A giant retinal tear is defined as a tear involving at least one quadrant (3 clock hours) (Figures 4 and 5). Regardless of size, tears may occur along the edges of lattice degeneration ...

Smoking and excessive alcohol consumption significantly increase the risk of cataracts, age-related macular degeneration (AMD), optic nerve damage, and dry eye syndrome, leading to potential vision ...

Ophthalmologists specialize in wet AMD diagnosis and treatment. Learn about first steps toward diagnosis and treatment.

For individuals with inherited eye disorders such as retinitis pigmentosa or macular degeneration, the irreversible degeneration of the retina—a layer of photoreceptors at the back of the eye—can ...

Brigham and Women's Hospital-led research reports no significant long-term benefit of cocoa flavanol supplementation in ...

Researchers have successfully developed a novel drug to restore vision. The treatment method restores vision through retinal nerve regeneration.

Additionally, when delivered as a type of gene therapy in mice with congenital retinal degeneration, it enabled sustained neuronal production and vision restoration for over six months.

I am a baby boomer who was born in 1949. I was vaccinated against polio as soon as it was available, and I was most likely ...

Biomicroscopical examination of the vitreous and peripheral retina was performed on 103 aphakic eyes with myopia of at least -6-0 dioptres. Retinal breaks were found in 19 eyes (18-4 per cent).

Previous structural OCT investigations have described precise anatomical correspondences in the affected retina of patients with CHM between RPE degeneration and photoreceptor ... preserved islet and ...