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 ...

August 2, 2012 — Using a microneedle to inject drugs into the suprachoroidal space may provide a method for drug delivery to the posterior segment of the eye that is less invasive and more targeted ...

CHICAGO — Specialists are losing money with every intravitreal injection they administer, regardless of the drug being injected, an investigator warns. Each injection we do costs $127.74 — $1.60 for ...

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 ...

Gold dust in eyes might seem like an unusual therapy – but a new mouse study in the US shows the approach could potentially treat age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and other eye problems. "This ...

If you're apprehensive about getting an intravitreal injection for age-related macular degeneration (AMD), you're not alone. Ophthalmologist Monika Fleckenstein, MD, explains the procedure, how it can ...

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.

Injection medications can save the vision of older people with macular degeneration, but the ongoing regimen is taxing. Now a preliminary study raises the possibility that some patients can safely be ...

At least 16 people in two states have gotten severe eye infections, and some have been blinded, from injections of the drug Avastin, according to health authorities and to lawyers representing the ...

March 30 (UPI) --A drug commonly used to treat certain forms of diabetic retinopathy may prevent vision-threatening complications associated with the disease, a study published Tuesday by JAMA ...

A father with a progressive eye disease was able to see his son thanks to a new therapy that uses a virus to bring a healthy gene into the eye CBS 17/YouTube A dad with the degenerative eye disease ...