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It's an unfortunate fact of aging: Live long enough and, eventually, reading this sentence will get difficult, even impossible. Three in 10 Americans older than 80 have some form of age-related ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My mother has been diagnosed with macular degeneration. Will she go blind? Am I at risk? Macular degeneration affects the center of the retina in the back of the eye, which is called ...

ORLANDO, Florida — Achieving target glucose and lipid levels reduces the risk for diabetic retinopathy (DR) and other adverse health outcomes in people with diabetes, but all are associated with a ...

The single most expensive drug for the Australian government today, costing more than A$400 million per year, is one called aflibercept. It stops the growth and “leakiness” of blood vessels, and is ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- A big breakthrough in saving vision for people with a severe form of macular degeneration. This is the first and only drug that's approved to treat an advanced form of macular ...

Dame Judi Dench has no acting roles lined up and may be on the cusp of retirement because she “can’t even see,” the legendary actress, 89, recently told reporters at the Chelsea Flower Show in London, ...

NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Inflammasome Therapeutics (https://inflam.com), a private company developing therapies for prevalent, degenerative diseases, said ...

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 ...