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 ...

Modern cataract surgery is a safe, effective procedure, but it wasn't always this way. The earliest record dates back to the fifth century BC.

SightMD New Jersey is proud to announce the addition of advanced bladeless LASIK eye surgery at their Toms River Surgical Center. This cutting-edge technology enhances precision and safety, providing ...

Jan. 14, 2025 — Age-related macular degeneration (AMD), which affects about 200 million people worldwide and can result in legal blindness, impairs an area of the eye (retina) used for reading ...

Macular degeneration is very common and affects an estimated 19.8 million people ... Injecting medications called anti-VEGF drugs into the eye may reduce leaking from blood vessels as well as the ...

Izervay (avacincaptad pegol) is a prescription injection used to treat severe age-related macular degeneration (AMD ... you’ll likely need eye surgery to fix it. Wet AMD was a common side ...

More information: Jimmy S. Chen et al, High Density Lipoproteins Associate with Age-Related Macular Degeneration in the All of Us Research Program, Ophthalmology (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2024 ...

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of vision loss for people over 65. We have excellent treatments for the wet form of AMD. But until recently, we haven’t had any ...

Genome-wide association analyses identify distinct genetic architectures for age-related macular degeneration across ancestries. Nature Genetics , 2024; 56 (12): 2659 DOI: 10.1038/s41588-024-01764 ...

More information: Bryan R. Gorman et al, Genome-wide association analyses identify distinct genetic architectures for age-related macular degeneration across ancestries, Nature Genetics (2024 ...

Photodynamic therapy with verteporfin of CNV represents an advancement in the treatment of myopic macular degeneration complicated ... without the complications of laser photocoagulation.