treatments ...

Larry Hoffheimer watched helplessly as his mother, Florence, went from doctor to doctor seeking better glasses more than 20 years ago. Getting a diagnosis of macular degeneration didn’t resolve the ...

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the most common form of irreversible blindness in developed countries. AMD is a complex genetic disease, meaning several genes must be involved. Scientists ...

Current treatments sometimes fail to help people with "wet" age-related macular degeneration-- and researchers now think they know why. Wet AMD is caused by an overgrowth of blood vessels in the ...