25 May Radiation and Lucentis Combined to Treat Macular Degeneration
Radiation has been used before to treat wet macular degeneration. A small study combines radiation with Lucentis and reports very intriguing results....
Radiation has been used before to treat wet macular degeneration. A small study combines radiation with Lucentis and reports very intriguing results....
A new study finds that by combining Lucentis with laser treatment for diabetic retinopathy results in excellent visual outcomes....
Both Avastin and Lucentis are made by the same company. Avastin is not FDA approved for the eye treatment, but why is it used by most doctors?...
Distortion is usually caused by retinal disease, but not necessarily from macular degeneration or diabetic retinopathy. There are other causes and most are treatable....
Drusen are white spots in the retina that are associated with macular degeneration. Drusen can also be normal for many people without the disease....
Iluvien, an injectable drug delivery system, gets one step closer to be the first drug FDA approved for the treatment of diabetic macular edema....
Diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration can both cause legal blindness. Complete blindness is caused only by diabetic retionpathy. Report either to the IRS....
Vision loss from macular degeneration increases as we age. This means that more and more people may lose vision as the population (baby boomers) get older due to ARMD (Age Related Macular Degeneration). There are lots of recommendations on the Internet that just don't make...
Knowing what to look for is essential to making a correct medical diagnosis. Retinal disease, such as ARMD and diabetes is easy to diagnose as we can also "see" the eye....
Eye drops for macular degeneration? Eye drops for diabetic retinopathy? Everyone wants the magic drop to cure everything. While there are many drops for many diseases, there won't be any for your retina....