The PRIMA system is a subretinal implant designed to restore central vision in GA patients by replacing failed photoreceptors ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

Approaching her 91st birthday, Dame Judi Dench has offered a poignant insight into her worsening eyesight, describing the decline as "crushing". The beloved actress, who was first diagnosed with ...

Bronwyn Anderson has wet age-related macular degeneration and has regular eye injections to help preserve her remaining vision. Bronwyn Anderson remembers looking at her husband and feeling “horrified ...

Instant coffee is enjoying a nostalgic comeback among younger drinkers — yet new research warns the retro favorite may pose an unexpected risk for eye health. Developed in the early 20th century and ...

"The goal of treating macular degeneration is to keep as much vision as possible," notes Sarju Patel, MD, attending physician at Retinal Consultants of America. Referring patients to low-vision ...

A new study in The New England Journal of Medicine revealed that the PRIMA brain computer interface (BCI) retinal implant helped people with advanced age-related macular degeneration regain some ...

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 ...

Preliminary studies suggest GLP-1s may offer long-term vision protection for people without diabetes, but researchers caution more research is still needed. During a 10-year study, people without ...

A wireless eye implant developed at Stanford Medicine has restored reading ability to people with advanced macular degeneration. The PRIMA chip works with smart glasses to replace lost photoreceptors ...

PANAMA CITY — Retina Specialty Institute is celebrating its new office at 2101 Jenks Ave., Panama City. According to a press release, the Panama City retina team includes Maggie Shuler, MD, PhD; Ahmet ...

A retinal implant developed by Science Corp. has for the first time restored some functional vision to patients with a severe form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a common eye disease and ...