Researchers say the type 2 diabetes medication metformin may help treat age-related macular degeneration, which could prevent ...

Throughout February, @HopkinsMedicine experts from the Wilmer Eye Institute are available to discuss prevention and ...

This finding was based on the results of a study published in BMJ Open Ophthalmology1 that patients with diabetes who were ...

A five-year image-based study in people with type 2 diabetes found metformin use was associated with lower odds of developing ...

NACOGDOCHES, Texas (KTRE) - Our eyesight is essential to getting around, but if you’re not careful it can be seriously challenged by age-related macular degeneration. “It refers to the back of your ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- As we age, our vision can start to change. The older we get, we can become more at risk for eye diseases, like macular degeneration. "Other than vitamins and antioxidants, we ...

Character Biosciences has lined up $93 million to support clinical trials for two potential drugs that could provide much-needed options for patients with common degenerative eye diseases. The firm’s ...

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) gradually affects central vision in one or both eyes while leaving peripheral vision (on the sides) intact. This peripheral vision – encompassing everything you ...

LOS ANGELES — Age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of vision loss and blindness for Americans 65 and older, is a progressive disease affecting central vision. Over time, faces, book ...

This is a quickly progressing field, according to Sarju Patel, MD, attending physician at Retinal Consultants of America. He has high expectations that advances from subtly tinted eyeglass lenses to ...

Dame Judi Dench, 90-the Academy Award-winning film and stage actress known for her iconic portrayal of M, head of MI6, in the James Bond franchise-just revealed that her macular degeneration, an eye ...