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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
The trial is investigating the sealant’s use in retinal detachment subjects undergoing pars plana vitrectomy. Credit: Orawan Pattarawimonchai/Shutterstock. The age ...
Currently, there are no medical treatments for early or intermediate age-related macular degeneration (AMD), only evidence that antioxidant vitamin and mineral supplementation can delay progression to ...
In macular degeneration, doctors can see cholesterol-rich deposits under the retina during an eye exam, according to Apte. In early stages, vision might still be normal, but the deposits increase ...
We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. Macular telangiectasia type 2 is a progressive and ...
Fixing problems with cholesterol metabolism might help slow or prevent a common cause of age-related vision loss, a new WashU Medicine study in mice has shown. Pictured are color-stained retinal ...