Retinal diseases such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and diabetic retinopathy affect millions of people globally, often leading to vision loss with minimal straightforward treatment.

Could a microscopic "geode" of medicine be the future of eye care? A new study shows how crystalline drug delivery could ...

W hen diagnosed with diabetic macular edema (DME) in 2017, Sarah Castaneda, 41, thought she would lose her eyesight completely. At least, that’s what her doctor told her would happen if she didn’t ...

Doctors say they have achieved the previously impossible - restoring sight and preventing blindness in people with a rare but dangerous eye conditon called hypotony. Moorfields hospital in London is ...

A new study suggests that eye drops developed by Columbia University researchers could be a more effective–and comfortable–therapy for a common eye disease currently treated with injections into the ...

People with a condition called wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) often receive eye injections. These eye injections can help to improve vision and also stop the damage that causes vision to ...

If you have wet age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD) or another disease of the retina, your doctor may recommend treatment with an anti-VEGF drug. VEGF, or vascular endothelial growth factor, is ...

Eye injections of the drug Avastin, used to treat retinal diseases, bring no greater risk of endophthalmitis, a potentially blinding eye infection, than injections with the much more expensive drug ...

An emerging approach that uses aqueous chlorhexidine to prevent infections after intravitreal injections to deliver drugs into the eye is as effective as the long prevailing method that uses povidone ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dr Dao Nguyen examines a vial of lutein formulation developed for potential use in eyedrop treatments. (CREDIT: Will Wright, RMIT ...

A new study in mice suggests experimental eye drops may be more effective than injections for treatment of retinal vein occlusion, a major cause of blindness. A new study suggests that eye drops ...