Thomas A. Ciulla, MD, MBA, recalls a period during training at Harvard Medical School in which the application of lasers was standard treatment for exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD), ...

A recent study published in JAMA Network Open reveals that higher levels of exposure to outdoor artificial light at night can increase the risk of incident exudative age-related macular degeneration.

Alternative regimens of anti-VEGF therapy for neovascular AMD, variable treatment in particular, have become the de facto clinical practice. Their wide adoption is based on a tacit belief in their ...

Patients with psoriasis are at increased risk of developing age-related macular degeneration, new research has found.

"It is not necessary to measure the extent, height, or length of the DLS [double layer sign]. It is sufficient to know, however, that when DLS is seen that it’s a key risk factor and that regular ...

Patients with a confirmed diagnosis of OSA were compared to a control group without OSA to assess nonadvanced AMD progression. At 5 years, participants with OSA had a significantly higher risk of both ...

Dr. Michael Scott Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research Age-related macular degeneration is the No. 1 cause of vision loss for adults over 50. It may run in families but not always, so a ...

Patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) initially may present with distortions in fine visual perception, and disease may be asymptomatic. As the disease develops over time, vision ...