W hen diagnosed with diabetic macular edema (DME) in 2017, Sarah Castaneda, 41, thought she would lose her eyesight completely. At least, that’s what her doctor told her would happen if she didn’t ...

Eye injections are the only medication currently available to treat diabetes-related retinopathy. Modern eye injections are not painful and don’t cause many side effects. Diabetic retinopathy affects ...

What Is Eylea HD, and Why Does It Matter? Eylea HD (aflibercept) is an injectable medicine used to treat certain eye conditions that can lead to vision loss. It works by blocking a protein called VEGF ...

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 ...

syfovre, also known as pegcetacoplan, is a medicine used to treat geographic atrophy, which is the advanced form of dry age-related macular degeneration. Geographic atrophy can cause irreversible ...

These injections can restore your eyesight and ward off vision loss. And they aren’t nearly as stressful as you might think. No one really looks forward to getting a shot — and when you’re living with ...

CHICAGO — Specialists are losing money with every intravitreal injection they administer, regardless of the drug being injected, an investigator warns. Each injection we do costs $127.74 — $1.60 for ...

Retinal diseases such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and diabetic retinopathy affect millions of people globally, often leading to vision loss with minimal straightforward treatment.

An RNA-editing gene therapy has been developed that switches off the key driver of common eye conditions affecting diabetics and the elderly. The researchers behind the innovative treatment say that ...

A new study in mice suggests experimental eye drops may be more effective than injections for treatment of retinal vein occlusion, a major cause of blindness. A new study suggests that eye drops ...