Macular degeneration is the most common cause of age-related vision loss in older adults. In a healthy eye, light travels through the pupil and hits the retina, the inner back layer of your eye.

Study from Case Western Reserve University and VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System examines genetic risk profiles across ...

Age-related macular degeneration may cause a gradual reduction in your central vision over time, so you might not recognize AMD at first.

Macular degeneration is a prevalent eye disorder that typically results in loss of vision in individuals who are 50 years of age and older. Although there isn’t a recognized cure for this ...

Over the past two decades, the role of vitreomacular adhesion in vitreomacular interface pathologies, such as vitreomacular traction syndrome, epiretinal membrane and macular hole, has been ...

A clever new set of glasses may offer new hope to people with macular degeneration. By copying the structure of a fly's eyes, ...

A vision technology startup has developed a pair of smart glasses that clear up spotty vision. Designed for people ...

One of the most common causes of poor sight is a condition called macular ... degeneration. This condition accounts for 50 per cent of all blindness and sight problems in the UK. Imagine that your ...

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, driving and many other ...

Age-related macular ... them as eye drops to mice with induced dry AMD. The treated group exhibited retinal cell protection and significantly reduced retinal degeneration, comparable to normal ...

High and low levels of high-density lipoprotein and a novel single-nucleotide polymorphism were found to be associated with ...