New Treatments for Macular Degeneration Are On the Way

Doctors may soon have a new array of tools to treat and prevent this age-related vision loss.

 With Some Structure, Stem Cells Might Still Stop Vision Loss

Poorly regulated stem cell treatments have blinded some macular degeneration patients. But a new technique is showing therapeutic promise.

Patient Voices: Macular Degeneration

Macular degeneration, a progressive, degenerative eye disease, is a leading cause of vision loss in people over 60. Stargardt’s disease, also called juvenile macular degeneration, is a similar illness that typically begins in late childhood. Here five men and women speak about how their vision problems have affected their lives.

A Comprehensive Guide To Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD)

AMD is the leading cause of vision loss in people aged 60 and over. Even though it’s a painless condition, it will often affect both eyes, with sufferers losing their central vision.

A Woman Went Blind After Stem Cells Were Injected in Her Eyes

Last year, a 77-year-old woman traveled to a clinic in Georgia to have stem cells injected in her eyes. She came in hope of a cure—or at least something that could help her macular degeneration, which causes a dark spot to appear in the center of vision.

Ask Well: A Cure for Macular Degeneration?

Macular degeneration comes in two forms: dry and wet. The dry form is milder and usually has no symptoms, but it can degenerate into the wet form, which is characterized by the growth of abnormal blood vessels in the back of the eye, potentially causing blurriness or vision loss in the center of the field of vision. The best treatment for wet macular degeneration is prevention...

Explainer: what is age-related macular degeneration?

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the main cause of blindness in Australia. One in seven people aged over 50 have some signs of macular degeneration. You are reading this article because of your macula, which is the part of the eye affected by macular degeneration. The macula is the central part of the retina or back of the eye that allows you to see fine detail.

Fighting Macular Degeneration

Current treatments for the so-called wet form of macular degeneration, involving injections inside the eye, are already “very effective” compared with laser treatments, which were used before intravitreal injections, said Dr. Ronald C. Gentile, the surgeon director at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai.

New Study Adds Concern That Medication To Treat Painful Bladder Condition Linked To Vision-Threatening Eye Condition

Evidence continues to mount that a drug commonly prescribed for decades to treat a painful bladder condition known as interstitial cystitis (IC) is linked to retinal damage and toxicity.

Not All Antioxidants Halt Macular Degeneration

Age-related macular degeneration is the major cause of blindness in older people, and the culprit in more than half of all cases of blindness in the United States. There's no cure for the condition, so scientists have been hard at work trying to come up with ways to hold it at bay. Unfortunately, in most cases, taking the antioxidants lutein and zeaxanthin — commonly sold as over-the-counter supplements for "eye health" — didn't slow the damage to the retina that causes vision loss, according to a new study,

Stargardt disease

Often diagnosed in childhood or adolescence, Stargardt disease is an inherited form of macular degeneration causing central vision loss. The condition is sometimes referred to as juvenile or early onset macular degeneration.

Young Man With Macular Degeneration Describes What It’s Like To Go Blind

Despite the fact that the disorder mainly affects older individuals, one 29-year-old suffers from a type of macular degeneration called conrad dystrophy. He’s struggled with partial blindness his entire life.