CHICAGO — The number of injections required for the successful treatment of neovascular age-related macular degeneration could be reduced considerably with experimental therapies, new research shows.

Anti–vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) medications have been a mainstay of treatment for wet age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD) for 20 years — and for good reason. The medication has ...

Robot-directed radiation therapy can improve treatment of age-related macular degeneration People who received radiation needed a quarter fewer injections in their eye The procedure saves money and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Sura-vec injection reduced the annualized anti-VEGF injection rate by 76% with a high dose and 77% with a low ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) - There are two types of macular degeneration: dry and wet. Dry age-related macular degeneration is the most common type — it happens when small deposits form under ...

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Genentech, a member of the Roche Group (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY), announced today new, five-year efficacy, safety and durability data from the Phase ...

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals announced positive three-year results from an extension study of EYLEA HD (aflibercept) Injection 8 mg for treating wet age-related macular degeneration (wAMD). The findings, ...

Both anti-VEGF and surgical treatments improve VA in AMD-related submacular hemorrhage, with no statistically significant difference between the two treatments. Anti-VEGF injections may be associated ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Current treatments sometimes fail to help people with "wet" age-related macular degeneration -- and researchers now think they ...

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

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 ...