Older women could be vulnerable to harmful inflammation from new gene therapies to treat incurable eye diseases, new research has found.

Macular optical coherence tomography imaging should be completed twice a year for most patients with glaucoma to detect ...

Good’ (HDL) cholesterol, usually considered to be beneficial for health, may be linked to a heightened risk of the serious eye condition, glaucoma—at least among the over 55s— suggest the results of a ...

In our previous work using a case series of glaucoma patients, patient examples showing the utility of the asymmetry analysis of total macular thickness by SD-OCT were highlighted. In this study ...

The company says that in pre-clinical tests performed on 30 people with macular degeneration, all of the participants experienced a reading speed increase of at least 50% when using the glasses.

Conclusions: SD-OCT measurements of retinal thickness in the macula correlate with HVF parameters and RNFL parameters in glaucoma patients ... field defects and macular thickness can help in ...

Opens in a new tab or window Share on LinkedIn. Opens in a new tab or window The American Glaucoma Society and American Academy of Ophthalmology are warning eye doctors to be aware of potentially ...

Glaucoma is a leading cause of preventable blindness, affecting over 3 million Americans. Screening and early detection are critical to preserving vision from damage. But many wonder – what are the ...

Genome-wide association analyses identify distinct genetic architectures for age-related macular degeneration across ancestries. Nature Genetics , 2024; 56 (12): 2659 DOI: 10.1038/s41588-024-01764 ...

Physical examination reveals well-demarcated hyperpigmented macules. Macular amyloidosis is the result of extracellular amyloid deposition within the skin. 1 Severe pruritus is often the presenting ...