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 ...

B-scan ultrasound can effectively differentiate between peripapillary hyperreflective ovoid mass-like structures and optic ...

While aging is inevitable, making informed choices can preserve eye health and enhance quality of life as the years go by.

Background: Wet age-related macular degeneration (wAMD ... allow classification based on published consensus as follows (8): (1) A lack of visible drusen or abnormal pigmentation indicates no sign of ...

Designed for people experiencing macular degeneration—the leading cause of vision loss among people over the age of 60—the glasses mimic insect eyes, which use anywhere from dozens to ...

A clever new set of glasses may offer new hope to people with macular degeneration. By copying the structure of a fly's eyes, the specs are claimed to "fill in" the missing section of the wearer's ...

Remarkably, lesion growth was reduced irrespective of the FAF pattern, whether the lesions were fast- or slow-growing, location or duration of disease, or type of AMD drusen, demonstrating the ...

is characterized by the gradual breakdown of cells in a small but important part of the retina, called the macula. Dry AMD occurs when the macula starts thinning with age and/or becomes covered with ...

A new study has identified a set of 29 vascular health indicators on the retina, making a “fingerprint” that can help predict a person’s stroke risk. Researchers believe this method provides ...

University of California San Diego researchers have identified a U-shaped association between high-density lipoprotein (HDL) levels and age-related macular degeneration (AMD) risk, with lower ...