As many as 15 million people in the United States have some form of age-related macular degeneration, a leading cause of vision loss among people 50 and older. Nine out of 10 of them have the dry form ...
Cynthia Owsley PhD and Christine Curcio PhD (UAB) lead the Alabama Study on Early Age-related Macular Degeneration (ALSTAR2). This NEI-funded project prospectively assesses >500 persons over 3 years ...
Scientists at USC are launching a new trial to test a tiny stem cell implant that could restore vision in people with ...
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 ...
This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece is part of a series dedicated to the eye and improvements in restoring vision. In 1999, I defined ...
People with macular degeneration and other forms of central vision loss can see details like text and faces with this device.
Scientists have found that an existing drug, already used in humans to treat alcohol use disorder, could help restore vision lost to conditions like age-related macular degeneration and retinitis ...
WEST CORNWALL, CONN. — Sculptor Tim Prentice has always been fascinated by the wind. As a boy, his father bought a fleet of small sailboats that he mastered on Cream Hill Lake in Cornwall, Conn. Then, ...
The macula is the center part of your retina. It gives you your central vision, what you see right in front of you. When the macula is damaged, you can still see around the edges of your vision, ...
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How common is macular degeneration?
Medically reviewed by Christine L. Larsen, MD Key Takeaways Macular degeneration is a common eye disease, affecting more than 19 million people in the United States alone.The condition can reduce a ...
"This is the first economic modeling study in late-stage age-related macular degeneration (AMD) that extends beyond traditional cost analyses to include the impact on well-being and productivity and ...
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