The research team is now monitoring 12 more participants who received higher doses of 150,000 and 250,000 cells. If no safety ...

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 degeneration, ...

What is laser photocoagulation? A laser procedure that seals leaking blood vessels to slow vision loss in wet age-related ...

Current treatments sometimes fail to help people with "wet" age-related macular degeneration-- and researchers now think they know why. Wet AMD is caused by an overgrowth of blood vessels in the ...

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Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

Wet macular degeneration is a form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a serious eye disease that affects the macula, the central portion of the retina that’s responsible for sharp, central ...

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 ...

The FDA approved Eylea HD for the treatment of macular edema following retinal vein occlusion, according to a press ...

Judi Dench says macular degeneration has affected her vision. (Karwai Tang/WireImage via Getty Images) Dench has shared in previous interviews that the condition has affected her ability to read ...