CLEVELAND, Ohio — Case Western Reserve University is hoping to offer the first therapy for an inherited eye disease leading to blindness. Shigemi Matsuyama, an associate professor of ophthalmology and ...

Experts have warned that cases of this disease will rise to 1.6m in the UK by 2060 amid 'demographic timebomb' ...

Diet, exercise, and daily habits significantly impact eye health because they directly affect blood flow to the eyes and support the body’s natural repair mechanisms. Medical professionals recommend ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers have found a link between semaglutide use and NAION, a rare condition that is the second-leading cause of optic nerve ...

KAMPALA, (March 20, 2025) - A rare tropical disease that is the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide was halved in one of the world’s worst-affected communities due to foreign aid but is ...

Scientists have identified a rare, mutated version of a protein called TNIP1 that causes a chronic autoimmune disease similar to Sjogren's Syndrome -- a condition that leads to extreme dryness of the ...

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Parasites and infections that cause blindness and other disabilities were nearly eliminated in some countries, but drug ...

Roseanne Barr revealed she is going blind from macular degeneration. — -- Iconic comedian Roseanne Barr revealed in an interview with The Daily Beast that she has an eye disease that will ...

Doctors have found that metformin, an everyday medicine for diabetes, is associated with less progression of age-related macular degeneration (AMD ...