Patients whose vision is impaired by atrophic age-related macular degeneration can integrate their natural peripheral vision with images supplied through a subretinal implant, researchers say. With ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. José-Alain Sahel, M.D., holding the PRIMA implant. (CREDIT: UPMC) A small wireless chip and a pair of smart glasses are offering ...

Q&A: How does aging affect vision? Dr. Stacy Chronister explains how aging affects vision, highlighting common eye conditions like retinal detachment, glaucoma, cataracts, macular degeneration, and ...

The mission of AMDF is to work for the prevention, treatment and cure of macular degeneration by raising public awareness and knowledge about the increasing threat of this disease, providing support ...

It often begins with a seemingly minor complaint. Patients don't walk in saying they are losing vision; instead, they say they have to hold the electricity bill farther away to read it, or they keep ...

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a leading cause of blindness in the older population. Geographic atrophy is an advanced stage of dry AMD, characterized by irreversible vision loss due to the ...

A small wireless chip and a pair of smart glasses are offering new hope to people who thought they’d never read again. The groundbreaking device, called PRIMA, has partially restored vision in people ...