Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A leading cause of vision loss in aging Americans, macular degeneration is a progressive eye condition brought on by the ...

If someone in your family has lost vision to macular degeneration, you may be wondering if you are next—and what, if anything, you can do about it. Tom Miller, MD, talks to Paul Bernstein, MD, from ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a healthy 67-year-old female being treated with Eylea for wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD). I have just had my second round of Eyelea, and with the pollen starting up, ...

PulseSight Therapeutics SAS, an ophthalmology clinical stage biotech company developing disruptive non-viral vectorized gene therapies with minimally-invasive delivery technology, has reported the ...

My introduction to age-related macular degeneration (AMD) was a day of hell. I’m 76 now, but I had cataract surgery when I was 70. About 4 days after the procedure, I had what’s called a central ...

Jimmy Abegg still remembers the time he almost brushed his teeth with hemorrhoid cream instead of toothpaste. The musician, painter and photographer had recently been diagnosed with macular ...

The federal government is cracking down on what it describes as "unscrupulous" stem cell clinics selling unapproved treatments for eye problems like macular degeneration. Many people with fading ...

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) affects approximately 15 million people in the U.S. and is a major cause of severe vision loss in people over 60. AMD occurs when there is a breakdown in the ...

Macular degeneration is an eye disease that occurs when there’s damage to the central part of the retina, called the macula (responsible for helping you see details of objects in front of you clearly) ...

The choice to get treatment for the wet form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a no-brainer. You have to get shots to save your vision. Fast intervention may even improve your eyesight. And ...