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 ...

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 ...

People with a condition called wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) often receive eye injections. These eye injections can help to improve vision and also stop the damage that causes vision to ...

NEW YORK, NY-- A new study suggests that eye drops developed by Columbia University researchers could be a more effective–and comfortable–therapy for a common eye disease currently treated with ...

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 ...

In a preliminary study of 106 people with "wet" age-related macular degeneration, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers report that as many as a third of those with the blinding retinal disease may ...

They do NOW. They didn't before, and it was a very complicated surgery for that same reason, it's an advantage that the patient can't see clearly, because the eye's automatic reflex is to look away or ...

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 ...

I can't find a photo of this, but a retina exam involves what is essentially poking your eye with a stick while a light source is moved around. Your eye is anesthetized. Click to expand... Uhh, no ...