For example, late-onset retinal degeneration (L-ORD) affects mostly peripheral retina and, therefore, peripheral vision. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of vision loss ...

KOLOA, Hawaii — In this Healio Video Perspective from Hawaiian Eye 2023, Calvin W. Roberts, MD, discusses a new understanding in the way patients with macular degeneration see.

Macular degeneration, which affects 200 million people worldwide, most of whom are over 60 years old, ... It’s debilitating because the remaining peripheral vision has low resolution.

DENVER — Ultra-widefield imaging showed that patients with diabetic retinopathy tended to have dot and blot hemorrhages, and patients with age-related macular degeneration tended to have drusen ...

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is one of the most common causes of blindness in older people, characterized by vision that degrades slowly in the center of the visual field.

Currently there is only one FDA-approved treatment, voretigene neparvovec (Spark Therapeutics' Luxturna), for patients with inherited retinal degeneration associated with bi-allelic disease ...

This includes late-onset retinal degeneration, which affects peripheral vision; and age-related macular degeneration (AMD), where there is damage to the part of the retina responsible for our central ...

In severe macular degeneration, cataract surgery may provide a worthwhile improvement in peripheral vision. The removal of the cloudy lens also helps the ophthalmologist to better monitor and ...

Restoring vision by gene therapy Latest scientific findings give hope for people with incurable retinal degeneration Date: June 4, 2020 Source: Deutsches Primatenzentrum (DPZ)/German Primate Center ...