Macular degeneration is very common and affects an estimated 19.8 million people in the United States. Approximately one in 10 Americans age 50 and older have an early form of the disease and as many ...

Designed for people experiencing macular degeneration—the leading cause of vision loss among people over the age of 60—the glasses mimic insect eyes, which use anywhere from dozens to ...

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.

Breakthroughs in age-related macular degeneration (AMD) treatments have revolutionized the management of this progressive and potentially devastating eye disease. These include treatments such as ...

More information: Jimmy S. Chen et al, High Density Lipoproteins Associate with Age-Related Macular Degeneration in the All of Us Research Program, Ophthalmology (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2024 ...

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of vision loss for people over 65. We have excellent treatments for the wet form of AMD. But until recently, we haven’t had any ...

More information: Bryan R. Gorman et al, Genome-wide association analyses identify distinct genetic architectures for age-related macular degeneration across ancestries, Nature Genetics (2024 ...

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 ...

Introduction: The autoantibody-driven disease pemphigus vulgaris (PV) impairs desmosome adhesion in the epidermis. In desmosomes, the pemphigus autoantigens desmoglein 1 (Dsg1) and Dsg3 link adjacent ...