In this randomized trial of patients with age-related macular disease, eccentric viewing training failed to systematically enhance visual ability, reading performance, or fixation stability compared ...

Scientists have developed a new eyedrop that can ferry protective compounds all the way to the retina, paving the way for a less-invasive injection-free method of managing sight-stealing diseases such ...

"The goal of treating macular degeneration is to keep as much vision as possible," notes Sarju Patel, MD, attending physician at Retinal Consultants of America. Referring patients to low-vision ...

You can quit smoking to lower your risk of macular degeneration. Eating a Mediterranean diet will reduce your risk of advanced AMD by 41%. You can wear sunglasses that block UV-B rays to help prevent ...

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 ...

Melatonin supplementation is linked to a reduced risk for developing age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and slowing its progression, suggesting potential as a preventive therapy. Researchers ...

The prescription of metformin was associated neither with the development of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in participants without the condition nor with progression to advanced forms of the ...

Iconic Fleetwood Mac frontwoman Stevie Nicks, 76, revealed she was diagnosed with wet macular degeneration in a recent interview with Rolling Stone. Macular degeneration is an eye disease, usually age ...

NEW YORK, Oct. 24 (UPI) --Nutritional supplements that contain curcumin -- a natural anti-inflammatory compound -- may protect the eyes from the development and progression of age-related macular ...

An oral HIV drug helped patients with center-involved diabetic macular edema achieve improvements in visual acuity, according ...

Macular degeneration (MD) is characterised by the progressive breakdown of the macula, the portion of the retina responsible for sharp, central vision, leading to visual distortion or loss.